Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-one ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $109.8947.

AKAM has been the subject of several recent research reports. Evercore increased their price target on Akamai Technologies from $105.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Craig Hallum raised their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th.

Insider Activity at Akamai Technologies

In other news, Director Jon Miller sold 11,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.67, for a total transaction of $1,129,370.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 22,806 shares in the company, valued at $2,341,492.02. The trade was a 32.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Paul C. Joseph sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.17, for a total transaction of $450,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 17,513 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,579,147.21. The trade was a 22.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 69,274 shares of company stock worth $6,969,557 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Akamai Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AKAM. World Investment Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of Akamai Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $251,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Akamai Technologies by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 27,486 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock worth $2,402,000 after acquiring an additional 1,457 shares during the last quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group acquired a new position in shares of Akamai Technologies during the 4th quarter worth approximately $253,000. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in Akamai Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at $9,118,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in Akamai Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $225,000. Institutional investors own 94.28% of the company’s stock.

Akamai Technologies Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of AKAM stock opened at $109.74 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.36, a quick ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. Akamai Technologies has a 1 year low of $67.51 and a 1 year high of $113.50. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $99.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $87.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.63, a PEG ratio of 3.71 and a beta of 0.72.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. Akamai Technologies had a net margin of 10.74% and a return on equity of 13.86%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.66 EPS. Akamai Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-7.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.670 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Akamai Technologies will post 4.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Akamai Technologies Company Profile

Akamai Technologies, Inc is a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) services and cloud security solutions designed to optimize and safeguard digital experiences. Leveraging a globally distributed platform, the company accelerates web and mobile content delivery for enterprises, media companies, e-commerce platforms and government agencies. Its edge computing architecture brings processing power closer to end users, reducing latency and improving application performance across geographies.

The company’s core offerings include content acceleration, web and mobile performance optimization, media delivery, and a suite of cybersecurity solutions that protect against DDoS attacks, application-layer threats and bot-driven fraud.