AKAM vs. AVDX, IDCC, VSAT, FSLY, NET, EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, SPSC, and YELP
Should you be buying Akamai Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akamai Technologies include AvidXchange (AVDX), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Fastly (FSLY), Cloudflare (NET), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), SPS Commerce (SPSC), and Yelp (YELP).
Akamai Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and AvidXchange (NASDAQ:AVDX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than AvidXchange.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 11.26% compared to AvidXchange's net margin of 0.42%. Akamai Technologies' return on equity of 14.09% beat AvidXchange's return on equity.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than AvidXchange. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 3 mentions for AvidXchange. AvidXchange's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Akamai Technologies' score of 1.17 indicating that AvidXchange is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of AvidXchange shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of AvidXchange shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvidXchange has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $101.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.56%. AvidXchange has a consensus target price of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 4.67%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than AvidXchange.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats AvidXchange on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:AKAM) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
