After finishing at $25.55 in the prior trading day, Couchbase Inc (NASDAQ: BASE) closed at $25.18, down -1.45%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 881706 shares were traded.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of BASE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.86 and its Current Ratio is at 1.86. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.04 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Barclays on February 20, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight and sets its target price to $29 from $26 previously.
On January 08, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $26.
Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating for the stock on December 14, 2023, while the target price for the stock was revised from $23 to $25.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 01 ’24 when Chow Margaret sold 5,525 shares for $26.19 per share. The transaction valued at 144,677 led to the insider holds 210,429 shares of the business.
Owen Huw sold 11,581 shares of BASE for $310,201 on Mar 22 ’24. The SVP & Chief Revenue Officer now owns 441,454 shares after completing the transaction at $26.79 per share. On Mar 21 ’24, another insider, Henry Gregory N, who serves as the SVP & Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 18,747 shares for $27.84 each. As a result, the insider received 521,858 and left with 330,652 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BASE now has a Market Capitalization of 1.26B and an Enterprise Value of 1.11B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.89 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.16 whereas that against EBITDA is -14.53.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, BASE has reached a high of $32.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.62. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 27.08, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 20.27.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 507.36K shares per day over the past 3-months and 428.5k shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 49.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 35.13M. Insiders hold about 28.68% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 65.90% stake in the company. Shares short for BASE as of Mar 15, 2024 were 1.21M with a Short Ratio of 2.91, compared to 879.43k on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2.45% and a Short% of Float of 3.40%.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 11 different market analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.15 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.13 and a low estimate of -$0.17, while EPS last year was -$0.27. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.12, with high estimates of -$0.1 and low estimates of -$0.17.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.35 and -$0.53 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.44. EPS for the following year is -$0.18, with 11 analysts recommending between -$0.09 and -$0.34.
Revenue Estimates
11 analysts predict $48.56M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $48.9M to a low estimate of $48.2M. As of the current estimate, Couchbase Inc’s year-ago sales were $41M, an estimated increase of 18.50% from the year-ago figure.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BASE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $207M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $204.8M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $205.63M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $180.04M, up 14.20% from the average estimate. Based on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $241.3M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $252M and the low estimate is $235.04M. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 17.30% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
