Akamai Technologies

AKAM

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

Also trades as: 0HBQ.L

Price

$110.42

+0.33 (+0.30%)

Market Cap

$16.05B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Good

Valuation

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−11.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 165.8M (2021) → 147.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Akamai Technologies helps make the internet faster and safer for businesses and their customers. It runs one of the world's largest content delivery networks (CDNs), which is a system of servers spread across the globe that stores and delivers websites, videos, and apps closer to the people using them. Its main customers are large companies in media, e-commerce, financial services, and government that need their online content to load quickly and stay protected from cyberattacks.

Akamai earns money by charging customers subscription and usage-based fees for its delivery, security, and cloud computing services. It operates in over 130 countries with thousands of servers worldwide, giving it a large and hard-to-replicate network infrastructure. The company has been shifting its focus toward cybersecurity and cloud services as traditional CDN revenue faces pricing pressure and competition from rivals like Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront — making that transition the key factor to watch for future growth.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-23.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$514M/ year

↑ Rising (+9% vs prior year)

12.2% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

2.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$4.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Akamai Technologies is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

55.8%

Premium pricing power — 55.8% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

7.3%

Modest — 7.3% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

4.2%

Weak — 4.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+5.9%

Slow sales growth (+5.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-0.7%

Earnings shrinking (-0.7% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

1/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

352%

Turns 352% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

14.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.59

Elevated debt (1.59)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

8.74x

Comfortably covers interest (8.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

38.9x

Pricey — P/E 38.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+24.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (38.9 → 14.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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