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FSLYFastly, Inc.Hold5.8·$18.03-2.86%
HoldModerate Confidence
Investment thesis

Three consecutive earnings beats — including surprises of 50% and 109% above consensus — combined with strong price momentum and rising volume accumulation offer a compelling near-term setup, but below-average business quality and a 15% short float add meaningful volatility risk that demands disciplined position sizing.

Thesis pillars

  • Growth Justified Premium ValuationStable
  • Earnings Beat Streak ConsistencyStable
  • Price Momentum Volume AccumulationStable
  • +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning

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Fastly, Inc. (FSLY) Stock Analysis

Range Bound setup

HoldVALUE-TRAP 2/5Moderate Confidence

Technology · Software - Application

Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $18.03, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -13.8%), Material insider selling (26 sells, 0.19% of cap).

Fastly operates an edge cloud platform for content delivery, application security (WAF, DDoS, bot management), and edge computing, serving enterprise customers across ecommerce, media, gaming, and financial services globally. Revenue is usage-based; the top 10 customers... Read more

$18.03+15.7% A.UpsideScore 5.8/10#56 of 124 Software - Application
QualityF-score8 / 9FCF yield4.12%
Stop $16.86Target $20.98(analyst − 13%)A.R:R 1.2:1
Analyst target$24.11+33.7%9 analysts
$20.98our TP
$18.03price
$24.11mean
$32

Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $18.03, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -13.8%), Material insider selling (26 sells, 0.19% of cap). Chart setup: RSI 44 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 33d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: speculative.

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About Fastly, Inc.

About Fastly, Inc.

Fastly's top 10 customers generated 32% of revenue in the trailing 12 months ended December 31, 2025, slightly below the 33% recorded in 2024. One affiliated-customer group—business units of a single company—accounted for 10% of 2025 revenue, a share the filing notes could increase as changes in customer corporate structures contribute to further concentration. The company had an accumulated deficit of $1,114.5 million and reported a net loss of $121.7 million in 2025.

Fastly charges customers based on usage of its platform, primarily bandwidth consumed through CDN delivery, alongside subscription fees for security products including its web application firewall, bot management, API security, and DDoS protection. Enterprise customers—who account for most of the revenue base—do not typically hold long-term financial commitments; most contracts run one year or less, and customers may reduce or terminate usage with limited advance notice. The platform covers content delivery, edge computing via WebAssembly-based serverless compute, unified application security, and AI traffic management including semantic caching and edge data stores. The company serves industries including ecommerce, streaming media, gaming, financial services, and high tech, primarily through a direct sales model supplemented by a self-service tier for smaller customers.

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Fastly's customer concentration risk is specific and named. TikTok was one of the company's largest customers in 2025, and the filing notes that a January 2026 ByteDance announcement—establishing TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC in compliance with a U.S. law requiring divestiture—may affect traffic levels on the platform in ways that cannot yet be quantified. Combined with the 10% concentration in a single affiliated-company group, any reduction in that customer's usage could weigh on revenue disproportionately given the platform's usage-based billing structure.

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From Fastly, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 10, 2026.

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Recent developments

updated 2026-07-06
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Upcoming dated catalysts

Wed, Aug 5, 202633d to earnings· next earnings call

Thesis

Rewards
Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
Strong growth profile
Risks
Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -13.8%), Material insider selling (26 sells, 0.19% of cap)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)
P/E (Fwd)46.0
Mkt Cap$2.8B
EV/EBITDA-52.6
Profit Mgn-15.8%
ROE-10.7%
Rev Growth19.8%
Beta0.34
DividendNone
Rating analysts17

Quality Signals

Piotroski F8/9MoatNarrow

Options Flow

P/C0.72neutral
IV103%elevated

Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)

  • MEDIUMCustomertop 10 customers32%
    10-K Item 1A: 'Our 10 largest customers generated an aggregate of 32% ... of our revenue in the trailing 12 months ended December 31, 2025'
  • LOWCustomeraffiliated customers of a single company10%
    10-K Item 1A: 'Affiliated customers that are business units of a single company generated an aggregate of 10% of the Company's revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025'

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Rating Breakdown

2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit

Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static

Quality Rank
1.3
Value Rank
3.8
Growth Rank
6.7

Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

52w Position
0.4
Bollinger
4.6
Support Resistance
5.2
GatesA.R:R 1.2 < 1.5@spotMomentum 6.6>=5.5Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS EVENTS NONE RECENTEARNINGS PROXIMITY 33d clearSEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARRange BoundSuitability: Speculative
RSI
44 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MAGOLDEN CROSSSupport $15.74Resistance $20.77

Price Targets

$17
$21
A.Upside+16.4%
A.R:R1.2:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! asymmetry at 1.2 (below the engine's 1.5 threshold)@spot

Earnings

B
B
B
M
3/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-08-05 (33d)

Verdict History

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Verdicts are recorded on every nightly pipeline run. Rows capture transitions (verdict flips, score deltas ≥0.3, entry/TP/SL changes). Rows with a ▶ can be expanded to see the change reason. Aggregate cohort performance is tracked in the recommendation ledger.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is FSLY stock a buy right now?

Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $18.03, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -13.8%), Material insider selling (26 sells, 0.19% of cap). Chart setup: RSI 44 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Mixed signals. Hold existing position. Target $20.98 (+16.4%), stop $16.86 (−6.9%), A.R:R 1.2:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.

What is the FSLY stock price target?

Take-profit target: $20.98 (+15.7% upside). Target $20.98 (+16.4%), stop $16.86 (−6.9%), A.R:R 1.2:1. Stop-loss: $16.86.

What are the risks of investing in FSLY?

Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -13.8%), Material insider selling (26 sells, 0.19% of cap).

Is FSLY overvalued or undervalued?

Fastly, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 46.0). TrendMatrix value score: 6.9/10. Verdict: Hold.

What do analysts say about FSLY?

17 analysts cover FSLY with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $24.

What does Fastly, Inc. do?Fastly operates an edge cloud platform for content delivery, application security (WAF, DDoS, bot management), and edge...

Fastly operates an edge cloud platform for content delivery, application security (WAF, DDoS, bot management), and edge computing, serving enterprise customers across ecommerce, media, gaming, and financial services globally. Revenue is usage-based; the top 10 customers generated 32% of trailing-12-month revenue as of December 31, 2025, and the company posted a net loss of $121.7 million in 2025.

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