Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
NASDAQ:AKAM
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AKAM Stock Chart & Stats
$95.89
-$0.25(-0.27%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$95.89
-$0.25(-0.27%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$69.78 - $165.45
Previous CloseN/A
Volume273.20K
Average Volume (3M)6.09M
Market Cap
$23.31B
Enterprise Value$26.99B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$930.45M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$5.87B
Price to Earnings (P/E)53.5
Beta0.45
Next Earnings
Aug 11, 2026EPS Estimate
1.58Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)3.01
Shares Outstanding145,385,450
10 Day Avg. Volume6,508,316
30 Day Avg. Volume6,085,503
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-4.08
Price to Book (P/B)2.55
Price to Sales (P/S)3.01
P/FCF Ratio18.14
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.16
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.32
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit11.05
Enterprise Value/Ebitda23.63
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$161.41Price Target Upside68.33% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering20
EPS Forecast (FY)6.7
Revenue Forecast (FY)$4.50B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Large Multi-year Contracted DealA seven-year $1.8B committed contract materially increases multi-year revenue visibility and underpins long-term capacity planning for CIS. This contract provides durable contracted demand that supports scale economics, helps justify near-term infrastructure investment, and anchors future revenue streams.
Rapid Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) GrowthSustained high-teens to 50%+ CIS growth signals structural re‑positioning toward cloud and distributed AI inference, diversifying revenue away from a declining delivery segment. Fast CIS growth can drive higher lifetime customer value and justify incremental edge compute CapEx over multiple years.
Healthy Operating Cash GenerationConsistently positive operating cash flow and multi-hundred-million FCF provide internal funding for capex, R&D, and buybacks, supporting strategic investments without sole reliance on equity. Though FCF is volatile, the underlying cash generation is a durable strength for capital allocation.
Bears Say
Elevated LeverageMaterial increase in leverage reduces financial flexibility amid a capital-intensive pivot. Higher debt-to-equity constrains capacity to absorb shocks, raises refinancing and covenant risk, and limits free cash flow optionality for discretionary investments or returns over the medium term.
Margin CompressionDeclining gross and net margins versus prior years indicate margin pressure from pricing, mix shifts and rising operating costs. Reduced margins erode return on invested capital, making the business more sensitive to slower revenue growth and increasing the breakeven cost of large infrastructure deployments.
Very High Near-term Capital IntensityExtremely high CapEx as a percent of revenue to build dedicated capacity delays payback and boosts depreciation, lowering near-term margins and cash conversion. Potential additional GPU orders and deployment timing add execution and funding risk that can sustain pressure on FCF and leverage.
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AKAM FAQ
What was Akamai Technologies’s price range in the past 12 months?
Akamai Technologies lowest stock price was $69.78 and its highest was $165.45 in the past 12 months.
What is Akamai Technologies’s market cap?
Akamai Technologies’s market cap is $23.31B.
When is Akamai Technologies’s upcoming earnings report date?
Akamai Technologies’s upcoming earnings report date is Aug 11, 2026 which is in 67 days.
How were Akamai Technologies’s earnings last quarter?
Akamai Technologies released its earnings results on May 07, 2026. The company reported $1.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.604 by $0.006.
Is Akamai Technologies overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Akamai Technologies’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Akamai Technologies pay dividends?
Akamai Technologies does not currently pay dividends.
What is Akamai Technologies’s EPS estimate?
Akamai Technologies’s EPS estimate is 1.58.
How many shares outstanding does Akamai Technologies have?
Akamai Technologies has 145,385,450 shares outstanding.
What happened to Akamai Technologies’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Akamai Technologies reported an EPS of $1.61 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $1.604. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 26.583%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Akamai Technologies?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in AKAM
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Akamai Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$161.41 (68.33% Upside)
$161.41 (68.33% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
AKAM Sentiment 70%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 2.5M Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $1.6M over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Very Positive
Last 7 Days ▲ 2.2%
Last 30 Days ▲ 15.9%
Last 30 Days ▲ 15.9%
News Sentiment
Very Bullish
Bullish news 100%
Bearish news 0%
Bearish news 0%
Technicals
SMA
Positive
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
108.01%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
9.12%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
16.67%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for securing, delivering, and optimizing content and business applications over the internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and edge compute solutions to enable developers to deploy and distribute code at the edge. In addition, the company offers carrier offerings, including cybersecurity protection, parental controls, DNS infrastructure and content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through direct sales and service organizations, as well as through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
AKAM Earnings Call
Q1 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The quarter highlights a major strategic inflection toward cloud infrastructure and AI inference backed by a landmark $1.8B customer commitment, strong CIS growth (Q1 CIS +40% YoY and FY guide of ≥50%) and continued security momentum (Q1 security +11% YoY) alongside industry recognition and solid liquidity. Offsetting these positives are near-term profitability and cash deployment pressures — higher CapEx (notably ~$700M planned for 2026 for the large deal), increased depreciation and headcount that compressed non-GAAP net income (down 5% YoY), and ongoing declines in the delivery segment. Management expects margins to remain constrained in the near term as it invests to capture what it characterizes as a sizable multi-year AI opportunity, and there is potential for incremental GPU orders beyond current guidance. Overall, the call is constructive about long-term growth and market positioning but candid about short-term investment-related headwinds.View all AKAM earnings summariesAKAM Revenue Breakdown
53.31% Security
29.86% Delivery
16.83% Cloud computing
AKAM Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$161.41
▲(68.33% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
2.14% Insiders
23.44% Mutual Funds
30.50% Other Institutional Investors
10.72% Public Companies and Individual Investors