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JFrog Ltd.: Q1 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q1 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 7 May 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 3 raised, 2 new, 1 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue rose 26% to $154.0 million: Total revenue was $154.0 million, against $122.4 million a year earlier. Cloud revenue was a major part of the increase, the company reported. Source
  • Cloud revenue grew 50%: Cloud revenue reached $78.9 million, up 50% year over year, the company reported. Source
  • Cloud share of revenue rose: Cloud represented 51% of total revenue, against 43% in the year-ago period. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating margin reached 21.4%: Non-GAAP operating income was $32.9 million, against $21.4 million a year earlier, when the margin was 17.4%. Source
  • Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.27: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.27, against $0.20 a year earlier, computed on 125.3 million non-GAAP diluted shares. Source
  • Remaining performance obligations reached $574.9M: Remaining performance obligations were $574.9 million at March 31, 2026, up from $565.7 million at December 31, 2025. Source
  • Net dollar retention rose to 120%: Trailing four-quarter net dollar retention was 120%, against 116% a year earlier and 119% in the prior quarter's release. Source
  • Free cash flow was $37.3 million: Operating cash flow was $38.4 million and free cash flow was $37.3 million, against $28.8 million and $28.1 million a year earlier. Source

“Q1 was a solid quarter, with strong performance across revenue, cloud growth, and all key metrics, reflecting consistent execution by our global team,”

Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO and Co-founder of JFrog

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Non-GAAP operating income SourceSecond quarter 2026between $28 million and $30 millionNew
Non-GAAP diluted EPS SourceSecond quarter 2026between $0.23 and $0.25New
Revenue SourceFiscal year 2026between $628 million to $632 millionRaised from $623 million to $628 million
Non-GAAP operating income SourceFiscal year 2026between $112 million and $116 millionRaised from $106 million and $108 million
Non-GAAP diluted EPS SourceFiscal year 2026between $0.93 and $0.97Raised from $0.88 and $0.92
Weighted average diluted shares SourceFiscal year 2026approximately 128 millionKept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2026 revenue range raised to $628 million to $632 million from $623 million to $628 million. Source
  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2026 non-GAAP operating income range raised to $112 million to $116 million from $106 million to $108 million. Source
  • Guidance raised: Fiscal 2026 non-GAAP diluted EPS range raised to $0.93 to $0.97 from $0.88 to $0.92; share count assumption kept at approximately 128 million. Source
  • New guidance: Second quarter 2026 revenue and non-GAAP operating income ranges given for the first time in this release. Source
  • New: The board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $300 million. Source
  • New: The company launched JFrog MCP Registry, described as the first enterprise-grade registry for MCP servers. Source
  • New: The company launched JFrog Skills Registry alongside NVIDIA, aimed at adding a trust layer to AI agent skills. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Revenue rose 26% to $154.0 million: Total revenue was $154.0 million, against $122.4 million a year earlier. Cloud revenue was a major part of the increase, the company reported. Source
  • Cloud revenue grew 50%: Cloud revenue reached $78.9 million, up 50% year over year, the company reported. Source
  • Self-managed and SaaS subscriptions grew: Subscription revenue from self-managed and SaaS was $146.3 million, against $116.4 million, and self-managed license revenue was $7.7 million, against $6.0 million. Source

Products and customers

  • Cloud share of revenue rose: Cloud represented 51% of total revenue, against 43% in the year-ago period. Source
  • Enterprise+ subscription share rose: Customers on the end-to-end Enterprise+ subscription generated 58% of revenue in the quarter, up from 55% a year earlier. Source
  • Larger customer counts increased: Customers with ARR above $1 million rose to 80 from 54 a year earlier. Customers with ARR above $100K rose to 1,225 from 1,051. Source
  • Security momentum cited across customers: Management said it is seeing momentum in its security business as customers standardize on the platform. Source
  • Artifactory positioned as system of record: Management described the platform as built on Artifactory, governing, managing and securing binaries amid rising software supply chain threats. Source

“Our cloud business acceleration was fueled by surging demand from development organizations leveraging AI-powered coding agents to build and ship software at increasing scale.”

Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO and Co-founder of JFrog

Costs, margins and profitability

  • Gross margin rose year on year: GAAP gross margin was 78.2% against 75.3% a year earlier. Non-GAAP gross margin was 83.8% against 82.5%. Source
  • Non-GAAP operating margin reached 21.4%: Non-GAAP operating income was $32.9 million, against $21.4 million a year earlier, when the margin was 17.4%. Source
  • GAAP operating loss narrowed: GAAP operating loss was $12.9 million, against $23.0 million a year earlier, with GAAP operating margin of (8.4%). Source
  • Operating spending rose across lines: Non-GAAP R&D rose to $36.5 million from $28.2 million, non-GAAP sales and marketing to $44.3 million from $38.4 million, and non-GAAP G&A to $15.2 million from $13.1 million. Source
  • Non-GAAP excludes listed items: Non-GAAP results exclude share-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangibles, acquisition-related costs and income tax effects, under the company's definitions. Source

Per-share results and share count

  • Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.27: Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.27, against $0.20 a year earlier, computed on 125.3 million non-GAAP diluted shares. Source
  • GAAP net loss per share narrowed: GAAP net loss was $8.3 million, or $0.07 per share, against $18.5 million, or $0.16 per share, a year earlier. Source
  • Weighted average shares increased: Basic and diluted weighted-average shares were 120.2 million, up from 113.4 million a year earlier. Source

“At the same time, we are seeing powerful momentum in our security business, as customers standardize on JFrog as their end-to-end platform,”

Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO and Co-founder of JFrog

Demand and the order book

  • Remaining performance obligations reached $574.9M: Remaining performance obligations were $574.9 million at March 31, 2026, up from $565.7 million at December 31, 2025. Source
  • Net dollar retention rose to 120%: Trailing four-quarter net dollar retention was 120%, against 116% a year earlier and 119% in the prior quarter's release. Source

Capital, cash and returns to shareholders

  • Free cash flow was $37.3 million: Operating cash flow was $38.4 million and free cash flow was $37.3 million, against $28.8 million and $28.1 million a year earlier. Source
  • Cash and investments totaled $741.2M: Cash, cash equivalents and investments were $741.2 million at March 31, 2026, including $61.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $680.3 million of short-term investments. Source
  • Capital expenditure stayed small: Purchases of property and equipment were $1.1 million, against $0.6 million a year earlier. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.