Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) Releases Q4 2026 Earnings Guidance

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) updated its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.500-1.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.2 billion. Akamai Technologies also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 6.470-6.680 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AKAM has been the topic of several research reports. HSBC downgraded shares of Akamai Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $171.00 to $123.00 in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Susquehanna dropped their price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies from $175.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Akamai Technologies in a report on Friday, October 30th. President Capital raised their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $150.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 30th. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note on Friday, September 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $145.24.

Akamai Technologies Trading Down 9.4%

Shares of AKAM traded down $8.09 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $77.84. The stock had a trading volume of 9,588,291 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,712,069. Akamai Technologies has a 52-week low of $71.93 and a 52-week high of $165.45. The firm has a market cap of $11.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.00, a P/E/G ratio of 4.07 and a beta of 0.65. The business’s fifty day moving average is $102.72 and its 200 day moving average is $112.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.64.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.67 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Akamai Technologies had a net margin of 9.51% and a return on equity of 11.32%. Akamai Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.470-6.680 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.700 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Akamai Technologies will post 3.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Akamai Technologies

In other news, EVP Kim Salem-Jackson sold 2,013 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.00, for a total value of $257,664.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 57,197 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,321,216. This represents a 3.40% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mani Sundaram sold 7,022 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.62, for a total transaction of $882,103.64. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 14,625 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,837,192.50. This trade represents a 32.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 12,135 shares of company stock worth $1,467,221 over the last quarter. 2.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc provides cloud, cybersecurity and content-delivery services that help organizations operate and protect applications, websites and digital media over the internet. Its distributed edge platform is designed to deliver online content closer to end users while improving performance, availability and resilience.

The company’s services include content delivery and application performance solutions, cloud computing capabilities, web and application security, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management and zero-trust security tools.