AKAM Nasdaq Internet Services & Infrastructure Financials FY2016–FY2025
Akamai sells internet services that help businesses and government agencies keep their websites, apps and networks secure, fast and running. It runs a large network of servers spread around the world, with more than 4,300 edge points-of-presence (sites close to users) in over 130 countries at the end of 2025. Its customers include companies such as Airbnb, eBay, Marriott and Spotify, and U.S. federal departments.
Hi! I read Akamai Technologies’s latest annual report (fiscal 2025). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
+5.4%
Yes. Sales grew 5.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
10.7%
Yes. It keeps 10.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
24.0%
Yes. 24.0% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.3x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.3 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
36.0x
One share costs 36.0 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 33.0x.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies had $4.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 5.4% on the year before.
Over five years, revenue changed +5.6% a year on average.
Its operating margin was 13.5%, up 0.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 13 is left after running the business.
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Loss periods are shown in red.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies made $452M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 6.0% a year.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Free cash flow was $1.0B in fiscal 2025, 24.0% of revenue.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies returned $800M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 79% of free cash flow.
The diluted share count fell 4.7%.
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. “Plan” marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
KIRA summarises the numbers
In the last 12 months, insiders sold $17.1M of shares on the open market and bought none.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$17.1M
11 insiders
Of sales under plans
58%
$9.9M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Mani SundaramEVP and GM Security | Sold plan | 7,022 | $125.62 | $0.9M | Form 4 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Kim Salem-JacksonEVP, Chief Marketing Officer | Sold plan | 2,013 | $128.00 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Paul C JosephEVP - Global Sales | