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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2024
Couchbase, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware001-4060126-3576987
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		(Commission
File Number)		(IRS Employer
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3250 Olcott Street Santa Clara, California 95054
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 417-7500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On March 5, 2024, Couchbase, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended January 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit NumberDescription
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COUCHBASE, INC.
/s/ GREG HENRY
By:Greg Henry
Title:Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: March 5, 2024


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Exhibit 99.1
Couchbase Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2024 Financial Results
Santa Clara, Calif., - March 5, 2024 – Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), the cloud database platform company, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2024.
“We finished fiscal 2024 on a strong note, highlighted by 25% ARR growth, and marking a historical year for Couchbase,” said Matt Cain, Chair, President and CEO of Couchbase. “In addition to delivering results that exceeded the high end of our guidance range on all metrics, we achieved an important milestone with Capella, which now represents 11% of our ARR and over 25% of our customer base. As we look ahead towards fiscal 2025, I’m confident that we have the differentiated platform and operational rigor to achieve our next phase of growth.”
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Highlights
•Revenue: Total revenue for the quarter was $50.1 million, an increase of 20% year-over-year. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $48.1 million, an increase of 26% year-over-year.
•Annual recurring revenue (ARR): Total ARR as of January 31, 2024 was $204.2 million, an increase of 25% year-over-year as reported and on a constant currency basis. See the section titled “Key Business Metrics” below for details.
•Gross margin: Gross margin for the quarter was 89.7%, compared to 85.7% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Non-GAAP gross margin for the quarter was 90.4%, compared to 86.3% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. See the section titled “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the tables titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results” below for details.
•Loss from operations: Loss from operations for the quarter was $22.6 million, compared to $18.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Non-GAAP operating loss for the quarter was $4.1 million, compared to $9.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.
•Cash flow: Cash flow used in operating activities for the quarter was $6.5 million, compared to $10.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were $1.3 million during the quarter, leading to negative free cash flow of $7.7 million, compared to negative free cash flow of $11.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023.
•Remaining performance obligations (RPO): RPO as of January 31, 2024 was $241.8 million, an increase of 46% year-over-year.
Full Year Fiscal 2024 Financial Highlights
•Revenue: Total revenue for the year was $180.0 million, an increase of 16% year-over-year. Subscription revenue for the year was $171.6 million, an increase of 20% year-over-year.
•Gross margin: Gross margin for the year was 87.7%, compared to 86.9% for fiscal 2023. Non-GAAP gross margin for the year was 88.5%, compared to 87.6% for fiscal 2023.
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•Loss from operations: Loss from operations for the year was $84.5 million, compared to $69.3 million for fiscal 2023. Non-GAAP operating loss for the year was $31.3 million, compared to $41.3 million for fiscal 2023.
•Cash flow: Cash flows used in operating activities for the year were $26.9 million, compared to $41.2 million in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were $4.7 million during the year, leading to negative free cash flow of $31.6 million, compared to negative free cash flow of $46.8 million in fiscal 2023.
Recent Business Highlights
•Announced vector search as a new feature in Couchbase Capella™ and Couchbase Server to help businesses bring to market a new class of AI-powered adaptive applications that engage users in a hyper-personalized and contextualized way. Couchbase is the first database company to announce it will offer vector search optimized for running onsite, across clouds and to mobile and IoT devices at the edge, paving the way for organizations to run adaptive applications anywhere, including offline.
•Announced it is extending its AI partner ecosystem with LangChain and LlamaIndex support to further boost developer productivity. The integration with LangChain enables a common API interface to converse with a broad library of large language models (LLMs). Similarly, the integration with LlamaIndex will provide developers with even more choices for LLMs when building adaptive applications. These ecosystem integrations will accelerate query prompt assembly, improve response validation and facilitate retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications.
•Announced new enterprise features, including new file-based index rebalancing, reducing times by up to 80%, one-step upgrade from Couchstore to Magma storage engine without stopping the front-end workloads, faster failover times and query simplification. Couchbase continues to invest at a rapid pace to enhance its platform with new enterprise and developer features.
•Announced the general availability of Capella iQ, a co-pilot for coding. Capella iQ allows developers to interact with Couchbase Capella using natural language conversation, making database interactions more intuitive, efficient and accessible.
•Couchbase Capella was named Best Cloud Data Management Solution at the 2023-2024 Cloud Awards for its performance, versatility and community.
Financial Outlook

