profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Akamai Technologies
$85.40-1.34% today
-3.7% in 1 year
1-year low $77.841-year high $161.14
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $27.25 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Akamai Technologies sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.62 billion in 2022 to $4.21 billion in 2025, with $452 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Akamai Technologies handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $800M
Free cash flow 2025$699M
Bought back its own shares$800M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$930M vs. $5.7B
Akamai Technologies vs. similar companies
Akamai Technologies grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akamai Technologies | 27.2× · Fair price | ||
 Microsoft | 29.1× · Fair price | ||
 Palantir Technologies | 249.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Oracle | 22.9× · Fair price | ||
 Palo Alto Networks | 232.6× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Akamai Technologies's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,198 | 3,461 | 3,617 | 3,812 | 3,991 | 4,208 | |
| 2,065 | 2,192 | 2,233 | 2,301 | 2,370 | 2,481 | |
| – | – | 711 | 703 | 636 | 628 | |
| 1,164 | 1,351 | 1,262 | 1,241 | 1,263 | 1,342 | |
| 557 | 652 | 524 | 548 | 505 | 452 | |
| 3.37 | 3.93 | 3.26 | 3.52 | 3.27 | 3.07 | |
| 64.6% | 63.3% | 61.7% | 60.4% | 59.4% | 58.9% | |
| – | – | 19.7% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 14.9% | |
| 17.4% | 18.8% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 12.7% | 10.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 7,764 | 8,139 | 8,303 | 9,900 | 10,369 | 11,480 |
| Cash | 353 | 537 | 542 | 489 | 518 | 930 |
| Total debt | – | – | 3,175 | 4,536 | 4,635 | 5,675 |
| Total liabilities | 3,513 | 3,609 | 3,943 | 5,303 | 5,490 | 6,502 |
| 4,251 | 4,530 | 4,360 | 4,597 | 4,878 | 4,977 | |
| 165 | 166 | 160 | 155 | 154 | 147 | |
| 12.7% | 14.0% | 7.0% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.7% | |
| 13.1% | 14.4% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 10.4% | 9.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,215 | 1,405 | 1,275 | 1,348 | 1,519 | 1,519 | |
| – | – | 458 | 730 | 685 | 820 | |
| – | – | 816 | 618 | 834 | 699 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 194 | 522 | 608 | 654 | 557 | 800 | |
| 197 | 203 | 217 | 328 | 393 | 459 |
Valuation
- 27.2×
- 12.5×
- –
- 4.5×
- 2.9×
- 17.6×
- 12.7×
- 5.7%
- 3.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 58.9%
- 14.9%
- 10.7%
- 26.8%
- 4.2%
- 6.2%
- 9.1%
- 3.7%
- 5.5%
- 12.5%
Growth
- +5.6%
- −1.8%
- −16.1%
- –
- −2.8%
Financial health
- 4.6×
- 1.20
- 50.4%
- 10.5×
- 1.99
- 1.99
- 0.37
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 35%of 964
Top 32%of 972
Top 48%of 727
Bottom 36%of 977
Top 25%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $111.18
- Range
- $76.00 – $120.00
- 12 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 1.61 | 1.61 | +0.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 1.84 | 1.76 | +4.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 1.86 | 1.64 | +13.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 1.73 | 1.55 | +11.6% |
| May 8, 2025 | 1.70 | 1.57 | +8.3% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 1.66 | 1.52 | +9.2% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 1.59 | 1.59 | +0.0% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 1.58 | 1.53 | +3.3% |
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
46No pass
Philip Fisher
48No pass
Peter Lynch
26No pass
Joel Greenblatt
12No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
45No pass
Questions about Akamai Technologies
Is Akamai Technologies a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Akamai Technologies AI analysis
What does Akamai Technologies do?
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for securing, delivering, and optimizing content and business applications over the internet in the United States and internationally. It is in Software - Infrastructure, based in Cambridge, MA, United States, with 11,419 employees.
Does Akamai Technologies pay a dividend?
No. Akamai Technologies does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $800 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Akamai Technologies stock halal?
No. Akamai Technologies does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 46% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Akamai Technologies stock done over the past year?
Down 3.7% over the past twelve months, to $85.40. It traded between $77.84 and $161.14 and is 47.0% below its high.
Who are Akamai Technologies's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Akamai Technologies's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.