Market Analysts see Fastly Inc [FSLY] falling to $16. Time to buy?

Fastly Inc [NYSE: FSLY] gained 7.82% or 0.98 points to close at $13.51 with a heavy trading volume of 5282910 shares. The company report on April 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM that Fastly to Announce First Quarter 2024 Financial Results.

Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, will release financial results for the first quarter of 2024 after market close on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Fastly will host an investor conference call that day to discuss its results at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET.

The daily chart for FSLY points out that the company has recorded -14.28% loss over the past six months.

If we look at the average trading volume of 4.13M shares, FSLY reached to a volume of 5282910 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Fastly Inc [FSLY]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FSLY shares is $21.28 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FSLY stock is a recommendation set at 2.29. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Piper Sandler have made an estimate for Fastly Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on Apr-09-24. The new note on the price target was released on February 15, 2024, representing the official price target for Fastly Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $11 to $20, while Citigroup kept a Neutral rating on FSLY stock. On January 08, 2024, analysts increased their price target for FSLY shares from 12 to 18.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Fastly Inc is set at 0.62, with the Price to Sales ratio for FSLY stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.58. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.83, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.41.

Trading performance analysis for FSLY stock

Fastly Inc [FSLY] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.37. With this latest performance, FSLY shares gained by 0.07% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -14.28% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -13.62% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FSLY stock in for the last two-week period is set at 48.22, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 58.52, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 44.35 for Fastly Inc [FSLY]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 15.98, while it was recorded at 12.85 for the last single week of trading, and 17.55 for the last 200 days.

Fastly Inc [FSLY]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Fastly Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 3.14 and a Current Ratio set at 3.14.

Fastly Inc [FSLY]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Fastly Inc posted -0.09/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at -0.1/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 10.00%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FSLY. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Fastly Inc go to 30.00%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Fastly Inc [FSLY]

The top three institutional holders of FSLY stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in FSLY stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in FSLY stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.