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. It is a programmable platform designed for web and application delivery. The company offers Compute@Edge; developer hub that includes solution library patterns and recipes, API and language references, change logs, and Fastly Fiddle solutions; device detection and geolocation, edge dictionaries, edge access control lists, and edge authentication services; full site delivery services, such as dynamic site acceleration, origin shield, instant purge, surrogate keys, real-time logging and stats, and cloud optimizer services; and streaming solutions and services, including live streaming, media shield, and origin connect. It also provides edge security solutions, such as DDoS protection, edge web application firewall (WAF), transport layer security (TLS), platform TLS, and compliance services; unified web application and API protection solutions that includes runtime self-application protection, advanced rate limiting, API protection, account takeover protection, bot management, and next generation WAF. In addition, the company offers edge applications, such as load balancers and image optimizers; video on demand; and managed edge delivery services. It serves customers operating in digital publishing, media and entertainment, technology, online retail, travel and hospitality, and financial technology services industries. The company was formerly known as SkyCache, Inc. and changed its name to Fastly, Inc. in May 2012. Fastly, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
IPO Year: 2019
Exchange: NYSE
Website: fastly.com
Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
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6/6/2025 | Sector Weight | KeyBanc Capital Markets | |
3/20/2025 | Perform | Oppenheimer | |
12/2/2024 | $12.00 | Perform → Outperform | Oppenheimer |
10/1/2024 | Strong Buy → Mkt Perform | Raymond James | |
8/8/2024 | $10.00 → $6.00 | Overweight → Neutral | Piper Sandler |
5/2/2024 | $24.00 → $8.50 | Buy → Neutral | DA Davidson |
5/2/2024 | $18.00 → $8.00 | Buy → Underperform | BofA Securities |
4/8/2024 | $19.00 → $16.00 | Neutral → Overweight | Piper Sandler |
2/15/2024 | $20.00 | Buy → Hold | Craig Hallum |
1/22/2024 | $11.00 → $20.00 | Sell → Neutral | Citigroup |
KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated coverage of Fastly with a rating of Sector Weight
Oppenheimer resumed coverage of Fastly with a rating of Perform
Oppenheimer upgraded Fastly from Perform to Outperform and set a new price target of $12.00
Raymond James downgraded Fastly from Strong Buy to Mkt Perform
Piper Sandler downgraded Fastly from Overweight to Neutral and set a new price target of $6.00 from $10.00 previously
DA Davidson downgraded Fastly from Buy to Neutral and set a new price target of $8.50 from $24.00 previously
BofA Securities downgraded Fastly from Buy to Underperform and set a new price target of $8.00 from $18.00 previously
Piper Sandler upgraded Fastly from Neutral to Overweight and set a new price target of $16.00 from $19.00 previously
Craig Hallum downgraded Fastly from Buy to Hold and set a new price target of $20.00
Citigroup upgraded Fastly from Sell to Neutral and set a new price target of $20.00 from $11.00 previously
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