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Fastly, Inc.

FSLY

Technology · 23.17 +2.0% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Fastly, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 23.3% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+2.0% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 15 activeMixed Risk Exposure · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 7 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • FSLY's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if FSLY's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Application

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 15 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 7 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 23.3% versus the comparable filing period.
  • The operating loss narrowed by 22.5M.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • FSLY's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements161
Verified relationships7
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +14.8% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +11.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +9.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Diluted shares increased 6.4% in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 156% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

23.17
6m-4.3%12m+214.8%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$354.3M+21.8%$-1.92+12.1%
2022-12-31$432.7M+22.1%$-1.57+4.9%
2023-12-31$506.0M+16.9%$-1.03+5.8%
2024-12-31$543.7M+7.4%$-1.14+7.2%
2025-12-31$624.0M+14.8%$-0.83+6.4%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratespositive · 2 filings
Transaction costs of $ 5.8 million incurred related to the issuance of the 2028 Notes, partially offset by the aforementioned premium, were recorded as contra-liability and represents the difference between the principal and the carrying amount of the 2028 No…
10-Q · Nov 7, 2025
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 1 filings
Factors considered in determining whether a credit impairment has occurred include whether the decline in fair value is due to credit related factors, the Company’s intent to sell the security, and whether or not the Company will be required to sell the secur…
10-K · Feb 25, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 5.5× · EV/sales 5.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

23.17+2.0% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for FSLY. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationpremium

Capital and cash conversion

Investment load increased

watch

Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.

Capital spending YoY
+322.6%
Capital spending / revenue
+14.8%
Free-cash-flow margin
+4.4%
FCF margin change
-6.1 pts

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 23.3% versus the comparable filing period.
  • The operating loss narrowed by 22.5M.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

This was offset by a $8.2 million increase in other assets, $7.9 million of net operating lease payments, a net increase of accounts receivable of $3.3 million, primarily due to the timing of cash receipts from our customers and a $1.8 million decrease in accrued expenses due to timing of payments.

The increase was primarily due to a $2.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $1.7 million increase in third-party commission costs, a $1.6 million increase in personnel-related costs including commission expense, and a $0.6 million increase in marketing-related expenses.

The increase was primarily due to a $4.8 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $4.7 million increase in personnel-related costs including commission expense, a $2.4 million increase in third-party commissions, and a $0.7 million increase in marketing expenses.

Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind FSLY

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AKAMAkamai Technologies, Inc.competitorMay 6, 2026

We segment the competitive landscape into six key categories: 19 • Legacy CDN platform solutions like Akamai; • Application and API security vendors like Akamai, Cloudflare, F5, and Thales (Imperva); • Point CDN players like Bunny CDN, CDNetworks, CDN77, and…

AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.competitorMay 6, 2026

We segment the competitive landscape into six key categories: 19 • Legacy CDN platform solutions like Akamai; • Application and API security vendors like Akamai, Cloudflare, F5, and Thales (Imperva); • Point CDN players like Bunny CDN, CDNetworks, CDN77, and…

Depended on by

FFIVF5, Inc.competitorNov 25, 2025

F5 competes with traditional edge players including Akamai, Cloudflare and Fastly, as well as networking vendors including Broadcom and Cisco, and pure-play vendors like Aviatrix, and public cloud providers.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

FSLY is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Mixed Risk Exposure. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for FSLY; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.