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FSLY vs. NET, ZETA, YOU, WK, BOX, DJT, QTWO, OS, CLBT, and SAIC

Should you be buying Fastly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastly include Cloudflare (NET), Zeta Global (ZETA), CLEAR Secure (YOU), Workiva (WK), BOX (BOX), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Q2 (QTWO), OneStream (OS), Cellebrite DI (CLBT), and Science Applications International (SAIC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Fastly vs. Its Competitors

Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Fastly currently has a consensus price target of $8.69, indicating a potential upside of 4.98%. Cloudflare has a consensus price target of $191.28, indicating a potential downside of 12.13%. Given Fastly's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fastly is more favorable than Cloudflare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fastly
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cloudflare
4 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Fastly has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudflare has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cloudflare had 9 more articles in the media than Fastly. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cloudflare and 9 mentions for Fastly. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Fastly's score of 0.47 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fastly
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cloudflare
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cloudflare has higher revenue and earnings than Fastly. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fastly$543.68M2.24-$158.06M-$1.03-8.03
Cloudflare$1.67B45.43-$78.80M-$0.34-640.22

Cloudflare has a net margin of -6.22% compared to Fastly's net margin of -25.85%. Cloudflare's return on equity of -8.42% beat Fastly's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fastly-25.85% -11.98% -7.87%
Cloudflare -6.22%-8.42%-2.52%

79.7% of Fastly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Fastly shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Cloudflare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cloudflare beats Fastly on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FSLY vs. The Competition

MetricFastlyINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.28B$19.78B$33.20B$22.14B
Dividend YieldN/A3.65%3.16%3.57%
P/E Ratio-8.0374.91495.3629.64
Price / Sales2.24112.522,035.1995.42
Price / CashN/A84.4737.8824.65
Price / Book1.209.377.534.61
Net Income-$158.06M$354.27M$819.01M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-3.14%1.90%2.27%0.14%
1 Month Performance11.45%8.41%11.13%2.33%
1 Year Performance10.78%97.03%24,144.38%13.85%

Fastly Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSLY
Fastly
3.1633 of 5 stars
$8.28
-4.4%
$8.69
+5.0%
+13.5%$1.28B$543.68M-8.031,100
NET
Cloudflare
3.7704 of 5 stars
$218.55
+1.0%
$191.28
-12.5%
+165.0%$76.16B$1.67B-642.794,263
ZETA
Zeta Global
3.3078 of 5 stars
$21.08
+2.7%
$30.29
+43.7%
-35.7%$5.02B$1.01B-110.962,191
YOU
CLEAR Secure
3.7686 of 5 stars
$36.39
-0.7%
$34.71
-4.6%
-0.4%$4.84B$770.49M22.744,022
WK
Workiva
3.7584 of 5 stars
$85.33
-0.5%
$100.00
+17.2%
+11.7%$4.78B$738.68M-71.112,828Positive News
BOX
BOX
4.43 of 5 stars
$32.36
0.0%
$38.25
+18.2%
+2.7%$4.69B$1.09B26.092,810
DJT
Trump Media & Technology Group
N/A$16.91
-0.1%
N/A+6.8%$4.69B$3.62M-34.512
QTWO
Q2
3.3771 of 5 stars
$74.03
-1.1%
$101.94
+37.7%
-17.2%$4.62B$696.46M1,480.982,477
OS
OneStream
3.2796 of 5 stars
$18.93
-4.0%
$29.94
+58.2%
-39.8%$4.60B$489.41M-12.701,500News Coverage
Positive News
CLBT
Cellebrite DI
2.8184 of 5 stars
$18.97
+1.8%
$21.75
+14.7%
+8.6%$4.54B$401.20M-24.961,167Positive News
SAIC
Science Applications International
4.0605 of 5 stars
$97.72
+0.1%
$120.64
+23.5%
-29.4%$4.50B$7.46B16.4826,000News Coverage

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