DA Davidson Forecasts Couchbase’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:BASE)

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Couchbase in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 26th. DA Davidson analyst R. Kessinger anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.35) for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $25.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Couchbase’s current full-year earnings is ($1.48) per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Couchbase’s FY2026 earnings at ($1.28) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($1.18) EPS.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.30) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.08) by ($0.22). The business had revenue of $54.92 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $53.25 million. Couchbase had a negative return on equity of 57.22% and a negative net margin of 39.31%.

BASE has been the topic of a number of other research reports. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Couchbase from $19.00 to $18.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Couchbase from $23.00 to $22.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Couchbase from $27.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Couchbase from $21.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Couchbase from $23.00 to $20.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Couchbase has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $22.19.

Couchbase Stock Performance

BASE opened at $17.65 on Friday. Couchbase has a twelve month low of $13.53 and a twelve month high of $32.00. The firm has a market cap of $923.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.03 and a beta of 0.81. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $17.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $17.03.

Insider Activity at Couchbase

In other news, CFO Gregory N. Henry sold 3,853 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.14, for a total value of $58,334.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 336,679 shares in the company, valued at $5,097,320.06. This trade represents a 1.13 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Margaret Chow sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.31, for a total value of $274,650.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 133,067 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,436,456.77. This represents a 10.13 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 54,883 shares of company stock valued at $950,915. 16.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Couchbase

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BASE. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Couchbase in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its stake in Couchbase by 22.2% in the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 4,181 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after buying an additional 759 shares during the period. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Couchbase by 24.1% in the fourth quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,161 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after buying an additional 807 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Couchbase by 15.9% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $112,000 after acquiring an additional 956 shares during the period. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in Couchbase in the 4th quarter valued at $112,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

About Couchbase

Couchbase, Inc provides cloud database platform for enterprise applications in the United States and internationally. Its database works in multiple configurations, ranging from cloud to multi- or hybrid-cloud to on-premise environments to the edge. The company offers Couchbase Capella, an automated and secure Database-as-a-Service that simplifies database management by deploying, managing, and operating Couchbase Server across cloud environments; and Couchbase Server, a multi-service NoSQL database, which provides SQL-compatible query language and SQL++ that allows for a various array of data manipulation functions.