Brokers Issue Forecasts for AKAM FY2025 Earnings

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) – KeyCorp issued their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Akamai Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, June 5th. KeyCorp analyst J. Ader expects that the technology infrastructure company will post earnings per share of $4.04 for the year. KeyCorp has a “Underweight” rating and a $63.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Akamai Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $4.60 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Akamai Technologies’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS, FY2028 earnings at ($0.47) EPS and FY2029 earnings at ($0.47) EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on AKAM. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $88.00 price objective (up previously from $80.00) on shares of Akamai Technologies in a report on Friday, May 9th. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $107.00 to $105.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 9th. Craig Hallum downgraded Akamai Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $90.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $76.00 to $72.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $102.00 to $90.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $101.25.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

AKAM stock opened at $78.27 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The company has a market capitalization of $11.44 billion, a PE ratio of 24.01, a P/E/G ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.77. Akamai Technologies has a 12-month low of $67.51 and a 12-month high of $106.80. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $76.84 and its 200 day moving average price is $86.52.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.12. Akamai Technologies had a return on equity of 14.35% and a net margin of 12.65%. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.64 earnings per share. Akamai Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Akamai Technologies

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. TCTC Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 17.0% in the fourth quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 702 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $67,000 after buying an additional 102 shares in the last quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 19,991 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $1,912,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 4.7% in the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,828 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. Opes Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 2.7% in the first quarter. Opes Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,872 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $392,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amalgamated Bank boosted its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 0.5% in the first quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 29,080 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $2,341,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.28% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Aaron Ahola sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.92, for a total value of $323,680.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 25,211 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,040,074.12. This trade represents a 13.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Kim Salem-Jackson sold 13,157 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.33, for a total value of $1,004,273.81. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 43,575 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,326,079.75. This trade represents a 23.19% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 21,084 shares of company stock worth $1,661,827 over the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Akamai Technologies Company Profile

Akamai Technologies, Inc provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance.