Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Competitors $74.71 -1.42 (-1.87%) Closing price 10/22/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$74.00 -0.71 (-0.96%) As of 10/22/2025 06:55 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 Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock AKAM vs. AVDX, IDCC, VSAT, FSLY, NET, EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, OPEN, and SPSCShould 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 InterDigital Viasat Fastly Cloudflare eBay CoStar Group VeriSign Opendoor Technologies SPS Commerce 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. Do insiders and institutionals believe in AVDX or AKAM? 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. Do analysts recommend AVDX or AKAM? 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) 1.94Akamai Technologies 5 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.22 Is AVDX or AKAM more profitable? 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% Which has more risk and volatility, AVDX or AKAM? 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. Does the media refer more to AVDX or AKAM? 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 Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AVDX or AKAM? 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 RatioAvidXchange$446.72M4.65$8.15M-$0.05-200.00Akamai Technologies$3.99B2.68$504.92M$2.8226.49 SummaryAkamai Technologies beats AvidXchange on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AKAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart AKAM vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAkamai TechnologiesINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$10.92B$133.08B$33.14B$10.67BDividend YieldN/A2.29%3.19%4.86%P/E Ratio26.4916,331.57726.0627.13Price / Sales2.682,205.421,402.68126.20Price / Cash8.4625.1337.9661.42Price / Book2.303.237.346.43Net Income$504.92M$4.40B$819.73M$276.63M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AKAMAkamai Technologies4.5986 of 5 stars$74.71-1.9%$92.53+23.8%-29.2%$10.92B$3.99B26.4910,700Analyst ForecastAVDXAvidXchange1.4437 of 5 stars$10.00+0.5%$10.04+0.4%+18.6%$2.08B$438.94M-199.961,600High Trading VolumeIDCCInterDigital2.2458 of 5 stars$356.72+4.9%$345.00-3.3%+137.8%$9.20B$868.52M25.43420Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsVSATViasat3.0008 of 5 stars$34.70+6.4%$23.29-32.9%+226.1%$4.66B$4.56B-7.517,000FSLYFastly3.1601 of 5 stars$8.22-0.2%$8.69+5.8%+9.8%$1.21B$570.97M-7.981,100Insider TradeNETCloudflare4.1151 of 5 stars$222.42+4.0%$196.54-11.6%+138.1%$77.51B$1.88B-654.164,263Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeEBAYeBay4.3862 of 5 stars$89.36+0.9%$82.00-8.2%+50.6%$40.84B$10.47B19.6811,500Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastCSGPCoStar Group4.0756 of 5 stars$75.18-0.5%$94.15+25.2%+0.4%$31.85B$2.74B300.726,593Upcoming EarningsVRSNVeriSign4.4674 of 5 stars$264.06+1.2%$277.50+5.1%+34.8%$24.67B$1.60B31.51920Positive NewsOPENOpendoor Technologies2.5883 of 5 stars$7.27-4.0%$1.26-82.6%+283.1%$5.35B$5.15B-16.911,470Analyst ForecastGap DownSPSCSPS Commerce3.8564 of 5 stars$108.09+1.1%$156.70+45.0%-41.8%$4.10B$637.77M49.582,783Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AvidXchange Competitors InterDigital Competitors Viasat Competitors Fastly Competitors Cloudflare Competitors eBay Competitors CoStar Group Competitors VeriSign Competitors Opendoor Technologies Competitors SPS Commerce Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersRobinhood warningA strange chasm is coming to Wall Street... 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