Why Fastly, Inc.’s (FSLY) Stock Is Down 5.25%

By Michael Rose
July 31, 2026
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Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Fastly, Inc. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Fastly, Inc.’s stock price such as:

  • Fastly, Inc.’s current stock price and volume
  • Why Fastly, Inc.’s stock price changed recently
  • Upgrades and downgrades for FSLY from analysts
  • FSLY’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Fastly, Inc. (FSLY)

Before we jump into Fastly, Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

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. The company offers network services to speed up and optimize the delivery of web and application traffic; content delivery network, such as dynamic site acceleration, origin shield, instant purge, surrogate keys, programmatic control, content compression, reliability features, fanout, domainr, modern protocols and performance services; staging environment; and video/ streaming solutions and services, including live streaming, live event monitoring, video on demand, cache reservation, and media shield. It also provides security solutions, such as DDoS protection, next-gen WAF, bot management, API and ATO protection, advanced rate limiting, privacy, and compliance services; load balancing; image optimization; and origin connect. In addition, the company offers professional services comprising managed and response security services; managed CDN; and support plans services. It serves customers operating in ecommerce, streaming media, gaming, digital publishing, and high tech to financial services industries. The company was formerly known as SkyCache, Inc. and changed its name to Fastly, Inc. in May 2012. Fastly, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Fastly, Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Fastly, Inc.’s stock price was $22.660.

Fastly, Inc. is up 5.15% from its previous closing price of $21.550.

During the last market session, Fastly, Inc.’s stock traded between $21.275 and $22.810. Currently, there are approximately 153.58 million shares outstanding for Fastly, Inc..

Fastly, Inc.’s trailing earnings per share are negative, so the stock does not have a meaningful P/E ratio. We suggest investors evaluate other financial metrics to understand its overall valuation.

Fastly, Inc. Stock Price History

Fastly, Inc.’s (FSLY) price is currently up 23.42% so far this month.

During the month of July, Fastly, Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $22.810 and a low of $17.730.

Over the last year, Fastly, Inc. has hit prices as high as $34.820 and as low as $6.290. Year to date, Fastly, Inc.’s stock is up 122.59%.

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What Caused Fastly, Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

One of the most common factors that can drastically impact a stock’s price is analyst upgrades and downgrades. When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. However, as of July 30, 2026,, no analysts have changed their rating of Fastly, Inc.’s stock over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Fastly, Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Fastly, Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Fastly, Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a F, which means it is considered to be Ultra Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Fastly, Inc. (FSLY) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Fastly, Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 30, 2026, Fastly, Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 29.10%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 96 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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Fastly, Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, Fastly, Inc.’s stock price is $22.660, which is up 5.15% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Fastly, Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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