Lido Advisors LLC Purchases New Stake in JFrog Ltd. $FROG

Lido Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 9,265 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $435,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of FROG. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of JFrog by 85,066.4% in the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,362,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,796,000 after purchasing an additional 3,358,422 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of JFrog by 187.4% during the first quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 4,156,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,043,000 after purchasing an additional 2,710,167 shares during the period. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of JFrog by 82.2% during the fourth quarter. Whale Rock Capital Management LLC now owns 5,297,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,901,000 after purchasing an additional 2,389,415 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in JFrog by 6,868.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,104,071 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,420,000 after purchasing an additional 2,073,876 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB purchased a new position in JFrog during the first quarter valued at approximately $78,872,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.02% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Frederic Simon sold 120,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.84, for a total value of $10,300,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 3,224,328 shares in the company, valued at approximately $276,776,315.52. This represents a 3.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Ben Haim Shlomi sold 93,072 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.60, for a total transaction of $7,873,891.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 4,658,236 shares in the company, valued at $394,086,765.60. The trade was a 1.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 963,649 shares of company stock worth $77,654,577. 11.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on FROG. BTIG Research increased their target price on shares of JFrog from $80.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Guggenheim boosted their price target on shares of JFrog from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of JFrog in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on JFrog from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, DA Davidson set a $90.00 price objective on JFrog in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $88.86.

JFrog Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FROG opened at $79.79 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.66 billion, a P/E ratio of -150.55 and a beta of 1.20. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $84.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $62.15. JFrog Ltd. has a 52 week low of $34.05 and a 52 week high of $99.22.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company’s revenue was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 forecast that JFrog Ltd. will post -0.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.