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Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$91.13 +0.86 (+0.95%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$90.20 -0.92 (-1.02%)
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About Akamai Technologies Stock (NASDAQ:AKAM)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$88.50
▼
$91.64
50-Day Range
$87.25
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$125.29
52-Week Range
$70.82
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$165.45
Volume
5.12 million shs
Average Volume
4.71 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.10 billion
P/E Ratio
32.78
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$146.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud, cybersecurity and content-delivery services that help organizations operate and protect applications, websites and digital media over the internet. Its distributed edge platform is designed to deliver online content closer to end users while improving performance, availability and resilience.

The company’s services include content delivery and application performance solutions, cloud computing capabilities, web and application security, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management and zero-trust security tools. Akamai serves businesses across industries such as media and entertainment, financial services, retail, software and technology, public sector and gaming.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai was established around technology developed to address internet congestion and improve the delivery of web content. The company serves customers globally through infrastructure and operations spanning major markets around the world. Its chief executive officer is co-founder Tom Leighton, who has led the company since 2013.

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Akamai Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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80th Percentile Overall Score

AKAM MarketRank™: 
4.00225105932 of 5 stars

Akamai Technologies scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 168th out of 591 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Akamai Technologies has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 12 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Akamai Technologies has a consensus price target of $148.29, representing about 62.7% upside from its current price of $91.16.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Akamai 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 Growth

    Earnings 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 Market

    The P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 32.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.71.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Akamai Technologies is 32.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 77.72.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Akamai Technologies has a PEG Ratio of 4.22. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Akamai Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 2.63. 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.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    13.73% of the float of Akamai Technologies has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Akamai 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 month

    Short interest in Akamai Technologies has recently increased by 2.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Akamai Technologies does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Akamai Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • News Sentiment

    Akamai Technologies has a news sentiment score of 0.72. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Akamai Technologies this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    52 people have searched for AKAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 160% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    14 people have added Akamai Technologies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In 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 Insiders

    2.30% of the stock of Akamai Technologies is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    94.28% 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.
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AKAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Akamai Technologies' stock was trading at $87.25 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, AKAM stock has increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $91.1630.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.02. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Akamai Technologies subsidiaries include these companies: Linode, GuardiCore, Inverse, Asavie Technologies, ChameleonX, krypt.co, Exceda, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of Akamai Technologies include Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.77%), E. Ohman J or Asset Management AB (0.11%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.09%) and Lmcg Investments LLC (0.08%). 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.
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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.

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), Tesla (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/06/2026
Today
10/22/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/05/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
IT Services
Sub-Industry
Internet Services & Infrastructure
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:AKAM
CIK
1086222
Employees
11,000
Year Founded
1998

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$225.00
Low Price Target
$87.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+60.2%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
24 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$2.78
Trailing P/E Ratio
32.78
Forward P/E Ratio
25.46
P/E Growth
4.22
Net Income
$452.03 million
Net Margins
9.51%
Pretax Margin
11.55%
Return on Equity
11.32%
Return on Assets
4.47%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.23
Current Ratio
1.64
Quick Ratio
1.64

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$4.21 billion
Price / Sales
3.11
Cash Flow
$9.63 per share
Price / Cash Flow
9.46
Book Value
$34.60 per share
Price / Book
2.63

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
143,720,000
Free Float
140,412,000
Market Cap
$13.10 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.62

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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 10/22/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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