Akamai Technologies
AKAM · Internet Services & Infrastructure
$93.53
2.6%GoDaddy
GDDY · Internet Services & Infrastructure
$112.79
1.7%The short version
- GoDaddy is the larger business, with $5.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.2B for Akamai Technologies.
- GoDaddy grew revenue faster (8.3%, against 5.4%).
- GoDaddy kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (22.8% operating margin, against 13.5% operating margin).
- GoDaddy turned more of its sales into free cash flow (31.8% FCF margin, against 24.0% FCF margin).
- GoDaddy earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (30.6%, against 6.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Akamai Technologies’s earnings: a P/E of 33.8x against 16.8x for GoDaddy.
| Latest fiscal year | AKAM · FY25 | GDDY · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $14.4B | $14.8B |
| Revenue | $4.2B | $5.0B |
| Free cash flow | $1.0B | $1.6B |
| Net income | $452M | $875M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.4% | 8.3% |
| 5-year growth | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Share count change | −4.7% | −3.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 59.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 22.8% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 17.7% |
| FCF margin | 24.0% | 31.8% |
| Return on capital | 6.3% | 30.6% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | 192.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.9B | $2.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.3x | 2.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $800M | $1.6B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 33.8x | 16.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
FY16
AKAM $2.3B
GDDY $1.8B
FY17
AKAM $2.5B
GDDY $2.2B
FY18
AKAM $2.7B
GDDY $2.7B
FY19
AKAM $2.9B
GDDY $3.0B
FY20
AKAM $3.2B
GDDY $3.3B
FY21
AKAM $3.5B
GDDY $3.8B
FY22
AKAM $3.6B
GDDY $4.1B
FY23
AKAM $3.8B
GDDY $4.3B
FY24
AKAM $4.0B
GDDY $4.6B
FY25
AKAM $4.2B
GDDY $5.0B
AKAM
GDDY
FY16
AKAM 19.9%
GDDY 2.7%
FY17
AKAM 12.6%
GDDY 3.0%
FY18
AKAM 13.4%
GDDY 5.6%
FY19
AKAM 19.0%
GDDY 6.8%
FY20
AKAM 20.6%
GDDY 8.2%
FY21
AKAM 22.6%
GDDY 10.0%
FY22
AKAM 18.7%
GDDY 12.2%
FY23
AKAM 16.7%
GDDY 12.9%
FY24
AKAM 13.4%
GDDY 19.5%
FY25
AKAM 13.5%
GDDY 22.8%
AKAM
GDDY
FY16
AKAM $691M
GDDY $325M
FY17
AKAM $547M
GDDY $392M
FY18
AKAM $791M
GDDY $472M
FY19
AKAM $699M
GDDY $636M
FY20
AKAM $701M
GDDY $698M
FY21
AKAM $1.1B
GDDY $778M
FY22
AKAM $1.0B
GDDY $920M
FY23
AKAM $891M
GDDY $1.0B
FY24
AKAM $1.1B
GDDY $1.3B
FY25
AKAM $1.0B
GDDY $1.6B
AKAM
GDDY
FY16
AKAM 9.1%
GDDY 3.1%
FY17
AKAM 6.1%
GDDY 3.8%
FY18
AKAM 10.7%
GDDY 6.4%
FY19
AKAM 16.1%
GDDY 9.3%
FY20
AKAM 13.5%
GDDY 9.7%
FY21
AKAM 13.7%
GDDY 14.5%
FY22
AKAM 10.0%
GDDY 18.2%
FY23
AKAM 8.3%
GDDY 17.9%
FY24
AKAM 7.1%
GDDY 26.4%
FY25
AKAM 6.3%
GDDY 30.6%
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