For the first quarter and full year of fiscal 2025, Couchbase expects:
Q1 FY2025 Outlook
FY2025 Outlook
Total Revenue
$48.1-48.9 million
$203.0-207.0 million
Total ARR
$206.5-209.5 million
$235.5-240.5 million
Non-GAAP Operating Loss
$8.5-7.5 million
$27.5-22.5 million
The guidance provided above is based on several assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside our control. If actual results vary from these assumptions, our expectations may change. There can be no assurance that we will achieve these results.
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Couchbase is not able, at this time, to provide GAAP targets for operating loss for the first quarter or full year of fiscal 2025 because of the difficulty of estimating certain items excluded from non-GAAP operating loss that cannot be reasonably predicted, such as charges related to stock-based compensation expense. The effect of these excluded items may be significant.
Conference Call Information
Couchbase will host a live webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, to discuss its financial results and business highlights. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 877-407-8029 from the United States, or +1 201-689-8029 from international locations. The live webcast and a webcast replay can be accessed from the investor relations page of Couchbase’s website at investors.couchbase.com.
About Couchbase
Modern customer experiences need a flexible database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase’s mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and run modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Couchbase Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers – all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @couchbase.
Couchbase has used, and intends to continue using, its investor relations website and the corporate blog at blog.couchbase.com to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the corporate blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, we believe certain non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance. We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, collectively, to evaluate our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance and meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations or outlook. Non-GAAP financial measures are presented for supplemental informational purposes only, have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly-titled non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures (provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release), and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net loss per share: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding expenses related to stock-based compensation expense, employer payroll taxes on employee stock transactions, restructuring charges and impairment of capitalized internal-use software. We use these non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with GAAP measures to assess our performance, including in the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance.
Beginning with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we have excluded the impairment of capitalized internal-use software, a non-cash operating expense, from our non-GAAP results as it is not reflective of ongoing operating results. This impairment charge relates to certain previously capitalized internal-use software that we determined would no longer be placed into service. Prior period non-GAAP financial measures have not been adjusted to reflect this change as we did not incur impairment of capitalized internal-use software in any prior period presented.
Free cash flow: We define free cash flow as cash used in operating activities less additions to property and equipment, which includes capitalized internal-use software costs. We believe free cash flow is a useful indicator of liquidity that provides our management, board of directors and investors with information about our future ability to generate or use cash to enhance the strength of our balance sheet and further invest in our business and pursue potential strategic initiatives.
Please see the reconciliation tables at the end of this press release for the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.

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Key Business Metrics
We review a number of operating and financial metrics, including ARR, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions.
We define ARR as of a given date as the annualized recurring revenue that we would contractually receive from our customers in the month ending 12 months following such date. Based on historical experience with customers, we assume all contracts will be automatically renewed at the same levels unless we receive notification of non-renewal and are no longer in negotiations prior to the measurement date. ARR also includes revenue from consumption-based cloud credits of Couchbase Capella products. ARR for Couchbase Capella products in a customer’s initial year is calculated as described above; after a customer’s initial year it is calculated by annualizing the prior 90 days of actual consumption, assuming no increases or reductions in usage. ARR excludes revenue derived from the use of cloud products only based on on-demand arrangements and services revenue. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue, and does not represent our revenue under GAAP on an annualized basis, as it is an operating metric that can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal dates. ARR is not intended to be a replacement for forecasts of revenue. Although we seek to increase ARR as part of our strategy of targeting large enterprise customers, this metric may fluctuate from period to period based on our ability to acquire new customers and expand within our existing customers. We believe that our ARR is an important indicator of the growth and performance of our business.
We also attempt to represent the changes in the underlying business operations by eliminating fluctuations caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates within the current period. We calculate constant currency growth rates by applying the applicable prior period exchange rates to current period results.


