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JFrog (FROG) Beneish M-Score : -3.00 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is JFrog Beneish M-Score?

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -3 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for JFrog's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FROG' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3   Med: -2.68   Max: 0.24
Current: -3

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of JFrog was 0.24. The lowest was -3.00. And the median was -2.68.


JFrog Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for JFrog's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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JFrog Beneish M-Score Chart

JFrog Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -2.44 0.24 -2.92 -3.00

JFrog Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of JFrog's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, JFrog's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


JFrog's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, JFrog's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JFrog's Beneish M-Score falls into.



JFrog Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of JFrog for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.9849+0.528 * 0.9971+0.404 * 0.8698+0.892 * 1.2494+0.115 * 0.8992
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9182+4.679 * -0.139192-0.327 * 1.0926
=-3.00

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $76.4 Mil.
Revenue was 97.26 + 88.636 + 84.17 + 79.82 = $349.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 76.837 + 68.886 + 65.721 + 61.399 = $272.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $645.8 Mil.
Total Assets was $972.6 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $29.1 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $15.3 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $213.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $262.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $14.0 Mil.
Net Income was -11.233 + -13.747 + -15.467 + -20.809 = $-61.3 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.039 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-0.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 32.593 + 25.981 + 16.71 + -1.129 = $74.2 Mil.
Total Receivables was $62.1 Mil.
Revenue was 76.546 + 71.991 + 67.807 + 63.696 = $280.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 59.264 + 56.093 + 52.563 + 49.833 = $217.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $532.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $871.2 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $32.6 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $14.7 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $186.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $209.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $16.8 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(76.437 / 349.886) / (62.117 / 280.04)
=0.218463 / 0.221815
=0.9849

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(217.753 / 280.04) / (272.843 / 349.886)
=0.777578 / 0.779805
=0.9971

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (645.801 + 29.09) / 972.556) / (1 - (532.022 + 32.623) / 871.221)
=0.306065 / 0.351892
=0.8698

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=349.886 / 280.04
=1.2494

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(14.655 / (14.655 + 32.623)) / (15.303 / (15.303 + 29.09))
=0.309975 / 0.344717
=0.8992

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(213.807 / 349.886) / (186.368 / 280.04)
=0.611076 / 0.665505
=0.9182

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((13.954 + 262.175) / 972.556) / ((16.829 + 209.572) / 871.221)
=0.283921 / 0.259866
=1.0926

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(-61.256 - -0.039 - 74.155) / 972.556
=-0.139192

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

JFrog has a M-score of -3.00 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


JFrog (FROG) Business Description

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Address
270 E. Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94089
JFrog Ltd provides an end-to-end, hybrid, universal DevOps Platform that powers and controls the software supply chain, enabling organizations to continuously and securely deliver software updates across any system. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Israel. Its product portfolio includes JFrog Artifactory; JFrog Pipelines; JFrog Xray; JFrog Distribution; JFrog Artifactory Edge; JFrog Mission Control and JFrog Insight.
Executives
Frederic Simon director C/O JFROG LTD, 270 E. CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Ben Haim Shlomi director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O JFROG LTD, 270 E CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Yoav Landman director, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O JFROG LTD, 270 E CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Tali Notman officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O JFROG LTD, 270 E CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Yakov (jacob) Shulman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Yossi Sela director, 10 percent owner GEMINI ISRAEL FUNDS, 9 HAMENOFIM STREET, HERZLIYA PITUACH L3 46725
Elisa Steele director 1601 CLOVERFIELD BLVD, STE 620 SOUTH, SANTA MONICA CA 90404
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Yvonne Wassenaar director C/O FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC., 60 ACORN PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Meerah Rajavel director C/O JFROG LTD., 270 E CARIBBEAN DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Andrew L. Vitus director, 10 percent owner C/O SCALE VENTURE PARTNERS, 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 700, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Gemini Israel V Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 1 ABBA EBAN AVENUE, MERKAZIM 2001,, BLDG A, 3RD FLOOR, HERZLIYA L3 00000
Scale Venture Partners Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 1150, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Stacey Bishop 10 percent owner 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 700, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Gemini Partners Investors V L.p. 10 percent owner 1 ABBA EBAN AVENUE, MERKAZIM 2001,, BLDG A, 3RD FLOOR, HERZLIYA L3 00000