A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (NASDAQ:AZ) & Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) Head to Head Contrast

A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (NASDAQ:AZ) and Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastly has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions and Fastly”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions	$7.90 million	44.61	-$37.74 million	($1.03)	-7.80
Fastly	$624.02 million	5.93	-$158.06 million	($0.83)	-29.36

A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fastly. Fastly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions and Fastly, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions	1	1	2	0	2.25
Fastly	1	6	3	0	2.20

A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.80%. Fastly has a consensus price target of $13.14, suggesting a potential downside of 46.07%. Given A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions is more favorable than Fastly.

Profitability

This table compares A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions and Fastly’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions	-466.81%	-71.13%	-58.65%
Fastly	-23.49%	-12.02%	-7.83%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.6% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Fastly shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions

A2Z Smart Technologies Corp., a technology company, focuses on the development and commercialization of retail smart cart solutions for grocery stores and supermarkets in Israel and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Precision Metal Parts, Advanced Engineering, and Smart Carts. It offers Cust2Mate system, which incorporates a smart cart that automatically calculates the value of the customers purchases in their smart cart without having to unload and reload their purchases at a customer checkout point. The company also manufactures and sells precision metal parts; provides retail automation solutions; and develops Fuel Tank Inertia Capsule System technology (FTICS), a vehicle device cover for the military and civilian automotive industry. In addition, it provides maintenance services utilizing the application of advanced engineering capabilities to the military and security markets, as well as develops related products for the civilian and retail markets; container leasing services; and maintenance services for complex electronic systems and products. It serves its products to grocery stores, hardware stores, household essentials, do it yourself (DIY) retailers, discount stores, warehouse stores, convenience stores, drug stores, duty free shops, and similar outlets. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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.