JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG – Get Free Report) and BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares JFrog and BIO-key International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| JFrog | $531.84 million | 21.21 | -$71.82 million | ($0.37) | -247.24 |
| BIO-key International | $6.09 million | 0.61 | -$7.16 million | ($4.11) | -0.63 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for JFrog and BIO-key International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| JFrog | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.87 |
| BIO-key International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
JFrog presently has a consensus price target of $109.48, indicating a potential upside of 19.67%. Given JFrog’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JFrog is more favorable than BIO-key International.
Risk & Volatility
JFrog has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BIO-key International has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares JFrog and BIO-key International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| JFrog | -7.35% | -2.71% | -1.80% |
| BIO-key International | -50.01% | -67.31% | -40.28% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
85.0% of JFrog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of BIO-key International shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of JFrog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of BIO-key International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
JFrog beats BIO-key International on 12 of the 14 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 BIO-key International
BIO-key International, Inc. develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform. Its solutions enable its customers to secure their workforces and student populations; and make their partner networks more collaborative. In addition, it provides BIO-key VST and WEB-key products; and Civil and Large-Scale ID Infrastructure solutions that develops finger-based biometric technology. Further, it offers finger scanners for enterprise and consumer markets under SideSwipe, EcoID, and SidePass brand names. The company was formerly known as SAC Technologies and changed its name to BIO-key International, Inc. in 2002. BIO-key International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wall, New Jersey.
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