Fastly (NASDAQ:FSLY) and Torvec (OTCMKTS:CRGS) Financial Review

Torvec (OTCMKTS:CRGS) and Fastly (NASDAQ:FSLY) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. 34.2% of Torvec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Fastly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Torvec and Fastly’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Torvec	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fastly	-11.80%	-6.31%	-4.04%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Torvec and Fastly”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Torvec	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fastly	$687.17 million	6.94	-$121.68 million	($0.53)	-56.47

Torvec has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fastly.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Torvec and Fastly, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Torvec	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fastly	1	6	5	1	2.46

Fastly has a consensus target price of $25.33, indicating a potential downside of 15.36%. Given Torvec’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Torvec is more favorable than Fastly.

About Torvec

CurAegis Technologies, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it was engaged in the development and marketing of technologies in the areas of wellness, safety, and power. The company was formerly known as Torvec, Inc. and changed its name to CurAegis Technologies, Inc. in June 2016. CurAegis Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Rochester, New York. On August 4, 2021, an involuntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 was filed against CurAegis Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York. On August 31, 2021, the involuntary petition was approved by the Court.

About Fastly

Fastly, Inc. operates an edge cloud platform for processing, serving, and securing its customer's applications in the United States, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The edge cloud is a category of Infrastructure as a Service that enables developers to build, secure, and deliver digital experiences at the edge of the internet. The company offers network services to speed up and optimize the delivery of web and application traffic; device detection and geolocation; content delivery network, such as dynamic site acceleration, origin shield, instant purge, surrogate keys, programmatic control, content compression, reliability features, fanout, domainr, privacy, and modern protocols and performance services; and video/ streaming solutions and services, including live streaming, video on demand, and media shield. It also provides security solutions, such as DDoS protection, next-gen WAF, bot management, API and ATO protection, advanced rate limiting, and compliance services; load balancing; image optimization; transport layer security (TLS), platform TLS, and certainly; and origin connect. It serves customers operating in digital publishing, media and entertainment, technology, online education, travel and hospitality, and financial services industries. The company was formerly known as SkyCache, Inc. and changed its name to Fastly, Inc. in May 2012. Fastly, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.