JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) versus 8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) Head to Head Survey

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and 8X8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JFrog and 8X8″s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JFrog	$428.49 million	11.66	-$69.24 million	($0.71)	-61.44
8X8	$715.07 million	0.37	-$27.21 million	($0.16)	-12.06

8X8 has higher revenue and earnings than JFrog. JFrog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 8X8, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.0% of JFrog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of 8X8 shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of JFrog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of 8X8 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

JFrog has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 8X8 has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for JFrog and 8X8, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JFrog	0	2	13	1	2.94
8X8	3	2	3	0	2.00

JFrog presently has a consensus price target of $46.8667, indicating a potential upside of 7.44%. 8X8 has a consensus price target of $2.4857, indicating a potential upside of 28.79%. Given 8X8’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 8X8 is more favorable than JFrog.

Profitability

This table compares JFrog and 8X8’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JFrog	-18.18%	-7.66%	-5.30%
8X8	-2.96%	11.38%	1.92%

Summary

8X8 beats JFrog on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JFrog

JFrog Ltd. provides end-to-end hybrid software supply chain platform in the United States, Israel, India, and internationally. The company offers JFrog Artifactory, a package repository that allows teams and organizations to store, update, and manage their software packages; JFrog Curation that functions as a guardian outside the software development pipeline, controlling the admission of packages into an organization, primarily from open source or public repositories; JFrog Xray, which scans JFrog Artifactory to secure all software packages; JFrog Advanced Security, an optional add-on for select JFrog subscriptions; and JFrog Distribution that provides software package distribution. It also provides JFrog Artifactory Edge that utilizes and leverages metadata from JFrog Artifactory to facilitate the transfer of the incremental changes in software packages from their previous versions; JFrog Mission Control, a platform control panel that provides a view of moving pieces of an organization’s software supply chain workflow; JFrog Insight, a DevOps intelligence tool; JFrog Connect, a device management solution that allows companies to manage software updates and monitor performance in IoT device fleets; and JFrog Pipelines, a continuous integration and delivery tool for automating and orchestrating the movement of software packages. In addition, the company provides JFrog Pro that provides access to the universal version of JFrog Artifactory and ongoing updates, upgrades, and bug fixes; JFrog Pro X, a self-hosted-only subscription; JFrog Enterprise X, which offers cluster configuration, federated repositories, multi-region replication, larger enterprise-scale deployments, service-level agreement support, and deeper security; and JFrog Enterprise Plus, a full platform subscription option. It serves technology, financial services, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications organizations. JFrog Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

About 8X8

8×8, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise communication solutions. It offers solutions to the business services, education, financial services, government, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded in February 1987 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.