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Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM
$107.99 -0.85% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $15.84B
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 38.8× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +5.0%).
- Net debt is 6.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Interest coverTop 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 17%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 28%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.2% | 5.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 0.0% | -1.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 59.1% | 56.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 11.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 16.6% | 14.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.9% | 6.2% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.4% | 0.0% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| Gross margin | 56.4% | 59.1% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 12.9% | ↓ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 10.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.6% | 16.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.9% | — | Bottom 47% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.2% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 11.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.63%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.63%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $167.27
- Target vs current price
- +54.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 52
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +1.3% | -3.0% | +0.4% | -14.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +0.6% | -4.3% | +32.1% | +30.3% | -3.4% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +4.5% | +0.3% | -8.5% | -0.4% | +42.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +13.4% | +0.0% | +23.5% | +18.7% | +25.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +11.6% | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.6% | -0.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | +8.3% | +3.1% | -6.5% | -8.1% | -8.9% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +9.2% | -2.2% | -20.6% | -17.8% | -23.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +0.0% | -0.3% | -15.2% | -7.0% | -3.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.59 | $1.57 | +1.3% | $1.10B |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.61 | $1.60 | +0.6% | $1.07B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $1.84 | $1.76 | +4.5% | $1.09B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.64 | +13.4% | $1.05B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.73 | $1.55 | +11.6% | $1.04B |
| May 8, 2025 | $1.70 | $1.57 | +8.3% | $1.02B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $1.66 | $1.52 | +9.2% | $1.02B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $1.59 | $1.59 | +0.0% | $1.00B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 38.8× | 26.9× | 90th | Top 32% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.4× | — | — | Top 32% |
| EV / Sales | 5.48× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.98% | — | — | Top 41% |
| Earnings yield | 2.57% | — | — | Top 32% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.2× – 49.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +38.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -1.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +59.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.4%
- RSI (14)
- 47.0
- Relative volume
- 0.61×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 53.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 85th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.15
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -46.8% | 290 days | 272 days (May 8, 2026) |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Mar 13, 2023 | -42.0% | 224 days | 217 days (Jan 23, 2024) |
| May 13, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -35.2% | 86 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Mar 3, 2021 | -22.4% | 24 days | 272 days (Mar 30, 2022) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -17.6% | 13 days | 58 days (Jan 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $15.84B
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.78
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.32B
- 52-week range
- $70.82 – $165.45
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.46B | $3.62B | $3.81B | $3.99B | $4.21B |
| Gross profit | $2.19B | $2.23B | $2.30B | $2.37B | $2.30B |
| Operating income | $783.1M | $676.3M | $637.3M | $533.4M | $628.2M |
| Net income | $651.6M | $523.7M | $547.6M | $504.9M | $452.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.93 | $3.26 | $3.52 | $3.27 | $3.07 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.00B | $1.02B | $1.02B | $1.04B | $1.05B | $1.09B | $1.07B | $1.10B |
| Net income | $57.9M | $139.9M | $123.2M | $103.6M | $140.2M | $85.1M | $106.3M | $79.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.38 | $0.91 | $0.82 | $0.71 | $0.97 | $0.58 | $0.71 | $0.52 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.40B | $1.27B | $1.35B | $1.52B | $1.52B |
| Capital expenditure | -$545.2M | -$458.3M | -$730.0M | -$685.3M | -$819.5M |
| Free cash flow | $859.3M | $816.4M | $618.4M | $833.9M | $699.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$522.3M | -$608.0M | -$654.0M | -$557.5M | -$737.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.36B
- Total assets
- $15.07B
- Total liabilities
- $10.32B
- Total debt
- $9.34B
- Net debt
- $7.86B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.75B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,794,670
- Days to cover
- 5.89
- Change vs previous report
- -1.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.