Why did Akamai Technologies (AKAM) stock move recently?

On 8/10/2026, Akamai Technologies moved +7.7% — Akamai climbed after UBS raised its price target on the stock following the company's Q1-week earnings, where reported revenue and EPS came in slightly ahead of estimates. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Akamai Technologies (AKAM) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Akamai Technologies's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 30.8, a forward P/E of about 12.8, a price-to-book of about 2.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Akamai Technologies's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.92×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Akamai Technologies's revenue?

Akamai Technologies reported revenue of $4.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $452.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Akamai Technologies (AKAM)?

Akamai Technologies last traded at $89.63 (+2.7% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Akamai Technologies

AKAM · NASDAQ · Technology · United States

Snapshot

TickerAKAM

ExchangeNASDAQ

SectorTechnology

IndustrySoftware - Infrastructure

CountryUnited States

Employees11,000

HeadquartersCambridge, United States

Websitewww.akamai.com

Filings tracked18

About Akamai Technologies

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.

Who owns it

Insiders2.1%
Institutions97.9%
Public & other0.0%

1,127 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Capital World Investors7.80%
Blackrock Inc.7.28%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.61%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC5.05%
State Street Corporation4.02%
First Trust Advisors LP3.31%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.94%
Invesco Ltd.2.72%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 3.6 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion2.92×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend14.4% → 10.7%

Margin has compressed by about 3.6 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev 5% · PAT -9%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.2B · EPS 1.77

Est. earnings growth -3.8%

Next fiscal year

Rev $5.2B · EPS 6.85

Est. earnings growth +3.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$4.2B

Net margin

10.7%

ROE

9.1%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+5.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-9.1%

EPS (FY2025)

3.07

Net profit (FY2025)

$452.0M

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Why it moved

Aug 10, 2026
Akamai climbed after UBS raised its price target on the stock following the company's Q1-week earnings, where reported revenue and EPS came in slightly ahead of estimates.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: high
Aug 4, 2026
No specific company catalyst or filing was reported today; the gain appears to reflect broader market or sector momentum ahead of the Q2 2026 earnings call scheduled for August 6.
· confidence: low
Jul 29, 2026
Akamai shares fell as part of a broader tech sell-off, with Morgan Stanley resetting its price target on the stock today.
source 1 ↗· confidence: medium
Jul 27, 2026
No clear company-specific catalyst identified in recent filings or news; the decline appears to reflect broader market or sector movement ahead of the August 6 earnings report.
· confidence: low
Jul 23, 2026
Akamai stock fell with the broader technology sector amid investor anxiety over AI spending valuations; no company-specific news or filing explains the move.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$4.2B	$452.0M	3.07	10.7%	9.1%
FY2024	$4.0B	$504.9M	3.27	12.7%	10.4%
FY2023	$3.8B	$547.6M	3.52	14.4%	11.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$1.1B	$79.4M	0.52	7.2%
2026Q1	$1.1B	$106.3M	0.71	9.9%
2025Q3	$1.1B	$140.2M	0.97	13.3%
2025Q2	$1.0B	$103.6M	0.71	9.9%
2025Q1	$1.0B	$123.2M	0.82	12.1%
2024Q3	$1.0B	$57.9M	0.38	5.8%
2024Q2	$979.6M	$131.7M	0.86	13.4%
2024Q1	$987.0M	$175.4M	1.11	17.8%
2023Q3	$965.5M	$160.5M	1.04	16.6%
2023Q2	$935.7M	$128.8M	0.84	13.8%
2023Q1	$915.7M	$97.1M	0.62	10.6%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/7/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/6/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Unregistered equity sale, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/22/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/20/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/18/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Bylaw/charter change, Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC5/13/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/8/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/7/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/20/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/19/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/17/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC11/7/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/6/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/28/2025material
8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC9/12/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure
SEC8/12/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/8/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/7/2025material

In the news

Education and discussion only — not investment advice. Financials from official filings (SEC/BSE) and reported company statements; market figures (delayed market data) are delayed and shown for reference only. Verify with the linked sources before acting.