Q1 EPS Forecast for Akamai Technologies Raised by Analyst

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note issued on Thursday, December 5th. William Blair analyst J. Ho now expects that the technology infrastructure company will post earnings of $1.14 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.11. The consensus estimate for Akamai Technologies' current full-year earnings is $4.30 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Akamai Technologies' Q2 2025 earnings at $1.13 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.25 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.76 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on AKAM. Tigress Financial restated a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $140.00 price target on shares of Akamai Technologies in a report on Thursday, August 29th. HSBC upgraded shares of Akamai Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $121.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Oppenheimer upgraded Akamai Technologies from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $120.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $112.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $120.00 to $115.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $117.61.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Akamai Technologies stock traded up $1.06 during trading on Monday, reaching $99.12. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,344,914 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,681,369. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $98.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $96.38. Akamai Technologies has a 12-month low of $84.70 and a 12-month high of $129.17. The company has a market capitalization of $14.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Insider Transactions at Akamai Technologies

In related news, EVP Paul C. Joseph sold 4,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.30, for a total transaction of $389,200.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 30,703 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,987,401.90. This trade represents a 11.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CTO Robert Blumofe sold 2,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.61, for a total transaction of $221,525.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer now owns 19,510 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,728,781.10. This represents a 11.36 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,500 shares of company stock valued at $1,058,625 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Akamai Technologies by 5.1% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,197,009 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock worth $423,066,000 after buying an additional 202,746 shares in the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Akamai Technologies by 1.3% in the second quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,131,061 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock valued at $191,966,000 after purchasing an additional 28,135 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 25.1% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,732,750 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock valued at $156,088,000 after buying an additional 347,626 shares during the period. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN raised its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 6.3% during the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 1,499,760 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock worth $151,401,000 after purchasing an additional 88,732 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 1.3% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 892,356 shares of the technology infrastructure company's stock worth $90,083,000 after buying an additional 11,272 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.28% of the company's stock.

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.