Verition Fund Management LLC reduced its position in Fastly, Inc. (NYSE:FSLY - Free Report) by 92.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 11,171 shares of the company's stock after selling 144,259 shares during the quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC's holdings in Fastly were worth $85,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Fastly in the 2nd quarter valued at $38,000. FMR LLC raised its stake in Fastly by 124.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,357 shares of the company's stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 3,522 shares during the period. EMC Capital Management grew its stake in shares of Fastly by 400.0% in the 2nd quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 7,500 shares of the company's stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 6,000 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Fastly by 95.3% during the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 8,849 shares of the company's stock worth $65,000 after buying an additional 4,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aigen Investment Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Fastly during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $89,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.71% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FSLY shares. Oppenheimer raised shares of Fastly from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $12.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. Craig Hallum boosted their target price on Fastly from $6.00 to $8.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on Fastly from $8.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Fastly from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price objective on Fastly from $5.50 to $7.50 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $8.55.
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Fastly Stock Down 7.1 %
Shares of FSLY traded down $0.81 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $10.52. The company had a trading volume of 5,534,242 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,604,113. Fastly, Inc. has a 1 year low of $5.52 and a 1 year high of $25.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.48 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.65 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a quick ratio of 3.97 and a current ratio of 3.97. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $8.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.45.
Fastly (NYSE:FSLY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.06) by $0.08. Fastly had a negative net margin of 27.47% and a negative return on equity of 13.24%. The company had revenue of $137.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $131.86 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.33) earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Fastly, Inc. will post -0.86 EPS for the current year.
Insider Transactions at Fastly
In related news, CTO Artur Bergman sold 49,178 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.07, for a total value of $396,866.46. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer now directly owns 6,155,822 shares of the company's stock, valued at $49,677,483.54. This trade represents a 0.79 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Ronald W. Kisling sold 16,102 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.25, for a total transaction of $100,637.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 542,462 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,390,387.50. This trade represents a 2.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 215,241 shares of company stock valued at $1,699,684. 6.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Fastly Company Profile
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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.
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