Akamai Technologies - AKAM Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Akamai Technologies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Akamai Technologies' stock. Their AKAM share price forecasts range from $90.00 to $168.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $118.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.8% from the stock's current price.
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Akamai Technologies' stock was trading at $117.04 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, AKAM shares have decreased by 17.1% and is now trading at $97.04.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 9th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.04. The technology infrastructure company had revenue of $903.33 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $898.75 million. Akamai Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 16.18%. Akamai Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.18 EPS.
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Akamai Technologies announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, November 2nd 2021, which allows the company to buyback $1,800,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 10% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Akamai Technologies updated its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.21-$1.26 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $868.00 million-$883.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $900.48 million.

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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nordea Investment Management AB (3.53%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (2.48%), King Luther Capital Management Corp (1.72%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.35%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.33%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Aaron Ahola, Adam Karon, Anthony P Williams, Bernardus Johannes M Verwaayen, Edward J Mcgowan, Ewout L Steenbergen, Frederic V Salerno, James Gemmell, 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 $97.04.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) has a market capitalization of $15.43 billion and generates $3.46 billion in revenue each year. The technology infrastructure company earns $651.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.52 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,700 workers across the globe.

Akamai Technologies was founded in 1998.

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.