Couchbase Inc (NASDAQ: BASE) is -9.72% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $13.53 and a high of $32.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BASE stock was last observed hovering at around $20.42 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.09%.
Currently trading at $20.33, the stock is 7.42% and 19.77% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.2 million and changing -0.44% at the moment leaves the stock -2.17% off its SMA200. BASE registered 7.11% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -14.72%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.8457 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $20.811825.
The stock witnessed a 22.69% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.66%, and is -0.29% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.55% over the week and 3.57% over the month.
Couchbase Inc (BASE) has around 796 employees, a market worth around $1.04B and $198.82M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -39.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 50.26% and -36.47% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-61.45%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 41.75% this year
220.0 institutions hold shares in Couchbase Inc (BASE), with institutional investors hold 93.78% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 49.08M, and float is at 39.12M with Short Float at 3.59%. Institutions hold 92.99% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 4.62 million shares valued at $84.38 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.2814 of the BASE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 3.25 million shares valued at $59.32 million to account for 6.5254 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are GPI CAPITAL, L.P. which holds 3.12 million shares representing 6.2657 and valued at over $56.96 million, while EVR RESEARCH LP holds 4.1809 of the shares totaling 2.08 million with a market value of $38.01 million.
Couchbase Inc (BASE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Epstein Jeff, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Epstein Jeff sold 32,343 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 19 ’24 at a price of $20.08 per share for a total of $0.65 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 28027.0 shares.
Couchbase Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 19 ’24 that Chow Margaret (SVP & Chief Legal Officer) sold a total of 205 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 19 ’24 and was made at $20.00 per share for $4100.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.18 million shares of the BASE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 19 ’24, Cain Matthew M (Chair, President, and CEO) disposed off 38,097 shares at an average price of $20.07 for $0.76 million. The insider now directly holds 698,388 shares of Couchbase Inc (BASE).
