Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a global technology company that provides cloud computing, content delivery and cybersecurity services. Its distributed platform helps businesses deliver websites, applications, software downloads, video and other digital content with improved speed, availability and scalability.

The company’s offerings include content delivery and edge computing services, cloud infrastructure, web and application performance solutions, and security products designed to protect applications, application programming interfaces, networks and users from cyber threats. Akamai serves organizations across industries such as media and entertainment, software, retail, financial services, healthcare and government.

Founded in 1998 by MIT researchers including Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin, Akamai helped pioneer the commercial content delivery network industry. The company operates a globally distributed network and serves customers in markets around the world. Tom Leighton, a co-founder, serves as Akamai’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $108.55 to $111.00
• 50-Day Range: $105.09 to $129.52
• 52-Week Range: $70.82 to $165.45
• Volume: 432,830 shs
• Average Volume: 4.49 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $15.81 billion
• P/E Ratio: 39.69
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $141.62
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Akamai Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Akamai Technologies scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 185th out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Akamai Technologies has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.46, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 13 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Akamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $141.62, representing about 28.4% upside from its current price of $110.31.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Akamai Technologies has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.02%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Akamai Technologies are expected to grow by 9.02% in the coming year, from $3.66 to $3.99 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 39.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.08.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 39.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.03.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Akamai Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 4.87. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Akamai Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 3.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.04% of the float of Akamai Technologies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Akamai Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.82.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Akamai Technologies has recently decreased by 0.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Akamai Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Akamai Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

Akamai Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.69. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Akamai Technologies this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

16 people have searched for AKAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 23% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Akamai Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Akamai Technologies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $343,258.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.30% of the stock of Akamai Technologies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.28% of the stock of Akamai Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Services & Infrastructure
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AKAM
• CIK: 1086222
• Web: www.akamai.com
• Phone: (617) 444-3000
• Fax: 617-444-3001
• Employees: 11,000
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Akamai Technologies: $141.62
• High Price Target: $190.00
• Low Price Target: $87.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.46
• Research Coverage: 24 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 39.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.14
• P/E Growth: 4.87
• Net Income: $452.03 million
• Net Margins: 9.51%
• Pretax Margin: 11.55%
• Return on Equity: 11.32%
• Return on Assets: 4.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.23
• Current Ratio: 1.64
• Quick Ratio: 1.64

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.21 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.77
• Cash Flow: $9.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.15
• Book Value: $34.60 per share
• Price / Book: 3.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 143,720,000
• Free Float: 140,412,000
• Market Cap: $15.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.63