Short Interest in JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) Expands By 157.9%

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) was the target of a large increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 10,849,942 shares, an increase of 157.9% from the June 15th total of 4,207,793 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,900,608 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 10.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

JFrog Stock Performance

FROG stock traded down $0.78 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $90.39. 881,182 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,108,428. JFrog has a 52 week low of $34.05 and a 52 week high of $99.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -170.73 and a beta of 1.20. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $80.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $60.30.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.05. JFrog had a negative net margin of 10.93% and a negative return on equity of 4.61%. The firm had revenue of $153.98 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $147.45 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.20 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. JFrog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.230-0.25 EPS. Research analysts forecast that JFrog will post -0.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on FROG shares. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on shares of JFrog from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered JFrog from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 21st. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of JFrog in a report on Monday, June 8th. DA Davidson set a $90.00 target price on JFrog in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price target on JFrog from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $83.67.

Insider Buying and Selling at JFrog

In related news, CEO Ben Haim Shlomi sold 15,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.37, for a total transaction of $1,415,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 4,577,237 shares in the company, valued at approximately $431,953,855.69. This represents a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Yoav Landman sold 700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.00, for a total transaction of $69,300.00. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 5,538,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $548,295,462. The trade was a 0.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 917,399 shares of company stock worth $73,629,102. Insiders own 11.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JFrog

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in JFrog by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 15,183 shares of the company’s stock valued at $666,000 after buying an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its stake in JFrog by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 9,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $585,000 after buying an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in JFrog by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 15,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $948,000 after buying an additional 299 shares in the last quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of JFrog by 8.0% during the first quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,000 after acquiring an additional 330 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of JFrog by 5.8% during the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 6,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 377 shares during the last quarter. 85.02% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.