Akamai trades 44% below its 52-week high on a 13.6x forward P/E with 50.4% upside to the analyst target and excellent cash conversion, but growth is weak and the stock is in a downtrend with high short interest.
Thesis pillars
- Weak Growth Profile→Stable
- Deep Discount Analyst Upside→Stable
- Excellent Cash Conversion→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Nov 1, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2026
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) Stock Analysis
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $85.93 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0; Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8.
Akamai Technologies delivers security, cloud computing, and content delivery solutions to enterprises globally through a distributed network of 4,300+ edge points-of-presence in 130+ countries. Revenue comes from subscription and usage-based contracts; no single customer... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $85.93 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0; Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, high confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and earnings proximity 0d<=7d. Suitability: speculative.
About Akamai Technologies, Inc.
About Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Akamai's distributed infrastructure encompassed more than 4,300 edge points-of-presence across 130+ countries and approximately 700 cities at December 31, 2025, integrated with roughly 1,200 network partners. Security solutions generate the largest portion of revenue, with cloud computing an increasing share and delivery a declining one. The company employed over 11,000 people in more than 30 countries, with approximately 65% located outside the U.S., and no single customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenue in 2025.
Akamai earns revenue across three solutions with distinct dynamics. Security—the largest revenue contributor—encompasses web application firewall, DDoS mitigation, bot management, and Zero Trust network access products; competition and pricing pressure during contract renewals may impact revenue from certain security solutions if the company cannot maintain differentiation in a market where larger providers increasingly offer broader security platforms. Delivery has experienced ongoing revenue declines as customers pursue "do-it-yourself" platform optimization or redistribute traffic among multiple providers, a trend that could continue. Cloud computing, the growth segment, competes against hyper-scale incumbents with substantially greater financial resources, priority access to servers and co-location capacity, and established customer relationships; Akamai added NVIDIA GPU-equipped compute nodes in 2025 and acquired serverless WebAssembly company Fermyon Technologies in November 2025 to extend edge application capabilities. The company sells through direct sales and channel partners including Deloitte, Kyndryl, Optiv, and others.
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Akamai's cloud computing expansion faces an asymmetric resource challenge: the 10-K discloses that a small number of very large competitors have established themselves as incumbents and "exert significant purchasing power and priority access to servers, memory, co-location capacity and power," potentially allowing rivals to expand capacity faster, offer lower prices, and enter long-term contracts with Akamai's target customers. Separately, approximately six percent of Akamai's global employees are located in Israel, and the 10-K notes they have in the past been impacted by the Israel-Hamas war; any escalation could impair workforce availability for an extended period.
See also: Technology · Software - Infrastructure
From Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 9, 2026.
Recent developments
updated Nov 1, 2026Recent Developments — Akamai Technologies, Inc.
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- NEWS Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Rolls Out New AI Stack, Is The Valuation Still Cheap? - Simply Wall St — Simply Wall St Nov 1, 2026 positive
- NEWS 6 Green Days In A Row: Akamai Technologies Stock Is Up 14% - Trefis — Trefis Oct 28, 2026 positive
- NEWS Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Surpasses Market Returns: Some Facts Worth Knowing - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 27, 2026 positive
- NEWS Akamai Technologies Falls as Investors Appear Cautious Ahead of Results - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative Aug 6, 2026 negative
- NEWS DA Davidson raises Akamai stock price target on cloud deal strength - Investing.com — Investing.com Aug 5, 2026 positive
Latest item Nov 1, 2026 · Generated 2026-11-05T11:59:09Z.
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- 2026-05-13Item 5.02LOWStockholders approved 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Amendment No. 4 to A&R 2013 Stock Incentive Plan adding 8,000,000 shares at May 13, 2026 annual meeting. Routine compensatory arrangement; no officer departure.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $85.93 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0; Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $80.89. Score 5.0/10, high confidence.
Analyst target: $138.81 (+61.5% upside). Prior stop was $80.89. Stop-loss: $80.89.
Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0; Weak overall score: 5.0/10.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. trades at a P/E of 31.1 (forward 12.6). TrendMatrix value score: 6.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
31 analysts rate AKAM, with a consensus score of 3.9/5. 22 analysts publish price targets averaging $154.
What does Akamai Technologies, Inc. do?Akamai Technologies delivers security, cloud computing, and content delivery solutions to enterprises globally through...
Akamai Technologies delivers security, cloud computing, and content delivery solutions to enterprises globally through a distributed network of 4,300+ edge points-of-presence in 130+ countries. Revenue comes from subscription and usage-based contracts; no single customer exceeded 10% of revenue in 2025. The company had over 11,000 employees in 30+ countries at year-end 2025, with security solutions generating the largest revenue share.