Insider Selling: Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) CAO Sells $1,128,878.22 in Stock

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) CAO Laura Howell sold 11,273 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.14, for a total value of $1,128,878.22. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 12,559 shares in the company, valued at $1,257,658.26. This trade represents a 47.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Akamai Technologies Trading Down 1.5%

AKAM opened at $98.39 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.36, a quick ratio of 2.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market cap of $14.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.94, a PEG ratio of 3.33 and a beta of 0.70. Akamai Technologies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $67.51 and a 12 month high of $113.50. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $94.82 and a 200-day moving average price of $84.96.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. Akamai Technologies had a return on equity of 13.86% and a net margin of 10.74%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. Akamai Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.200-7.200 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.670 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Akamai Technologies, Inc. will post 4.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on AKAM shares. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. HSBC increased their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $130.00 to $134.00 in a report on Monday, November 10th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Akamai Technologies from $89.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Craig Hallum increased their price target on Akamai Technologies from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price target on Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $108.84.

Institutional Trading of Akamai Technologies

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rexford Capital Inc. boosted its position in Akamai Technologies by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Rexford Capital Inc. now owns 5,106 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $445,000 after buying an additional 93 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in shares of Akamai Technologies by 31.8% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 444 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 107 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Akamai Technologies by 45.8% during the fourth quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 350 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Akamai Technologies by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,502 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $480,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in Akamai Technologies by 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 2,196 shares of the technology infrastructure company’s stock valued at $192,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.28% of the company’s stock.

Akamai Technologies Company Profile

Akamai Technologies, Inc is a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) services and cloud security solutions designed to optimize and safeguard digital experiences. Leveraging a globally distributed platform, the company accelerates web and mobile content delivery for enterprises, media companies, e-commerce platforms and government agencies. Its edge computing architecture brings processing power closer to end users, reducing latency and improving application performance across geographies.

The company’s core offerings include content acceleration, web and mobile performance optimization, media delivery, and a suite of cybersecurity solutions that protect against DDoS attacks, application-layer threats and bot-driven fraud.