Compare Stocks: GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AKAM Akamai Technologies	$122.40 -0.8%	$126.04	$69.78 ▼ $165.45	$17.93B	0.63	3.50 million shs	3.33 million shs
DOCN DigitalOcean	$124.29 -3.6%	$145.46	$28.79 ▼ $187.50	$13.45B	1.61	3.75 million shs	3.63 million shs
GDS GDS	$32.67 -2.1%	$32.49	$26.97 ▼ $48.61	$6.69B	0.43	1.68 million shs	1.05 million shs
VRSN VeriSign	$293.41 -1.9%	$274.05	$208.86 ▼ $312.48	$27.02B	0.7	843,147 shs	1.05 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AKAM Akamai Technologies	+4.69%	+10.40%	+9.05%	+1.17%	+63.46%
DOCN DigitalOcean	+0.76%	+14.51%	-0.62%	-19.83%	+376.59%
GDS GDS	+2.05%	+8.98%	+11.90%	-27.47%	-4.47%
VRSN VeriSign	+0.10%	+6.42%	+16.68%	+8.50%	+11.52%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AKAM Akamai Technologies	$122.40 -0.8%	$126.04	$69.78 ▼ $165.45	$17.93B	0.63	3.50 million shs	3.33 million shs
DOCN DigitalOcean	$124.29 -3.6%	$145.46	$28.79 ▼ $187.50	$13.45B	1.61	3.75 million shs	3.63 million shs
GDS GDS	$32.67 -2.1%	$32.49	$26.97 ▼ $48.61	$6.69B	0.43	1.68 million shs	1.05 million shs
VRSN VeriSign	$293.41 -1.9%	$274.05	$208.86 ▼ $312.48	$27.02B	0.7	843,147 shs	1.05 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AKAM Akamai Technologies	+4.69%	+10.40%	+9.05%	+1.17%	+63.46%
DOCN DigitalOcean	+0.76%	+14.51%	-0.62%	-19.83%	+376.59%
GDS GDS	+2.05%	+8.98%	+11.90%	-27.47%	-4.47%
VRSN VeriSign	+0.10%	+6.42%	+16.68%	+8.50%	+11.52%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AKAM Akamai Technologies	2.45	Hold	$145.29	18.70% Upside
DOCN DigitalOcean	2.94	Moderate Buy	$151.33	21.76% Upside
GDS GDS	2.88	Moderate Buy	$48.33	47.93% Upside
VRSN VeriSign	3.00	Buy	$328.75	12.04% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/5/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
8/5/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$155.00 ➝ $140.00
8/5/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$185.00 ➝ $190.00
8/5/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$160.00 ➝ $161.00
7/28/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/27/2026	VRSN VeriSign	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
7/24/2026	GDS GDS	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
7/24/2026	VRSN VeriSign	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$308.00 ➝ $316.00
7/24/2026	VRSN VeriSign	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$318.00 ➝ $324.00
7/21/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$135.00 ➝ $160.00
7/21/2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$165.00

(Data available from 8/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AKAM Akamai Technologies	$4.21B	4.23	$9.40 per share	13.02	$34.60 per share	3.54
DOCN DigitalOcean	$901.43M	14.39	$3.13 per share	39.67	$8.92 per share	13.93
GDS GDS	$1.63B	4.00	$3.94 per share	8.29	$18.52 per share	1.76
VRSN VeriSign	$1.66B	15.99	$9.04 per share	32.47	($24.96) per share	-11.76

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AKAM Akamai Technologies	$452.03M	$2.97	41.21	29.78	5.23	10.20%	12.96%	5.56%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
DOCN DigitalOcean	$259.26M	$2.29	56.75	133.64	N/A	23.26%	31.01%	5.76%	N/A
GDS GDS	$132.10M	$1.57	20.81	9.50	N/A	23.83%	15.62%	5.16%	8/13/2026 (Estimated)
VRSN VeriSign	$825.70M	$9.22	31.82	27.40	N/A	49.76%	-39.20%	58.32%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)

Latest GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/13/2026	Q2 2026	GDS GDS	$0.0110	N/A	N/A	N/A	$454.25 million	N/A
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AKAM Akamai Technologies	$1.57	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.09 billion	N/A
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	$0.2602	$0.45	+$0.1898	$0.29	$279.03 million	$281.18 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	VRSN VeriSign	$2.36	$2.38	+$0.02	$2.38	$433.20 million	$434.60 million
5/15/2026	Q1 2026	GDS GDS	-$0.0333	$1.53	+$1.5633	$1.53	$436.44 million	$426.13 million
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	AKAM Akamai Technologies	$1.61	$1.61	N/A	$0.71	$1.07 billion	$1.07 billion
5/5/2026	Q1 2026	DOCN DigitalOcean	$0.27	$0.44	+$0.17	$0.15	$249.76 million	$257.91 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AKAM Akamai Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DOCN DigitalOcean	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GDS GDS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VRSN VeriSign	$3.24	1.10%	N/A	35.14%	N/A

