Insider Selling: Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) CEO Sells $300,892.95 in Stock

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) CEO Matthew Cain sold 12,357 shares of Couchbase stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.35, for a total value of $300,892.95. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 852,949 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,769,308.15. This represents a 1.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Couchbase Stock Performance

NASDAQ BASE opened at $24.37 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.79 and a beta of 0.93. Couchbase, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $12.78 and a fifty-two week high of $25.16.

Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 3rd. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.08) by $0.02. The business had revenue of $56.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $55.59 million. Couchbase had a negative return on equity of 55.25% and a negative net margin of 33.23%.The company’s revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.10) EPS. Couchbase has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Couchbase, Inc. will post -1.48 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Couchbase

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. AlphaQuest LLC increased its stake in Couchbase by 20.5% during the 1st quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 3,631 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 617 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 0.5% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 135,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,134,000 after acquiring an additional 696 shares during the last quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 24.1% during the fourth quarter. Summit Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,161 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after acquiring an additional 807 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 22,361 shares of the company’s stock valued at $349,000 after acquiring an additional 1,076 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in shares of Couchbase by 8.7% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 15,646 shares of the company’s stock valued at $381,000 after acquiring an additional 1,248 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.07% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on BASE shares. Needham & Company LLC lowered Couchbase from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $22.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Baird R W lowered Couchbase from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. Rosenblatt Securities lowered Couchbase from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $22.00 to $24.50 in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Piper Sandler lowered Couchbase from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.50 in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered Couchbase from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.50 in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Couchbase has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $23.16.

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.