Edge cloud platform Fastly (NASDAQ:FSLY) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Fastly beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $172.6 million, up 22.8% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Fastly’s revenue to grow 19.1% year on year, improving from the 8.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Fastly has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Fastly’s peers in the software development segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. F5 delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.7%, and Twilio reported revenues up 20%, topping estimates by 4.7%. F5 traded up 8% following the results while Twilio was also up 23.6%.
Read our full analysis of F5’s results here and Twilio’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software development segment, with share prices up 11.6% on average over the last month. Fastly is down 12.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $21.43 (compared to the current share price of $27.49).
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