NASDAQ:AKAM Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis $87.81 -4.51 (-4.89%) Closing price 10/16/2026 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$87.40 -0.41 (-0.47%) As of 10/16/2026 07:59 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Akamai Technologies Stock (NASDAQ:AKAM) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Akamai Technologies alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$86.94▼$91.9950-Day Range$87.81▼$125.2952-Week Range$70.82▼$165.45Volume7.42 million shsAverage Volume6.71 million shsMarket Capitalization$12.62 billionP/E Ratio31.59Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$150.10Consensus RatingHold Company Overview Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) provides cloud computing, cybersecurity and content delivery services for businesses and public-sector organizations. Its distributed edge platform helps customers deliver websites, applications, media and other digital experiences while improving performance, availability and scalability. The company’s services include web and application performance optimization, content delivery, cloud infrastructure, application and API security, distributed denial-of-service protection, zero-trust security and bot management. Akamai also offers services designed to help organizations secure and operate workloads across the internet, data centers and edge environments. Founded in 1998, Akamai was established by mathematician Tom Leighton and the late entrepreneur Danny Lewin. Leighton serves as the company’s chief executive officer. Akamai supports customers globally through its international network and operations, serving enterprises across industries and geographies.AI Generated. May Contain Errors. Read More Akamai Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks75th Percentile Overall ScoreAKAM MarketRank™: 3.764000527075 of 5 starsAkamai Technologies scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 216th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion4.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingAkamai 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 PotentialAkamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $150.10, representing about 70.9% upside from its current price of $87.81.Amount of Analyst CoverageAkamai Technologies has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Akamai Technologies' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth-0.56% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Akamai Technologies are expected to decrease by -0.56% in the coming year, from $3.58 to $3.56 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 31.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.76.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 31.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 60.01.Price to Earnings Growth RatioAkamai Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 4.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAkamai Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 2.54. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Akamai Technologies' valuation and earnings. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted13.73% of the float of Akamai Technologies has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverAkamai Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.61, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Akamai Technologies has recently increased by 2.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldAkamai Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthAkamai Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth. News and Social Media3.4 / 5News Sentiment0.37 News SentimentAkamai Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.37. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Akamai Technologies this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.Search Interest49 people have searched for AKAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 172% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows15 people have added Akamai Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 650% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership1.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 $1,467,221.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders2.30% of the stock of Akamai Technologies is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions94.28% of the stock of Akamai Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Akamai Technologies' insider trading history. Receive AKAM Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Akamai Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Submit View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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AKAM Stock News HeadlinesThis Week In Cloud AI - Akamai Technologies Boosts Global Cloud Service AdoptionOctober 17 at 1:24 AM | finance.yahoo.comAkamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) Upgraded to Hold at Wall Street ZenOctober 17 at 1:06 AM | americanbankingnews.comTrump's New DollarPorter Stansberry says President Trump has signed an executive order initiating what he calls a full U.S. dollar reset - and most Americans don't know it's happening. The last time America underwent a monetary shift like this, under Nixon in the 1970s, it minted an average of 1,300 new millionaires a day for over half a century. Stansberry has released a new documentary naming the assets he believes are positioned to surge as a result.October 17 at 1:00 AM | Porter & Company (Ad)Akamai Technologies falls as investors weigh AI cloud spending and margin pressureOctober 16 at 10:51 AM | quiverquant.comQAkamai Technologies, Inc. Announces Customer Adoption for Akamai Cloud Computing ServicesOctober 15 at 8:50 AM | marketscreener.comMAI, Enterprise SaaS Workloads Drive Akamai Cloud MomentumOctober 15 at 6:30 AM | globenewswire.comAkamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) EVP Sells $257,664.00 in StockSeptember 29, 2026 | insidertrades.comAkamai’s Anthropic Deal Puts $5.5 Billion Behind Its Edge AI PivotAkamai's $11.6 billion Anthropic cloud deal drives $5.5 billion in capex and equity dilution via warrants, pressuring margins as it pivots from CDN to AI compute.September 28, 2026 | marketbeat.comSee More Headlines AKAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have AKAM shares performed this year? Akamai Technologies' stock was trading at $87.25 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, AKAM shares have increased by 0.6% and is now trading at $87.81. How were Akamai Technologies' earnings last quarter? Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.59 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.02. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Read the conference call transcript. Does Akamai Technologies have any subsidiaries? Akamai Technologies subsidiaries include Linode, GuardiCore, Inverse, Asavie Technologies, ChameleonX, krypt.co, Exceda, and others. Who are Akamai Technologies' major shareholders? Top institutional shareholders of Akamai Technologies include Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.77%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Nicollet Investment Management Inc. (0.01%) and Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include F Thomson Leighton, Kim Salem-Jackson, Robert Blumofe, Paul C Joseph, Jon Miller, Anthony P Williams, Aaron Ahola, Edward J Mcgowan, William Raymond Wagner, Mani Sundaram, Laura Howell, Madhu Ranganathan and Adam Karon. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of Akamai Technologies? Shares of AKAM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Akamai Technologies own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Akamai Technologies investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX) and Tesla (TSLA). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/06/2026Today10/17/2026Next Earnings (Estimated)11/05/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Red Zone (3m+) 1-Year History Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26 AKAM's financial health is in the Red zone, according to TradeSmith. AKAM has been in this zone for over 3 months. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorTechnology Industry IT Services Sub-IndustryInternet Services & Infrastructure Current SymbolNASDAQ:AKAM CIK1086222 Webwww.akamai.com Phone(617) 444-3000Fax617-444-3001Employees11,000Year Founded1998Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Akamai Technologies$150.10 High Price Target$225.00 Low Price Target$87.00 Potential Upside/Downside+70.9%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.46 Research Coverage24 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$2.78 Trailing P/E Ratio31.59 Forward P/E Ratio24.53 P/E Growth4.13Net Income$452.03 million Net Margins9.51% Pretax Margin11.55% Return on Equity11.32% Return on Assets4.47% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.23 Current Ratio1.64 Quick Ratio1.64 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$4.21 billion Price / Sales3.00 Cash Flow$9.47 per share Price / Cash Flow9.27 Book Value$34.60 per share Price / Book2.54Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares143,720,000Free Float140,412,000Market Cap$12.62 billion OptionableOptionable Beta0.62 Social Links 7 Stocks That Will Be Magnificent in 2026Discover the next wave of investment opportunities with our report, 7 Stocks That Will Be Magnificent in 2026. 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