Major Stocks on the Rise Thursday: Datadog, Fastly, Planet Fitness, Air Products, and More
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 06 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Market Overview: U.S. stocks declined, with the Dow Jones index dropping over 400 points on Thursday.
Datadog's Performance: Datadog, Inc. saw a significant share increase of 20% after reporting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and raising its FY25 guidance.
Notable Stock Gains: Several companies experienced substantial stock price increases, including Forge Global Holdings (up 67.6%), Golden Entertainment (up 40%), and Stagwell Inc. (up 38.2%) following positive financial results or acquisition announcements.
Other Companies with Gains: Additional companies like SiTime Corporation, Fastly, Inc., and Brighthouse Financial also reported strong quarterly results, leading to notable increases in their stock prices.
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Analyst Views on FSLY
Wall Street analysts forecast FSLY stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for FSLY is 11.70 USD with a low forecast of 10.00 USD and a high forecast of 14.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
10 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
7 Hold
1 Sell
Hold
Current: 9.920
Low
10.00
Averages
11.70
High
14.00
Current: 9.920
Low
10.00
Averages
11.70
High
14.00
About FSLY
Fastly, Inc. provides a programmable edge cloud platform that helps the world’s brands deliver online experiences through edge compute, delivery, security, and observability offerings, improving site performance, and enhancing security at a global scale. The Company enables developers to deliver secure Websites and apps. The edge cloud is a category of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that enables developers to build, secure, and deliver digital experiences at the edge of the Internet. The Company’s products and services includes Programmable Edge Platform, Network Services, Security, Compute, Observability, and Services. Its Network services include content delivery network, video / streaming, load balancing, image optimization, and origin connect. Its Security service includes Next-Gen WAF, bot management, DDoS protection, and others. The Company’s professional services include network services, managed security service, and response security service.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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