JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Lowered to “Hold” Rating by Wall Street Zen
by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat GemWall Street Zen cut shares of JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG – Free Report) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Saturday morning.
FROG has been the topic of several other reports. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on JFrog from $64.00 to $52.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 23rd. UBS Group set a $60.00 price target on JFrog in a report on Friday, February 13th. Guggenheim initiated coverage on shares of JFrog in a research report on Monday, March 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $60.00 price objective for the company. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of JFrog in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, JFrog presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $67.05.
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JFrog Trading Down 2.7%
Shares of NASDAQ FROG opened at $42.27 on Friday. JFrog has a 12-month low of $27.00 and a 12-month high of $70.43. The company has a market cap of $5.06 billion, a P/E ratio of -68.18 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $48.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $53.21.
JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.03. JFrog had a negative return on equity of 5.74% and a negative net margin of 13.50%.The company had revenue of $145.31 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $138.09 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.19 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 25.2% on a year-over-year basis. JFrog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.920 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.220 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that JFrog will post -0.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at JFrog
In other JFrog news, CFO Eduard Grabscheid sold 15,639 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.15, for a total transaction of $627,905.85. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 239,902 shares in the company, valued at $9,632,065.30. This trade represents a 6.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CRO Tali Notman sold 21,097 shares of JFrog stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.28, for a total value of $870,884.16. Following the sale, the executive owned 752,598 shares in the company, valued at $31,067,245.44. This represents a 2.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 351,960 shares of company stock valued at $17,367,657 in the last three months. 14.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Institutional Trading of JFrog
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FROG. Hsbc Holdings PLC acquired a new position in JFrog during the 4th quarter worth $678,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. raised its stake in shares of JFrog by 50.0% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 22,507 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,406,000 after purchasing an additional 7,498 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd raised its stake in shares of JFrog by 12,566.7% in the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 754 shares in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of JFrog by 59.7% during the fourth quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 10,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $635,000 after purchasing an additional 3,798 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of JFrog by 6,868.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,104,071 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,420,000 after purchasing an additional 2,073,876 shares during the last quarter. 85.02% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About JFrog
JFrog is a software company specializing in DevOps solutions designed to streamline the management, distribution and security of software binaries. Its core offering, JFrog Artifactory, serves as a universal artifact repository manager compatible with all major package formats, enabling development teams to store, version and share build artifacts across the software delivery pipeline. The company’s platform also includes tools for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), security scanning and release automation.
Among JFrog’s flagship products are JFrog Xray, a security and compliance scanning service that analyzes artifacts and dependencies for vulnerabilities; JFrog Pipelines, a CI/CD orchestration engine that automates build and release workflows; and JFrog Distribution, which accelerates the secure distribution of software releases to edge nodes and end users.