Frederic Simon Sells 55,000 Shares of JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Stock

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) Director Frederic Simon sold 55,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.34, for a total value of $2,658,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 3,483,286 shares in the company, valued at $168,382,045.24. This trade represents a 1.55% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Frederic Simon also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, March 3rd, Frederic Simon sold 10,000 shares of JFrog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.08, for a total value of $420,800.00.
• On Monday, March 2nd, Frederic Simon sold 25,000 shares of JFrog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.18, for a total value of $1,004,500.00.

JFrog Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FROG opened at $50.61 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $6.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -81.63 and a beta of 1.14. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.00. JFrog Ltd. has a 12-month low of $27.00 and a 12-month high of $70.43.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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 return on equity of 5.74% and a negative net margin of 13.50%.The firm had revenue of $145.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $138.09 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.19 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. Research analysts forecast that JFrog Ltd. will post -0.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On JFrog

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in JFrog by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,505,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $593,734,000 after purchasing an additional 362,654 shares during the last quarter. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of JFrog by 82.2% in 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 buying an additional 2,389,415 shares in the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of JFrog by 6.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,710,886 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,306,000 after buying an additional 153,283 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in shares of 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 worth $167,590,000 after buying an additional 633,231 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fiera Capital Corp grew its stake in JFrog by 37.5% in the 4th quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 2,253,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $140,750,000 after acquiring an additional 614,383 shares during the last quarter. 85.02% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on FROG. DA Davidson reduced their price objective on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $65.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Barclays raised their price target on JFrog from $67.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Morgan Stanley set a $70.00 price target on JFrog in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Evercore set a $80.00 price objective on JFrog in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Guggenheim started coverage on JFrog in a report on Monday, March 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $60.00 target price for the company. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $67.05.

About JFrog

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.