Fastly Execs Sell $12M as Stock Hits 52-Week High
Fastly stock recently hit a 52-week high even as five company executives — the CEO, CFO, CTO, President of Go-to-Market, and a board director — collectively sold more than $12 million in shares with z
Fastly Execs Sell $12M as Stock Hits 52-Week High
NEW YORK, September 14 —
Fastly, Inc. (FSLY) posted its fourth consecutive earnings beat at the 52-week high, then five named executives sold $12.21M in shares with zero purchases from August 18 through September 9, beginning with a $4.23M single-day CFO transaction at $28.61 per share, now 23% above the current quote.
- Trailing revenue $690M, growing 23.3% year-over-year; most recent EPS $0.15 actual vs. estimate, a 120.7% beat; gross margin 61.5%.
- CFO Wong sold 148,015 shares August 18 and 47,676 more August 21, combined proceeds roughly $5.4M across two price ranges.
- Shelf registration filed August 6; 8-K disclosing new financial obligation filed August 17; short interest 14.8% of float.
Nobody Bought Back
Fastly operates an edge cloud platform serving ecommerce, streaming media, gaming, and financial services customers: CDN, next-generation WAF, DDoS protection, and live video streaming. Against four consecutive earnings beats and 23.3% trailing revenue growth to $690M, CFO Richard Wong filed a 148,015-share sale at $28.61 on August 18, $4.23M in a single day, alongside same-day sales by CEO Compton Charles Lacey III, CTO Artur Bergman, and Go-to-Market President Scott Lovett. Lacey then filed five more transactions through September 8, Bergman six more through September 9, all at prices that fell with the stock. Not one insider purchased.
A Balance Sheet That Complicates the Story
Three corporate filings in August bracketed the insider selling. On August 6, Fastly submitted an S-3ASR shelf registration, a standing authorization to issue unspecified securities. Eleven days later, an 8-K disclosed both a Material Definitive Agreement and a new Material Direct Financial Obligation, adding complexity to a balance sheet carrying $400M in debt against $340M in cash. Shelf filings are routine housekeeping; paired with fresh obligations and coordinated executive exits at the price peak, the sequence raises the question of whether the capital structure is about to change.
| Ticker | Mkt cap | Fwd P/E | 52-wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| FSLY | $3.8B | 40.7x | +164.4% |
| DOCU | $12.7B | 13.0x | -19.5% |
| DDOG | $79.9B | 74.9x | +59.5% |
| NET | $113.3B | 189.8x | +35.6% |
| TDOC | $1.1B | n/a | -19.7% |
| TWLO | $34.9B | 33.5x | +117.6% |
The Next Earnings Release Is the Verdict
Fastly prices in $87M of trailing free cash flow at 39.7x forward earnings, while trailing EPS remains negative at -$0.53, a spread that demands the growth rate hold. Short interest at 14.8% of float adds friction in either direction. The checkpoint is the next earnings release: a fifth consecutive beat paired with any insider buying would reframe August's selling as peak monetization on a coordinated compensation plan. Without it, CFO Wong's August 18 exit price represents the ceiling insiders themselves established. See the full DCF model and price target →
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Fastly stock recently hit a 52-week high even as five company executives — the CEO, CFO, CTO, President of Go-to-Market, and a board director — collectively sold more than $12 million in shares with zero insider purchases since mid-August. The selling persisted at progressively lower prices through early September, raising the question of whether insiders believe the platform's momentum is already priced in.