Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) Announces Q4 2026 Earnings Guidance

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) updated its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.500-1.700 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.2 billion. Akamai Technologies also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 6.470-6.680 EPS.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

NASDAQ AKAM traded down $8.09 on Thursday, hitting $77.84. The company had a trading volume of 9,264,626 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,697,883. The company has a market capitalization of $11.19 billion, a PE ratio of 28.00, a PEG ratio of 4.07 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $102.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $112.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.64. Akamai Technologies has a 12-month low of $71.93 and a 12-month high of $165.45.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.10. Akamai Technologies had a net margin of 9.51% and a return on equity of 11.32%. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Akamai Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.470-6.680 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.500-1.700 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Akamai Technologies will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on AKAM shares. President Capital lifted their price target on Akamai Technologies from $150.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 30th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $158.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 21st. Raymond James Financial upgraded Akamai Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $170.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 20th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $160.00 to $122.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, September 4th. Finally, Susquehanna dropped their target price on shares of Akamai Technologies from $175.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $145.24.

Insider Transactions at Akamai Technologies

In related news, EVP Mani Sundaram sold 7,022 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.62, for a total value of $882,103.64. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 14,625 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,837,192.50. This trade represents a 32.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Kim Salem-Jackson sold 2,013 shares of Akamai Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.00, for a total value of $257,664.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 57,197 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,321,216. The trade was a 3.40% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 12,135 shares of company stock worth $1,467,221 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

Akamai Technologies Company Profile

Akamai Technologies, Inc provides cloud, cybersecurity and content-delivery services that help organizations operate and protect applications, websites and digital media over the internet. Its distributed edge platform is designed to deliver online content closer to end users while improving performance, availability and resilience.

The company’s services include content delivery and application performance solutions, cloud computing capabilities, web and application security, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management and zero-trust security tools.