Akamai Technologies, Inc.

NasdaqGS:AKAM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$14.1b

Akamai Technologies Valuation

Is AKAM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AKAM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AKAM ($94.58) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($170.1)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AKAM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AKAM?

Key metric: As AKAM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AKAM. This is calculated by dividing AKAM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AKAM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27x
EarningsUS$526.18m
Market CapUS$14.14b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AKAM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AKAM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average51.8x
VRSN VeriSign
21.6x2.7%US$18.4b
WIX Wix.com
130.5x36.4%US$12.0b
GDDY GoDaddy
15.4x-14.4%US$28.1b
DOCN DigitalOcean Holdings
39.8x18.2%US$3.2b
AKAM Akamai Technologies
27x16.3%US$14.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AKAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the peer average (51.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AKAM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US IT Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GTCH GBT Technologies
0.1xn/aUS$3.36m
TAOP Taoping
1xn/aUS$2.09m
DLTI DLT Resolution
0.7xn/aUS$557.41k
TMNA Agri-Fintech Holdings
0.0004xn/aUS$129.25k
AKAM 27.0xIndustry Avg. 43.6xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AKAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the US IT industry average (43.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AKAM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AKAM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio27x
Fair PE Ratio37.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AKAM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (37.4x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AKAM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$94.58
US$113.13
+19.6%
11.4%US$140.00US$76.00n/a23
Dec ’25US$94.02
US$112.95
+20.1%
11.8%US$140.00US$76.00n/a21
Nov ’25US$100.57
US$115.39
+14.7%
12.4%US$140.00US$76.00n/a21
Oct ’25US$99.82
US$115.39
+15.6%
12.4%US$140.00US$76.00n/a21
Sep ’25US$101.84
US$115.56
+13.5%
12.1%US$140.00US$76.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$95.44
US$112.84
+18.2%
12.4%US$140.00US$81.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$89.53
US$114.03
+27.4%
12.7%US$140.00US$81.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$92.24
US$114.03
+23.6%
12.7%US$140.00US$81.00n/a20
May ’25US$100.89
US$127.19
+26.1%
13.7%US$150.00US$81.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$109.33
US$127.19
+16.3%
13.7%US$150.00US$81.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$110.24
US$126.44
+14.7%
13.5%US$150.00US$81.00n/a20
Feb ’25US$124.04
US$120.95
-2.5%
14.0%US$150.00US$78.00n/a20
Jan ’25US$118.35
US$118.50
+0.1%
13.6%US$150.00US$78.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$116.03
US$117.05
+0.9%
12.6%US$145.00US$78.00US$94.0219
Nov ’24US$103.89
US$111.32
+7.1%
13.5%US$145.00US$74.00US$100.5719
Oct ’24US$106.54
US$109.15
+2.4%
14.6%US$145.00US$74.00US$99.8220
Sep ’24US$105.35
US$104.46
-0.8%
12.2%US$125.00US$74.00US$101.8417
Aug ’24US$94.02
US$94.94
+1.0%
12.2%US$115.00US$67.00US$95.4417
Jul ’24US$89.87
US$94.29
+4.9%
12.2%US$115.00US$67.00US$89.5317
Jun ’24US$91.45
US$96.99
+6.1%
15.9%US$132.00US$67.00US$92.2419
May ’24US$80.54
US$95.46
+18.5%
16.4%US$132.00US$62.00US$100.8919
Apr ’24US$78.30
US$94.83
+21.1%
16.9%US$132.00US$62.00US$109.3319
Mar ’24US$73.05
US$94.83
+29.8%
16.9%US$132.00US$62.00US$110.2419
Feb ’24US$89.58
US$100.89
+12.6%
17.5%US$137.00US$73.00US$124.0417
Jan ’24US$84.30
US$102.54
+21.6%
16.2%US$137.00US$73.00US$118.3517
Dec ’23US$95.20
US$104.66
+9.9%
20.8%US$168.00US$73.00US$116.0317

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 22:36
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is covered by 65 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William PowerBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Madeline BrooksBofA Global Research