Akamai/$AKAM
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About Akamai
Akamai operates a content delivery network, in which customers store content on distributed servers to deliver it to their own customers more quickly. Akamai has over 350,000 servers distributed over 4,350 points of presence in more than 700 cities globally. This network supports upward of 20% of global internet traffic, generating massive amounts of data. Using data generated by the delivery network, the firm offers cybersecurity products and cloud computing services, ranging from API security to zero-trust enterprise access, which has surpassed the delivery network in revenue and importance. As of 2026, the primary focus has shifted to offering computing hardware as a service, with an emphasis on serving large language model providers such as Anthropic.
- Ticker
- $AKAM
- Sector
- Business services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 11,000
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, United States
- Website
- www.akamai.com
Akamai Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$16B
41.38
$2.75
0.64
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Price and volume
Market cap
$16B
Beta
0.64
52-week high
$165.45
52-week low
$70.82
Average daily volume
4.3M
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.637
Quick ratio
1.517
Long term debt to equity
1.53
Total debt to equity
1.967
Interest coverage (TTM)
15.54%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,074.602
Gross margin (TTM)
57.45%
Net profit margin (TTM)
9.51%
Operating margin (TTM)
11.92%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
17.66%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$390,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.51%
Return on equity (TTM)
8.92%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
41.378
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.807
Price to book
3.45
Price to tangible book (TTM)
16.72
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
26.127
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.83%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
4.361
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
5.87%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-2.38%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.69%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.65%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-3.35%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
4.22%
What the Analysts think about Akamai
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Akamai stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Akamai stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Akamai has signed more than $2.8 billion of multi-year cloud infrastructure commitments in 2026, including a contract worth over $600 million. A separate seven-year, $1.8 billion commitment from a frontier model provider gives the AI infrastructure strategy meaningful customer validation and longer-term revenue visibility. (Akamai, Akamai)
Management expects Cloud Infrastructure Services growth of at least 50% in constant currency in 2026 and believes overall revenue growth can accelerate to the low teens in 2027. If deployments arrive on schedule, this could move Akamai beyond its mature, single-digit growth profile. (The Motley Fool, Akamai)
The legacy delivery and other cloud applications business fell 6% year on year in the second quarter, and management still expects a mid-single-digit decline for 2026. Continued contraction in this large business could absorb more of the growth generated by security and cloud infrastructure. (Akamai, The Motley Fool)
The AI build-out is already reducing near-term profitability: second-quarter non-GAAP earnings per share fell 8% despite 5% revenue growth, while management expects 2026 capital expenditure to reach about 40% of revenue. Third-quarter capital expenditure of $475 million to $525 million and operating margins of 24% to 26% leave little room for execution mistakes. (Akamai, The Motley Fool)
The large cloud commitments are not yet the same as recognised revenue, and Akamai must secure hardware, power and colocation capacity before it can serve them. Delayed GPU shipments and the need to pause share repurchases show that converting the pipeline into profitable cash flow remains an execution and funding risk. (TradingKey, Akamai)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 21 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Akamai
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Fund name | Fund size | $AKAM weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Digital Security€L0CK | €1.7B | 1.64% |
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 0.63% |
iShares Digitalisation£DGIT | £585M | 0.63% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.25% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.25% |
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