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Fastly, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Fastly, Inc. had return on equity of -12.8%, an operating margin of -19.1%, debt equal to 38.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.61. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fastly, Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin53.6%54.7%55.9%58.7%52.9%48.5%52.6%54.4%57.1%61.5%
Operating margin−29.6%−20.2%−23.2%−36.9%−61.8%−56.9%−39.1%−30.9%−19.1%−12.0%
Net margin−30.9%−21.4%−25.7%−33.0%−62.9%−44.1%−26.3%−29.1%−19.5%−11.8%
Free-cash-flow margin−36.2%−23.3%−22.9%−17.0%−20.7%−20.7%−2.1%1.1%10.5%7.4%
Return on equity——−82.0%−14.5%−21.5%−19.4%−13.8%−16.3%−12.8%−8.4%
Return on assets—−19.0%−21.3%−12.5%−13.2%−9.4%−7.8%−10.6%−8.2%−5.4%
Asset turnover—0.890.830.380.210.210.300.370.420.46
Current ratio—3.696.722.784.744.183.144.212.613.36
Debt to equity——11.5%0.0%93.6%73.8%35.1%35.0%38.9%32.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
R&D as % of revenue27.6%23.9%23.2%25.7%35.8%35.9%30.1%25.4%26.1%24.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue11.5%11.6%7.3%10.2%9.8%4.6%2.2%1.9%4.6%10.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $1.5bn
Short-term assets $479mLonger-term assets $1.0bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.5bn
Short-term liabilities $143mLonger-term liabilities $370mShareholders' equity $991m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $479m of assets due within a year against $143m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $479m short-term assets against $370m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $90m of cash against $324m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 33% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 92% to 33% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $120m of operating cash flow against $324m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$82m against $13m of interest.

From Fastly, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

24 /100

Weak moat

How hard Fastly's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median -4.6% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 17 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 55.0%, moving by 3.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -31.4%; its worst year was -62.6%.

  • Cash conversion 3 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 8 years, at a median -13.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 0 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 36.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 22.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (29 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Fastly, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Fastly, Inc.