Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Cambridge, United States | NasdaqGS
91.71 USD
-8.22
(-8.226%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 3, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT
Akamai is currently caught between a compelling valuation gap and deteriorating profitability. The stock trades at a steep discount to its forward earnings expectations, with a forward P/E of roughly 16 times compared to a trailing P/E of nearly 40, suggesting the market anticipates a significant earnings recovery. However, the most recent quarterly results tell a different story, with earnings growth contracting sharply even as revenue creeps up modestly. This disconnect creates a tense setup where the long-term value proposition is obscured by short-term execution risks. Technically, the shares are lagging their moving averages, which dampens immediate momentum, but options traders are actively betting on a move higher, placing heavy call interest above the current price. For investors, the risk lies in whether the company can reverse the earnings decline without further diluting shareholder value through its existing debt load. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.046903 |
| AutoETS | 0.048828 |
| MSTL | 0.052006 |
| AutoTheta | 0.067634 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 43% |
| H-stat | 0.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.130 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.90 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 196.672 |
| Revenue per Share | 29.93 |
| Market Cap | 13,180,250,112 |
| Trailing P/E | 36.25 |
| Forward P/E | 13.39 |
| Beta | 0.62 |
| Profit Margins | 9.51% |
| Website | https://www.akamai.com |
As of Oct. 3, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expirations, particularly the October 2nd contract at 76% ATM. Open interest is heavily concentrated at the 120 and 125 strike calls, creating a resistance wall, while significant put open interest sits at the 100 and 105 strikes. Unusual flow detected includes heavy call volume at the 111 and 125 strikes exceeding existing open interest, indicating speculative positioning for a rebound toward the 120 level, though defensive put buying remains active near current prices.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.24487579 |
| Address1 | 145 Broadway |
| All Time High | 345.5 |
| All Time Low | 0.56 |
| Ask | 95.3 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.0 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,797,010 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,296,096 |
| Average Volume | 4,296,096 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,797,010 |
| Beta | 0.616 |
| Bid | 86.97 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 33.07 |
| City | Cambridge |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 91.71 |
| Current Ratio | 1.637 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 98.52 |
| Day Low | 90.03 |
| Debt To Equity | 196.672 |
| Display Name | Akamai |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.268 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.234 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | 1,079,897,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.24981001 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 17.746 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.433 |
| Enterprise Value | 19,163,848,704 |
| Eps Current Year | 6.63954 |
| Eps Forward | 6.84798 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.53 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 617 444 3001 |
| Fifty Day Average | 109.9638 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -18.2538 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.16599827 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 24.48758 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 165.45 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -73.74 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.44569355 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 70.82 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 20.89 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.29497316 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 70.82 - 165.45 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 941,203,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 140,449,930 |
| Forward Eps | 6.84798 |
| Forward P E | 13.39227 |
| Free Cashflow | 710,060,096 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 11,000 |
| Fullday Change | -1.6966019 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.8499639 |
| Fullday Price | 90.0134 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.57452 |
| Gross Profits | 2,483,569,920 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.021270001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.13557 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 143,716,609 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ir Website | http://www.akamai.com/html/investor/index.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Akamai Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of security, delivery, and cloud computing solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers security solutions that include web application and application programming interfaces (API) protection solutions, which protect web, API, and mobile app traffic from attacks; Bot & Abuse portfolio, which provides solutions to help customers protect against threats; full account lifecycle protections including the ability to defend against account takeover and opening abuse, adversarial bot protection, protection against credential stuffing, inventory scalping, and hoarding; and solutions designed to stop persistent scrapers from stealing content; API security, which discovers, audits, and monitors API; and microservice and application component protection that analyzes and protects application traffic that moves between application components. The company also offers cloud computing services, which include compute, storage, and cloud native and networking services; and Akamai App Platform, provides ready-to-run templates that address challenges in deploying, managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters at scale. In addition, it offers delivery solutions that include web and mobile performance solutions, which enables dynamic websites and applications, as well as global traffic management, site acceleration, application load balancing, large-scale load testing, and real-user monitoring; and 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. The company has a strategic alliance with Deloitte Canada to help organizations achieve platform-based resilience against AI-accelerated cyberthreats. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 13,180,250,112 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24522 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 410,964,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 17,021,795,169 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 22 |
| Open | 97.66 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,447,190,016 |
| Operating Margins | 0.076290004 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.16 |
| Phone | 617 444 3000 |
| Pre Market Change | -1.6966019 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.8499639 |
| Pre Market Price | 90.0134 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,792,059,872 |
| Previous Close | 99.93 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.812703 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.7732084 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.0489836 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09507 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.517 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.04167 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -8.220001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -8.2257595 |
| Regular Market Day High | 98.52 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 90.03 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 90.03 - 98.52 |
| Regular Market Open | 97.66 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 99.93 |
| Regular Market Price | 91.71 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 7,954,500 |
| Return On Assets | 0.025150001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.08918 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.054 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.93 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 143,716,609 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1341 |
| Shares Short | 19,275,918 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 19,015,838 |
| Short Name | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1577 |
| Short Ratio | 3.6 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | AKAM |
| Target High Price | 225.0 |
| Target Low Price | 93.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 158.87318 |
| Target Median Price | 161.5 |
| Total Cash | 3,355,386,880 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 23.347 |
| Total Debt | 9,338,986,496 |
| Total Revenue | 4,322,833,920 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.53 |
| Trailing P E | 36.249012 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.4374 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 112.2429 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -20.532898 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.18293272 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 7,954,500 |
| Website | https://www.akamai.com |
| Zip | 2,142 |