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AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC AKAM
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC (AKAM) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $4.2B at a 10.7% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.82 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | HSBC | Hold (down) |
| 2026-08-10 | Susquehanna | Positive (main) |
| 2026-08-07 | UBS | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-08-07 | TD Cowen | Hold (main) |
| 2026-08-07 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2026-08-07 | Piper Sandler | Neutral (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.115 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.298 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.049 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.765 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKAM | AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC | 5/9 | 2.86 | 36.4 | +5.4% |
| FOUR | Shift4 Payments, Inc. | 6/9 | 1.05 | 31.8 | +25.5% |
| WU | Western Union CO | 5/9 | — | 4.5 | -3.8% |
| CPAY | CORPAY, INC. | 5/9 | 1.88 | 20.3 | +13.9% |
| RBA | RB GLOBAL INC. | 6/9 | 1.78 | 71.3 | +7.2% |
| ADV | Advantage Solutions Inc. | 5/9 | -2.13 | — | -0.7% |
| TNET | TRINET GROUP, INC. | 6/9 | — | 14.8 | -0.9% |
About AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC
Akamai Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of security, delivery, and cloud computing solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers security solutions that include web application and application programming interfaces (API) protection solutions, which protect web, API, and mobile app traffic from attacks; Bot & Abuse portfolio, which provides solutions to help customers protect against threats; full account lifecycle protections including the ability to defend against account takeover and opening abuse, adversarial bot protection, protection against credential stuffing, inventory scalping, and hoarding; and solutions designed to stop persistent scrapers from stealing content; API security, which discovers, audits, and monitors API; and microservice and application component protection that analyzes and protects application traffic that moves between application components. The company also offers cloud computing services, which include compute, storage, and cloud native and networking services; and Akamai App Platform, provides ready-to-run templates that address challenges in deploying, managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters at scale. In addition, it offers delivery solutions that include web and mobile performance solutions, which enables dynamic websites and applications, as well as global traffic management, site acceleration, application load balancing, large-scale load testing, and real-user monitoring; and media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FAQ
Is AKAM financially healthy?
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does AKAM pay a dividend?
No, AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is AKAM?
In FY2025, AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC had a net margin of 10.7% and a return on equity of 9.1%.
Is AKAM overvalued or undervalued?
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC trades at about 40.0× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 27.3×–51.9×, median 32.9×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for AKAM?
The average Wall-Street price target for AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC is $156.30, about 27.3% above the recent price, from 23 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is AKAM a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 36.4×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.