Reviewing JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG) and NetObjects (OTCMKTS:NETO)

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Volatility and Risk

NetObjects has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JFrog has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for NetObjects and JFrog, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

JFrog has a consensus price target of $42.17, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given JFrog’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JFrog is more favorable than NetObjects.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NetObjects	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JFrog	$428.49 million	8.58	-$69.24 million	($0.63)	-57.29

NetObjects has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JFrog.

Summary

JFrog beats NetObjects on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.