Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.090–0.050 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of -0.010. The company issued revenue guidance of $136.0 million-$140.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $137.1 million. Fastly also updated its FY 2025 guidance to -0.150–0.090 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on FSLY shares. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Fastly from $10.00 to $8.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Fastly from $5.50 to $7.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Fastly from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Craig Hallum boosted their price objective on shares of Fastly from $6.00 to $8.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Fastly from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $8.55.

Fastly Price Performance

FSLY traded down $2.11 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $7.97. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10,199,158 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,892,645. Fastly has a 12 month low of $5.52 and a 12 month high of $23.68. The stock has a market cap of $1.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.32 and a beta of 1.26. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $10.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.11. The company has a current ratio of 3.97, a quick ratio of 3.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36.

Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.22). Fastly had a negative net margin of 27.47% and a negative return on equity of 13.24%. Sell-side analysts expect that Fastly will post -0.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Fastly

In related news, CFO Ronald W. Kisling sold 16,102 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.25, for a total value of $100,637.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 542,462 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,390,387.50. This represents a 2.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CTO Artur Bergman sold 3,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.01, for a total transaction of $40,834.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer now owns 3,444,136 shares in the company, valued at $41,364,073.36. The trade was a 0.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 260,152 shares of company stock worth $2,287,883 in the last 90 days. 6.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Fastly Company Profile

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.