JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Sees Strong Trading Volume – Still a Buy?

Shares of JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) saw an uptick in trading volume on Friday . 9,398,061 shares traded hands during 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FROG has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Oppenheimer upgraded shares of JFrog from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $75.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 7th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on shares of JFrog from $71.00 to $79.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 16th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of JFrog in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Barclays upped their target price on shares of JFrog from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Finally, UBS Group set a $60.00 price target on shares of JFrog in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently 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 capitalization 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 posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.03. JFrog had a negative net margin of 13.50% and a negative return on equity of 5.74%. The company had revenue of $145.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138.09 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.19 earnings per share. The company’s 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. Equities research analysts expect that JFrog Ltd. will post -0.33 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at JFrog

In other JFrog news, CEO Ben Haim Shlomi sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.92, for a total value of $1,298,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 4,741,893 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $246,199,084.56. The trade was a 0.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CRO Tali Notman sold 13,357 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $64.80, for a total value of $865,533.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 631,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $40,909,860. This trade represents a 2.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 407,814 shares of company stock worth $24,969,260. 14.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JFrog

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FROG. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in shares of JFrog by 48.4% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 189,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,053,000 after purchasing an additional 61,685 shares in the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new position in JFrog in the 1st quarter worth approximately $205,000. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in JFrog in the 1st quarter worth approximately $368,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new position in JFrog during the 1st quarter worth $203,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in JFrog by 14.7% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 692,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,173,000 after buying an additional 88,784 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.02% of the company’s stock.

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.