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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, quotations of management, the section titled “Financial Outlook” above and statements about Couchbase’s market position, strategies and potential market opportunities. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “potential,” “remain,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. However, not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including factors beyond our control, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: our history of net losses and ability to achieve or maintain profitability in the future; our ability to continue to grow on pace with historical rates; our ability to manage our growth effectively; intense competition and our ability to compete effectively; cost-effectively acquiring new customers or obtaining renewals, upgrades or expansions from our existing customers; the market for our products and services being relatively new and evolving, and our future success depending on the growth and expansion of this market; our ability to innovate in response to changing customer needs, new technologies or other market requirements, including new capabilities, programs and partnerships and their impact on our customers and our business; our limited operating history, which makes it difficult to predict our future results of operations; the significant fluctuation of our future results of operations and ability to meet the expectations of analysts or investors; our significant reliance on revenue from subscriptions, which may decline and, the recognition of a significant portion of revenue from subscriptions over the term of the relevant subscription period, which means downturns or upturns in sales are not immediately reflected in full in our results of operations; and the impact of geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. Further information on risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from forecasted results are included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that we may file from time to time, including those more fully described in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2023. Additional information will be made available in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2024 that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which should be read in conjunction with this press release and the financial results included herein. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
Investor Contact:
Edward Parker
ICR for Couchbase
IR@couchbase.com
Media Contact:
Michelle Lazzar
Couchbase Communications
CouchbasePR@couchbase.com
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Couchbase, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Revenue:
License$7,196 $4,977 $21,514 $19,885 
Support and other40,865 33,158 150,040 123,010 
Total subscription revenue48,061 38,135 171,554 142,895 
Services2,028 3,488 8,483 11,929 
Total revenue50,089 41,623 180,037 154,824 
Cost of revenue:
Subscription(1)
3,580 3,214 14,647 10,762 
Services(1)
1,560 2,738 7,435 9,497 
Total cost of revenue5,140 5,952 22,082 20,259 
Gross profit44,949 35,671 157,955 134,565 
Operating expenses:
Research and development(1)
16,491 15,000 64,069 57,760 
Sales and marketing(1)
34,055 29,303 130,558 111,067 
General and administrative(1)
11,840 8,207 42,663 33,390 
Impairment of capitalized internal-use software5,156 — 5,156 — 
Restructuring(1)
— 1,663 46 1,663 
Total operating expenses67,542 54,173 242,492 203,880 
Loss from operations(22,593)(18,502)(84,537)(69,315)
Interest expense— (25)(43)(101)
Other income (expense), net1,766 1,938 5,752 1,960 
Loss before income taxes(20,827)(16,589)(78,828)(67,456)
Provision for income taxes575 25 1,355 1,038 
Net loss$(21,402)$(16,614)$(80,183)$(68,494)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.44)$(0.37)$(1.70)$(1.53)
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted48,513 45,281 47,175 44,787 
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(1)Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Cost of revenue—subscription$148 $144 $707 $535 
Cost of revenue—services116 116 529 433 
Research and development3,422 2,046 12,920 7,937 
Sales and marketing4,310 2,563 15,771 9,426 
General and administrative4,630 1,922 15,846 7,390 
Restructuring— 65 1 65 
Total stock-based compensation expense$12,626 $6,856 $45,774 $25,786 
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
As of January 31, 2024As of January 31, 2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents$41,351 $40,446 
Short-term investments112,281127,856
Accounts receivable, net44,84839,847
Deferred commissions15,42113,096
Prepaid expenses and other current assets10,3858,234
Total current assets224,286229,479
Property and equipment, net5,3277,430
Operating lease right-of-use assets4,8486,940
Deferred commissions, noncurrent11,4007,524
Other assets1,8911,666
Total assets$247,752 $253,039 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable$4,865 $1,407 
Accrued compensation and benefits18,11612,641
Other accrued expenses4,5816,076
Operating lease liabilities3,2083,117
Deferred revenue81,73671,716
Total current liabilities112,50694,957
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent2,0784,543
Deferred revenue, noncurrent2,7473,275
Total liabilities117,331102,775
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock——
Common stock——
Additional paid-in capital621,024561,547
Accumulated other comprehensive loss56(807)
Accumulated deficit(490,659)(410,476)
Total stockholders’ equity130,421150,264
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$247,752 $253,039 

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Couchbase, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss
$(21,402)$(16,614)$(80,183)$(68,494)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Depreciation and amortization
390 867 2,424 3,171 
Stock-based compensation, net of amounts capitalized
12,626 6,856 45,774 25,786 
Amortization of deferred commissions
4,886 4,447 18,628 16,996 
Non-cash lease expense762 757 3,075 2,909 
Impairment of capitalized internal-use software5,156 — 5,156 — 
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses
116 (774)765 524 
Other
(973)(593)(3,553)(416)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
(14,496)(16,941)(5,382)(3,537)
Deferred commissions
(10,937)(5,321)(24,829)(17,590)
Prepaid expenses and other assets
(3,111)(850)(2,274)(159)
Accounts payable
1,712 (1,971)3,447 (495)
Accrued compensation and benefits
8,989 3,579 5,472 (3,497)
Other accrued expenses
1,481 2,803 (1,516)3,103 
Operating lease liabilities(828)(824)(3,389)(2,754)
Deferred revenue
9,179 14,376 9,492 3,268 
Net cash used in operating activities
(6,450)(10,203)(26,893)(41,185)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments
(40,704)(33,976)(131,160)(144,613)
Maturities of short-term investments
39,322 45,750 151,296 126,893 
Additions to property and equipment
(1,285)(1,553)(4,710)(5,646)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
(2,667)10,221 15,426 (23,366)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
3,580 1,189 10,933 5,222 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under ESPP— — 2,000 4,484 
Net cash provided by financing activities
3,580 1,189 12,933 9,706 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(19)458 (561)(397)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(5,556)1,665 905 (55,242)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period47,450 39,324 40,989 96,231 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period$41,894 $40,989 $41,894 $40,989 
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheets to the amounts shown above:
Cash and cash equivalents
$41,351 $40,446 $41,351 $40,446 
Restricted cash included in other assets
543 543 543 543 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$41,894 $40,989 $41,894 $40,989 
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit to non-GAAP gross profit:
Total revenue$50,089$41,623$180,037$154,824
Gross profit$44,949$35,671$157,955$134,565
Add: Stock-based compensation expense2642601,236968
Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions61514741
Non-GAAP gross profit$45,274$35,936$159,338$135,574
Gross margin89.7 %85.7 %87.7 %86.9 %
Non-GAAP gross margin90.4 %86.3 %88.5 %87.6 %
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP operating expenses:
GAAP research and development$16,491 $15,000 $64,069 $57,760 
Less: Stock-based compensation expense(3,422)(2,046)(12,920)(7,937)
Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions
(181)(27)(611)(165)
Non-GAAP research and development$12,888 $12,927 $50,538 $49,658 
GAAP sales and marketing$34,055 $29,303 $130,558 $111,067 
Less: Stock-based compensation expense(4,310)(2,563)(15,771)(9,426)
Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions
(377)(76)(1,154)(294)
Non-GAAP sales and marketing$29,368 $26,664 $113,633 $101,347 
GAAP general and administrative$11,840 $8,207 $42,663 $33,390 
Less: Stock-based compensation expense(4,630)(1,922)(15,846)(7,390)
Less: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions
(77)(8)(341)(106)
Non-GAAP general and administrative$7,133 $6,277 $26,476 $25,894 

