Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What AKAM does

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) is a US-based stock in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure, headquartered in Cambridge, United States. The company provides security, delivery, and cloud computing solutions worldwide. Its security offerings protect web, API, and mobile app traffic from attacks, including bot management, account takeover prevention, and API security. On the cloud side, it offers compute, storage, and networking services, along with the Akamai App Platform for managing Kubernetes clusters.

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 118.44 USD, up 0.09% today, with a 52-week range of 70.82 – 165.45 and a 55.2% gain over the past year.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 42.9 shows the price investors pay per dollar of recent earnings, while the forward P/E ratio of 16.4 reflects expectations for future earnings.
• Dividend yield is 0%, meaning the company pays no dividends and retains all earnings.
• Market cap of 17.02B USD places it among large-cap stocks, and it is part of the S&P 500.
• Beta of 0.64 suggests the stock tends to be less volatile than the overall market.
• Revenue of 4.32B USD with 5.4% year-over-year growth shows top-line expansion, while a 9.5% profit margin and 7.6% operating margin indicate how much of each dollar translates to profit.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 196.7% means the company carries significant debt relative to shareholder equity.

Recent news

Recent headlines compare Akamai's stock performance to other software stocks, discuss long-term investing appeal, and examine what happens to cloud stocks if growth slows. Other titles note a sector move where Fastly fell while Cloudflare and Akamai rose, and a report on securing agentic AI through behavioral governance.

What to watch

Investors typically monitor how cloud and cybersecurity spending trends affect companies like Akamai. Competitive dynamics with peers such as Cloudflare (not linked here) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW) can influence sentiment. Broader market conditions, interest rate changes, and shifts in enterprise IT budgets are general factors that often move this kind of stock.