Brokerages Set Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) PT at $111.58

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-one analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $111.5789.

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $110.00 price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

Akamai Technologies stock opened at $95.89 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 2.36 and a quick ratio of 2.36. The company has a market capitalization of $13.91 billion, a PE ratio of 31.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.59. Akamai Technologies has a one year low of $69.78 and a one year high of $121.12. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $105.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.28.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.09. Akamai Technologies had a return on equity of 13.86% and a net margin of 10.74%.The business had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.66 EPS. Akamai Technologies’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Akamai Technologies will post 4.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Akamai Technologies news, EVP Mani Sundaram sold 8,642 shares of Akamai Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.25, for a total transaction of $875,002.50. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 19,923 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,017,203.75. The trade was a 30.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, 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 value of $1,129,370.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 22,806 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,341,492.02. This trade represents a 32.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 60,954 shares of company stock valued at $6,228,871. Company insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Akamai Technologies

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 626.2% in the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 305 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 263 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 295.3% in the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 336 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 251 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 566.7% in the third quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 340 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 289 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 130.0% in the third quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 345 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 195 shares during the period. Finally, Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors bought a new stake in shares of Akamai Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. 94.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Akamai Technologies

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.