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Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Reconciliation of GAAP operating loss to non-GAAP operating loss:
Total revenue$50,089$41,623$180,037$154,824
Loss from operations$(22,593)$(18,502)$(84,537)$(69,315)
Add: Stock-based compensation expense12,6266,79145,77325,721
Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions6961162,253606
Add: Impairment of capitalized internal-use software5,156—5,156—
Add: Restructuring(2)
—1,663461,663
Non-GAAP operating loss$(4,115)$(9,932)$(31,309)$(41,325)
Operating margin(45)%(44)%(47)%(45)%
Non-GAAP operating margin(8)%(24)%(17)%(27)%

Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net loss:
Net loss$(21,402)$(16,614)$(80,183)$(68,494)
Add: Stock-based compensation expense12,626 6,791 45,773 25,721 
Add: Employer taxes on employee stock transactions696 116 2,253 606 
Add: Impairment of capitalized internal-use software5,156 — 5,156 — 
Add: Restructuring(2)
— 1,663 46 1,663 
Non-GAAP net loss$(2,924)$(8,044)$(26,955)$(40,504)
GAAP net loss per share$(0.44)$(0.37)$(1.70)$(1.53)
Non-GAAP net loss per share$(0.06)$(0.18)$(0.57)$(0.90)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted48,513 45,281 47,175 44,787 
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(2)For the twelve months ended January 31, 2024 and the three and twelve months ended January 31, 2023, an immaterial amount of stock-based compensation expense related to restructuring charges was included in the restructuring expense line.
The following table presents a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash used in operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods indicated (in thousands, unaudited):
Three Months Ended January 31,Year Ended January 31,
2024202320242023
Net cash used in operating activities$(6,450)$(10,203)$(26,893)$(41,185)
Less: Additions to property and equipment(1,285)(1,553)(4,710)(5,646)
Free cash flow$(7,735)$(11,756)$(31,603)$(46,831)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$(2,667)$10,221 $15,426 $(23,366)
Net cash provided by financing activities$3,580 $1,189 $12,933 $9,706 
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Key Business Metrics
(in millions)
(unaudited)
As of
April 30,July 31,Oct. 31,Jan. 31,April 30,July 31,Oct. 31,Jan. 31,
20222022202220232023202320232024
Annual Recurring Revenue$139.7 $145.2 $151.7 $163.7 $172.2 $180.7 $188.7 $204.2 
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Cover [Abstract]  
Document Type 8-K
Document Period End Date Mar. 05, 2024
Entity Registrant Name Couchbase, Inc.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE
Entity File Number 001-40601
Entity Tax Identification Number 26-3576987
Entity Address, Address Line One 3250 Olcott Street
Entity Address, City or Town Santa Clara
Entity Address, State or Province CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 95054
City Area Code 650
Local Phone Number 417-7500
Written Communications false
Soliciting Material false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Title of 12(b) Security Common stock, $0.00001 par value per share
Trading Symbol BASE
Security Exchange Name NASDAQ
Entity Emerging Growth Company true
Entity Central Index Key 0001845022
Amendment Flag false
Entity Ex Transition Period false
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