Shares of Fastly, Inc. (NYSE:FSLY - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Hold" by the ten analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $8.6875.
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FSLY. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Fastly from $6.00 to $7.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Fastly from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Craig Hallum raised shares of Fastly from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $10.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday. KeyCorp raised shares of Fastly to a "sector weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Fastly from $6.00 to $7.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other Fastly news, CRO Scott R. Lovett sold 127,608 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.95, for a total transaction of $886,875.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 1,287,145 shares in the company, valued at $8,945,657.75. This represents a 9.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Todd Nightingale sold 12,547 shares of Fastly stock in a transaction on Friday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.19, for a total value of $90,212.93. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,904,388 shares in the company, valued at $13,692,549.72. This represents a 0.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 162,124 shares of company stock valued at $1,138,628 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 6.70% of the company's stock.
Institutional Trading of Fastly
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FSLY. Mariner LLC increased its stake in Fastly by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 22,868 shares of the company's stock valued at $216,000 after purchasing an additional 3,487 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Fastly by 28.3% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,577,729 shares of the company's stock valued at $14,894,000 after buying an additional 348,451 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG increased its position in shares of Fastly by 16.6% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 255,409 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,411,000 after acquiring an additional 36,333 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Fastly in the 1st quarter worth $91,000. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH acquired a new stake in Fastly during the 1st quarter worth about $111,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.71% of the company's stock.
Fastly Stock Up 14.5%
Shares of NYSE:FSLY opened at $7.47 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.50 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $7.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $7.22. Fastly has a 1 year low of $4.65 and a 1 year high of $12.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.08 billion, a PE ratio of -7.25 and a beta of 1.19.
Fastly (NYSE:FSLY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.05) by $0.02. Fastly had a negative return on equity of 11.91% and a negative net margin of 25.85%. The company had revenue of $148.71 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $144.86 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.07) EPS. Fastly's revenue was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Fastly will post -0.78 EPS for the current year.
Fastly Company Profile
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Fastly, Inc operates an edge cloud platform for processing, serving, and securing its customer's applications in the United States, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The edge cloud is a category of Infrastructure as a Service that enables developers to build, secure, and deliver digital experiences at the edge of the internet.
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