JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) Short Interest Up 59.0% in February

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,447,063 shares, an increase of 59.0% from the January 29th total of 3,426,245 shares. Approximately 5.3% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 4,008,845 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Based on an average daily volume of 4,008,845 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 5.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

JFrog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FROG traded up $1.43 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $41.58. 2,988,826 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,469,533. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $55.08 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.77. JFrog has a 1-year low of $27.00 and a 1-year high of $70.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -67.06 and a beta of 1.20.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $145.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138.09 million. JFrog had a negative return on equity of 5.74% and a negative net margin of 13.50%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 25.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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. On average, research analysts expect that JFrog will post -0.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have commented on FROG. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on shares of JFrog from $70.00 to $65.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research 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. DA Davidson lowered their target price on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on JFrog from $55.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised JFrog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 15th. Sixteen 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. According to MarketBeat, JFrog has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $67.42.

Insider Transactions at JFrog

In other news, CRO Tali Notman sold 13,357 shares of JFrog stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.80, for a total transaction of $865,533.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive directly owned 631,325 shares in the company, valued at $40,909,860. The trade was a 2.07% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Ben Haim Shlomi sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.92, for a total value of $1,298,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly 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 position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 260,314 shares of company stock valued at $15,973,060. Corporate insiders own 14.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of JFrog

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of FROG. Public Sector Pension Investment Board bought a new stake in JFrog during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $3,247,000. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC bought a new position in JFrog in the 2nd quarter valued at $233,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in JFrog by 3,033.8% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 291,134 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,775,000 after purchasing an additional 281,844 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. bought a new stake in shares of JFrog during the third quarter worth $6,697,000. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of JFrog by 452.1% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 56,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,689,000 after buying an additional 46,529 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors 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.