Latest GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/20/2026	VRSN VeriSign	quarterly	$0.81	1.18%	8/19/2026	8/19/2026	8/27/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AKAM Akamai Technologies	0.84	2.06	2.06
DOCN DigitalOcean	1.14	1.31	1.46
GDS GDS	1.25	1.87	1.87
VRSN VeriSign	N/A	0.59	0.59

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AKAM Akamai Technologies	94.28%
DOCN DigitalOcean	49.77%
GDS GDS	33.71%
VRSN VeriSign	92.90%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AKAM Akamai Technologies	2.30%
DOCN DigitalOcean	0.96%
GDS GDS	7.99%
VRSN VeriSign	0.56%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AKAM Akamai Technologies	11,000	145.38 million	142.04 million	Optionable
DOCN DigitalOcean	1,462	104.36 million	103.36 million	Optionable
GDS GDS	2,434	200.38 million	184.37 million	Optionable
VRSN VeriSign	920	90.30 million	89.79 million	Optionable

GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

D James Bidzos Sells 3,300 Shares of VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) Stock

August 5 at 5:06 PM | marketbeat.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Sells $146,100.00 in Stock

August 5 at 5:21 AM | insidertrades.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Sells 500 Shares of Stock

August 4 at 7:21 PM | marketbeat.com

VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Shares Sold by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

August 4 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Redwood Investment Management LLC Takes $1.06 Million Position in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

August 3 at 6:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Pacer Advisors Inc. Increases Holdings in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

August 3 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Holdings Boosted by Royal Bank of Canada

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Shares Acquired by Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Amundi Decreases Position in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

J.P. Morgan Keeps Their Hold Rating on Verisign (VRSN)

July 31, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Liontrust Investment Partners LLP Trims Holdings in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kentucky Retirement Systems Has $2.64 Million Stake in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Essential Partners LLC Sells 4,340 Shares of VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Verisign Insider Sold Shares Worth $927,964, According to a Recent SEC Filing

July 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Insider Selling: VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Sells $140,780.00 in Stock

July 30, 2026 | insidertrades.com

VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN Shares Purchased by Quantinno Capital Management LP

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bull Harbor Capital LLC Takes Position in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $102.03 Million Stock Holdings in VeriSign, Inc. $VRSN

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Insider Selling: VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) EVP Sells $140,780.00 in Stock

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) Upgraded at Zacks Research

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VeriSign Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day

July 28, 2026 | marketwatch.com

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GDS, VRSN, AKAM, and DOCN Company Descriptions

Akamai Technologies NASDAQ:AKAM

$122.40 -0.95 (-0.77%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$121.75 -0.65 (-0.53%)

As of 07:55 PM Eastern

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

DigitalOcean NYSE:DOCN

$124.28 -4.61 (-3.57%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$124.86 +0.58 (+0.47%)

As of 07:57 PM Eastern

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a cloud computing platform in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company's platform provides on-demand infrastructure and platform tools for developers, start-ups, and small and growing digital businesses. It also offers infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions comprising compute and storage services, as well as networking projects, including Cloud Firewalls software, Managed Load Balancers software, and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). The company also provides platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions, such as managed databases; managed Kubernetes and container registry; application platform to build, deploy, and scale applications; Functions, a serverless compute solution; and Uptime for real-time uptime and latency alerts, as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS), including managed hosting and DigitalOcean Marketplace, a platform where developers can find pre-configured applications and solutions. In addition, it offers artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) applications comprising GPU virtual machines for scaling AI applications; Notebooks, a simple cloud workspace that runs on GPUs that provides a managed interactive development environment for exploring data, and training and building machine learning models; and Deployments for deploying their machine learning model as an API endpoint. The company's customers include software engineers, researchers, data scientists, system administrators, students, and hobbyists. Its customers use its platform in various industry verticals and for a range of use cases, such as web and mobile applications, website hosting, e-commerce, media and gaming, personal web projects, managed services, and AI/ML applications. DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

GDS NASDAQ:GDS

$32.67 -0.70 (-2.10%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.66 -0.01 (-0.02%)

As of 07:34 PM Eastern

GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. It serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

VeriSign NASDAQ:VRSN

$293.41 -5.79 (-1.94%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$296.80 +3.39 (+1.16%)

As of 07:34 PM Eastern

VeriSign, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides domain name registry services and internet infrastructure that enables internet navigation for various recognized domain names worldwide. The company enables the security, stability, and resiliency of internet infrastructure and services, including providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of thirteen internet root servers; and offering registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net domains, which supports global e-commerce. It operates directory for .name and .cc; and back-end systems for .edu, domain names. VeriSign, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

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