Fastly Inc (FSLY) Shares Rise Despite Market Challenges

The stock of Fastly Inc (NYSE: FSLY) has increased by 3.24 when compared to last closing price of 10.19.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -3.66% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-02-04 that SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #applicationprotection–Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, in partnership with Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), released a new study today revealing significant challenges for cybersecurity professionals as they combat the rapidly evolving application security landscape. The report, “Balancing Requirements for Application Protection,” based on insights from 383 cybersecurity and IT professionals in North America, underscores the esca.

Is It Worth Investing in Fastly Inc (NYSE: FSLY) Right Now?

Moreover, the 36-month beta value for FSLY is 1.24. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for FSLY is 128.32M and currently, short sellers hold a 7.82% of that float. On February 05, 2025, FSLY’s average trading volume was 3.33M shares.

FSLY’s Market Performance

FSLY’s stock has seen a -3.66% decrease for the week, with a 14.22% rise in the past month and a 45.50% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.57%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.25% for Fastly Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 6.62% for FSLY’s stock, with a 28.48% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of FSLY

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FSLY stocks, with Oppenheimer repeating the rating for FSLY by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for FSLY in the upcoming period, according to Oppenheimer is $12 based on the research report published on December 02, 2024 of the previous year 2024.

Piper Sandler gave a rating of “Neutral” to FSLY, setting the target price at $6 in the report published on August 08th of the previous year.

FSLY Trading at 8.31% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought FSLY to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -59.34% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 5.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.57%, as shares surge +10.16% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +56.78% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, FSLY fell by -3.66%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -15.97% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $9.87. In addition, Fastly Inc saw 11.44% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FSLY starting from Bergman Artur, who sale 31,551 shares at the price of $10.31 back on Jan 23 ’25. After this action, Bergman Artur now owns 3,394,136 shares of Fastly Inc, valued at $325,291 using the latest closing price.

Bergman Artur, the Chief Technology Officer of Fastly Inc, sale 10,000 shares at $10.12 during a trade that took place back on Jan 27 ’25, which means that Bergman Artur is holding 3,384,136 shares at $101,200 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for FSLY

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • -0.32 for the present operating margin
  • 0.53 for the gross margin

The net margin for Fastly Inc stands at -0.27. The total capital return value is set at -0.13. Equity return is now at value -15.33, with -9.55 for asset returns.

Based on Fastly Inc (FSLY), the company’s capital structure generated 0.3 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.43. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -76.39.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -19.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.12. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.09. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.63for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.97.

Conclusion

To wrap up, the performance of Fastly Inc (FSLY) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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