Wedbush Predicts Couchbase’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:BASE)

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) – Analysts at Wedbush issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Couchbase in a note issued to investors on Thursday, October 17th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.30) per share for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $26.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Couchbase’s current full-year earnings is ($1.50) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Couchbase’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.33) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($1.40) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.31) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.31) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.36) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.31) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($1.29) EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on BASE. Barclays raised Couchbase from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $19.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 7th. Piper Sandler Companies initiated coverage on shares of Couchbase in a report on Friday, August 16th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $22.00 price objective on the stock. Oppenheimer reduced their target price on shares of Couchbase from $25.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $22.00 price target on shares of Couchbase in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price target on shares of Couchbase from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $23.13.

Couchbase Price Performance

Shares of BASE opened at $17.38 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $874.39 million, a P/E ratio of -10.60 and a beta of 0.59. Couchbase has a one year low of $13.53 and a one year high of $32.00. The business has a fifty day moving average of $16.38 and a 200 day moving average of $19.70.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, September 4th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.03. The company had revenue of $51.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $51.11 million. Couchbase had a negative net margin of 39.51% and a negative return on equity of 54.84%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 19.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($0.44) earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of Couchbase by 59.0% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 17,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 6,433 shares in the last quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 33.7% during the 2nd quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 74,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,367,000 after acquiring an additional 18,889 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 13,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after acquiring an additional 700 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of Couchbase by 9.9% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 20,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $379,000 after acquiring an additional 1,865 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dark Forest Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Couchbase in the second quarter valued at $300,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Couchbase

In other news, CEO Matthew M. Cain sold 8,953 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.01, for a total value of $179,149.53. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 776,437 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $15,536,504.37. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In related news, Director Jeff Epstein sold 7,277 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.10, for a total transaction of $146,267.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 28,027 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $563,342.70. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Matthew M. Cain sold 8,953 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.01, for a total transaction of $179,149.53. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 776,437 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,536,504.37. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 29,056 shares of company stock valued at $538,135 over the last ninety days. 16.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.