JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Sees Strong Trading Volume – Here’s What Happened

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) shares saw unusually-strong trading volume on Friday . Approximately 9,398,061 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 233% from the previous session’s volume of 2,820,254 shares.The stock last traded at $37.6870 and had previously closed at $50.29.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FROG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $70.00 target price (up from $55.00) on shares of JFrog in a research note on Friday, November 7th. DA Davidson cut their price target on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. UBS Group set a $60.00 price objective on shares of JFrog in a research note on Friday, February 13th. KeyCorp increased their target price on shares of JFrog from $71.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded JFrog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, February 15th. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $65.94.

JFrog Trading Down 24.9%

The stock has a market cap of $4.52 billion, a P/E ratio of -60.89 and a beta of 1.13. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $58.41 and its 200 day moving average is $53.76.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $145.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $138.09 million. JFrog had a negative net margin of 13.50% and a negative return on equity of 5.74%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.19 earnings per share. JFrog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.920 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.200-0.220 EPS. Research analysts forecast that JFrog Ltd. will post -0.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at JFrog

In other JFrog news, Director Frederic Simon sold 80,000 shares of JFrog stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.51, for a total value of $4,760,800.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 3,660,786 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $217,853,374.86. The trade was a 2.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Yvonne Wassenaar sold 1,957 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.70, for a total value of $114,875.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 20,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,203,056.50. This represents a 8.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 407,814 shares of company stock worth $24,969,260. Insiders own 14.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of JFrog

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FROG. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of JFrog by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,505,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $593,734,000 after buying an additional 362,654 shares during the last quarter. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC increased its stake in JFrog by 82.2% during the fourth quarter. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC now owns 5,297,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,901,000 after acquiring an additional 2,389,415 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP increased its stake in JFrog by 6.0% during the third quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,710,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,306,000 after acquiring an additional 153,283 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in JFrog by 30.9% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,683,153 shares of the company’s stock valued at $167,590,000 after acquiring an additional 633,231 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fiera Capital Corp lifted its position in shares of JFrog by 37.5% in the 4th quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 2,253,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $140,750,000 after acquiring an additional 614,383 shares during the period. 85.02% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

JFrog Company Profile

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.