Analyzing JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) & NetObjects (OTCMKTS:NETO)

JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and NetObjects (OTCMKTS:NETO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

85.0% of JFrog shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of JFrog shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of NetObjects shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for JFrog and NetObjects, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JFrog	0	3	14	1	2.89
NetObjects	0	0	0	0	0.00

JFrog presently has a consensus price target of $42.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. Given JFrog’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JFrog is more favorable than NetObjects.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares JFrog and NetObjects”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JFrog	$428.49 million	8.90	-$69.24 million	($0.63)	-59.41
NetObjects	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

NetObjects has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JFrog.

Profitability

This table compares JFrog and NetObjects’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JFrog	-16.16%	-6.42%	-4.49%
NetObjects	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

JFrog beats NetObjects on 7 of the 10 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 NetObjects

NetObjects Inc. provides web design software and templates. The company offers NetObjects Fusion, a web design software that enables to build, manage, and promote websites; and NetObjects Fusion Essentials, a free drag-and-drop website builder. It also provides NetObjects Mosaic, an online application for mobile website designing; and publishes website for photographers. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.