Insider Selling: JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) CEO Sells $1,415,550.00 in Stock

JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ:FROG) CEO Ben Haim Shlomi sold 15,000 shares of JFrog stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $94.37, for a total transaction of $1,415,550.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 4,577,237 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $431,953,855.69. This represents a 0.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Ben Haim Shlomi also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 29th, Ben Haim Shlomi sold 65,999 shares of JFrog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.03, for a total transaction of $5,941,889.97.
• On Monday, June 8th, Ben Haim Shlomi sold 93,072 shares of JFrog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $84.60, for a total transaction of $7,873,891.20.
• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Ben Haim Shlomi sold 43,056 shares of JFrog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.54, for a total transaction of $3,726,066.24.
• On Tuesday, May 26th, Ben Haim Shlomi sold 48,763 shares of JFrog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.04, for a total transaction of $3,659,175.52.
• On Wednesday, May 6th, Ben Haim Shlomi sold 25,000 shares of JFrog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.27, for a total value of $1,306,750.00.

JFrog Price Performance

NASDAQ:FROG opened at $90.74 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $78.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.95. JFrog Ltd. has a 52 week low of $34.05 and a 52 week high of $99.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -171.21 and a beta of 1.20.

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $153.98 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $147.45 million. JFrog had a negative return on equity of 4.61% and a negative net margin of 10.93%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that JFrog Ltd. will post -0.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On JFrog

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FROG. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in shares of JFrog by 48.4% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 189,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,053,000 after buying an additional 61,685 shares during the period. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of JFrog during the first quarter worth approximately $205,000. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of JFrog during the first quarter worth approximately $368,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in JFrog in the first quarter valued at approximately $203,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in JFrog by 14.7% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 692,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,173,000 after acquiring an additional 88,784 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.02% of the company’s stock.

JFrog News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting JFrog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Truist raised its price target on JFrog to $105 from $80 and reiterated a Buy rating, reinforcing bullish analyst sentiment. JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Price Target Raised to $105.00 at Truist Financial
• Positive Sentiment: JFrog continues to benefit from strong analyst support overall, with recent buy ratings and multiple higher price targets suggesting expectations remain constructive. 2 Tech stocks getting bullish upgrades ahead of Q1
• Neutral Sentiment: CTO Yoav Landman sold 700 shares under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, a small transaction that may still weigh on sentiment because JFrog insiders have been active sellers recently. Yoav Landman Sells 700 Shares of JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest jumped sharply in June to 10.85 million shares, or about 10.2% of the float, showing that bearish bets have increased even though the days-to-cover ratio remains moderate.
• Neutral Sentiment: July short-interest data showed 0 shares reported, which appears to be a data anomaly and does not provide a reliable new signal for investors.
• Negative Sentiment: The latest insider sale and recent history of heavy insider selling may be pressuring the stock, especially after a strong move higher in recent months. JFrog Falls 5% as Fresh Negative Catalyst Appears Limited

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on FROG shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of JFrog in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of JFrog in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Guggenheim lifted their price objective on shares of JFrog from $60.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of JFrog from $75.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of JFrog from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $83.67.

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.