JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of 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. Approximately 10.2% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 4,900,608 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days.

JFrog Price Performance

JFrog stock opened at $92.02 on Tuesday. JFrog has a one year low of $34.05 and a one year high of $99.22. The business’s fifty day moving average is $79.26 and its 200 day moving average is $60.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.15 billion, a PE ratio of -173.62 and a beta of 1.20.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other JFrog news, Director Barry Zwarenstein sold 1,250 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.35, for a total value of $105,437.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 32,937 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,778,235.95. This represents a 3.66% 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 link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Eduard Grabscheid sold 5,654 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.69, for a total value of $478,837.26. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 209,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,755,936.02. This represents a 2.63% decrease in their position. 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. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold 917,399 shares of company stock valued at $73,629,102 over the last 90 days. 11.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of JFrog

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FROG. Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new position in JFrog during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Millstone Evans Group LLC boosted its stake in JFrog by 242.6% in the 1st quarter. Millstone Evans Group LLC now owns 603 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of JFrog by 318.7% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 628 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 478 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in JFrog during the first quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new position in shares of JFrog during the 4th quarter valued at about $44,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.02% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on FROG shares. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $88.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of JFrog in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $80.00 target price on shares of JFrog in a report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group upped their price target on JFrog from $92.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their target price on JFrog from $86.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $83.67.

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.