Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Analysts give Akamai a consensus rating of "Hold" based on 21 analysts (2 sell, 10 hold, 9 buy) with an average 1‑year price target of about $111.58.
• Akamai beat quarterly estimates with EPS of $1.84 vs. $1.75 and revenue of $1.09B (up 7.4% YoY), and set FY‑2026 guidance of EPS $6.20–$7.20 and Q1‑2026 guidance of $1.50–$1.67.
• Company insiders have been net sellers recently—65,954 shares worth roughly $6.68M were sold over the past three months (insiders now own 2.30% of the stock), including large sales by the EVP and CAO.

Shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the twenty-one analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $111.5789.

AKAM has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Raymond James Financial set a $120.00 price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies from $103.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. KeyCorp increased their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $97.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Finally, Scotiabank increased their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

NASDAQ AKAM opened at $88.84 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 2.36 and a current ratio of 2.36. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $105.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $92.12. Akamai Technologies has a 52-week low of $69.78 and a 52-week high of $121.12. The company has a market cap of $12.88 billion, a PE ratio of 28.84, a P/E/G ratio of 3.26 and a beta of 0.59.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.09. Akamai Technologies had a net margin of 10.74% and a return on equity of 13.86%. The firm had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.66 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Akamai Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-7.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.670 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Akamai Technologies will post 4.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Akamai Technologies

In related news, EVP Anthony P. Williams sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $104.29, for a total transaction of $1,564,350.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,064 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,301,054.56. This represents a 40.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Laura Howell sold 11,273 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.14, for a total transaction of $1,128,878.22. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 12,559 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,257,658.26. The trade was a 47.30% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 65,954 shares of company stock valued at $6,679,721 over the last three months. Company insiders own 2.30% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Akamai Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in Akamai Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $251,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Akamai Technologies by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 27,486 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock worth $2,402,000 after buying an additional 1,457 shares during the last quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group purchased a new position in shares of Akamai Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $253,000. Employees Provident Fund Board purchased a new position in shares of Akamai Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $9,118,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of Akamai Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $225,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.28% of the company's stock.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc is a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) services and cloud security solutions designed to optimize and safeguard digital experiences. Leveraging a globally distributed platform, the company accelerates web and mobile content delivery for enterprises, media companies, e-commerce platforms and government agencies. Its edge computing architecture brings processing power closer to end users, reducing latency and improving application performance across geographies.

The company's core offerings include content acceleration, web and mobile performance optimization, media delivery, and a suite of cybersecurity solutions that protect against DDoS attacks, application-layer threats and bot-driven fraud.

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