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AKAM vs. AVDX, IDCC, VSAT, FSLY, NET, EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, OPEN, and SPSC

Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include AvidXchange (AVDX), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Fastly (FSLY), Cloudflare (NET), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).

Akamai Technologies vs. Its Competitors

AvidXchange (NASDAQ:AVDX) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

80.6% of AvidXchange shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of AvidXchange shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AvidXchange presently has a consensus target price of $10.19, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $92.53, indicating a potential upside of 23.85%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than AvidXchange.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvidXchange
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94
Akamai Technologies
5 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 10.40% compared to AvidXchange's net margin of -1.80%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.26% beat AvidXchange's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvidXchange-1.80% 1.15% 0.39%
Akamai Technologies 10.40%14.26%6.50%

AvidXchange has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than AvidXchange. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 1 mentions for AvidXchange. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat AvidXchange's score of 0.50 indicating that Akamai Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvidXchange
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Akamai Technologies
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than AvidXchange. AvidXchange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvidXchange$446.72M4.65$8.15M-$0.05-200.00
Akamai Technologies$3.99B2.68$504.92M$2.8226.49

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats AvidXchange on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AKAM vs. The Competition

MetricAkamai TechnologiesINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.92B$133.08B$33.14B$10.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%3.19%4.86%
P/E Ratio26.4916,331.57726.0627.13
Price / Sales2.682,205.421,402.68126.20
Price / Cash8.4625.1337.9661.42
Price / Book2.303.237.346.43
Net Income$504.92M$4.40B$819.73M$276.63M
7 Day Performance2.40%13,788.76%531.04%-0.77%
1 Month Performance-0.74%16,173.74%627.36%0.68%
1 Year Performance-27.27%10,915.04%24,401.92%32.03%

Akamai Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.5986 of 5 stars
$74.71
-1.9%
$92.53
+23.8%
-29.2%$10.92B$3.99B26.4910,700Analyst Forecast
AVDX
AvidXchange
1.4437 of 5 stars
$10.00
+0.5%
$10.04
+0.4%
+18.6%$2.08B$438.94M-199.961,600High Trading Volume
IDCC
InterDigital
2.2458 of 5 stars
$356.72
+4.9%
$345.00
-3.3%
+137.8%$9.20B$868.52M25.43420Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VSAT
Viasat
3.0008 of 5 stars
$34.70
+6.4%
$23.29
-32.9%
+226.1%$4.66B$4.56B-7.517,000
FSLY
Fastly
3.1601 of 5 stars
$8.22
-0.2%
$8.69
+5.8%
+9.8%$1.21B$570.97M-7.981,100Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
4.1151 of 5 stars
$222.42
+4.0%
$196.54
-11.6%
+138.1%$77.51B$1.88B-654.164,263Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EBAY
eBay
4.3862 of 5 stars
$89.36
+0.9%
$82.00
-8.2%
+50.6%$40.84B$10.47B19.6811,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CSGP
CoStar Group
4.0756 of 5 stars
$75.18
-0.5%
$94.15
+25.2%
+0.4%$31.85B$2.74B300.726,593Upcoming Earnings
VRSN
VeriSign
4.4674 of 5 stars
$264.06
+1.2%
$277.50
+5.1%
+34.8%$24.67B$1.60B31.51920Positive News
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
2.5883 of 5 stars
$7.27
-4.0%
$1.26
-82.6%
+283.1%$5.35B$5.15B-16.911,470Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.8564 of 5 stars
$108.09
+1.1%
$156.70
+45.0%
-41.8%$4.10B$637.77M49.582,783Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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