Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.77
- Estimate
- $1.67
- Surprise
- +5.8%
- Score today
- 4.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) beat the $1.67 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.77 — a clear 5.8% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains Outperform on Akamai Technologies, Lowers Price Target to $150 — benzinga, 2026-11-06
- Analysts Adjust Price Targets for Akamai Technologies Following Q3 Earnings — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-06
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates AKAM Sell at 4.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.8% surprise compares with a +3.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0
- Weak overall score: 4.9/10
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $84.26
- Price target
- $138.81
- Stop
- $78.36
- Upside to target
- +64.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 5.5:1
The stock trades at 30.3× trailing but 11.4× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
AKAM at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Market cap
- $11.19B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 30.3
- 52-week range
- $71.93–$165.45
- Off 52-week high
- 49.1%
- RSI (14)
- 47
- Volume vs avg
- 0.93×
- Score today
- 4.9/10