Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Akamai Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AKAM shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AKAM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Akamai Technologies' shares. Their AKAM share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $137.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $101.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price.
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Akamai Technologies' stock was trading at $84.30 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AKAM stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $92.88.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 8th 2023.
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 9th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.08. The technology infrastructure company had revenue of $916 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $912.13 million. Akamai Technologies had a net margin of 12.50% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.63%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.12 earnings per share.
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Akamai Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Tuesday, November 2nd 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,800,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Akamai Technologies issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.69-$5.84 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.74-$3.785 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.73 billion.

1,067 employees have rated Akamai Technologies Chief Executive Officer Tom Leighton on Glassdoor.com. Tom Leighton has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Tom Leighton in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Akamai Technologies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AKAM."

Akamai Technologies' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nordea Investment Management AB (3.24%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.68%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.27%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.69%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.58%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Aaron Ahola, Adam Karon, Anthony P Williams, Bernardus Johannes M Verwaayen, Edward J Mcgowan, F Thomson Leighton, Jill A Greenthal, Kim Salem-Jackson, Madhu Ranganathan, Mani Sundaram, Monte E Ford, Paul C Joseph, Rick M Mcconnell, Rick M Mcconnell and Robert Blumofe.
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One share of AKAM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.88.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) has a market capitalization of $14.14 billion and generates $3.62 billion in revenue each year. The technology infrastructure company earns $523.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,800 workers across the globe.

Akamai Technologies' mailing address is 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA, 02142. The official website for the company is www.akamai.com. The technology infrastructure company can be reached via phone at (617) 444-3000, via email at invrel@akamai.com, or via fax at 617-444-3001.