Fastly Inc vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Fastly Inc trades at $28.5 (market cap $4.58B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $43.64. The key difference: Fastly Inc is trading nearer its 52-week high, Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| FSLY | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $4.58B | — |
Sector | Technology | — |
52-Week High | $33.50 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $6.85 | $41.31 |
Enterprise Value | $4.65B | — |
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Fastly operates a content delivery network, which is necessary for entities to provide faster and more reliable online content. Fastly's strategy differs from traditional CDNs, which focused on locating servers in as many locations as possible to store copies of files that consumers most use. Fastly has far fewer sites than traditional CDNs, but it houses servers in the most network-dense data centers. Instead of simply storing static content, it allows its customers to program on its platform, enabling edge computing and better service of the more dynamic content that was traditionally not well served by CDNs. Fastly gears its service to the largest, most sophisticated enterprises rather than small companies and generated about two thirds of its revenue in the United States in 2020.
Read more on FSLY →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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