Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.540-1.590 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.660. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Akamai Technologies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 6.000-6.400 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Evercore ISI reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Hsbc Global Res raised Akamai Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Akamai Technologies from $115.00 to $112.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th. UBS Group began coverage on shares of Akamai Technologies in a report on Monday, December 16th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $110.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Oppenheimer upgraded shares of 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. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Akamai Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $112.42.

Akamai Technologies Price Performance

Akamai Technologies stock opened at $98.05 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.73 billion, a PE ratio of 29.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 0.65. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $96.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $97.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 1.33. Akamai Technologies has a 12 month low of $84.70 and a 12 month high of $113.36.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.52 by ($0.33). Akamai Technologies had a return on equity of 14.63% and a net margin of 13.27%. Equities analysts predict that Akamai Technologies will post 4.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Akamai Technologies

In related news, EVP Paul C. Joseph sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.57, for a total transaction of $366,280.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 23,104 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,115,633.28. This represents a 14.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Edward J. Mcgowan sold 10,782 shares of Akamai Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.71, for a total transaction of $1,064,291.22. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 12,716 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,255,196.36. This trade represents a 45.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 15,782 shares of company stock valued at $1,523,951 over the last three months. 1.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.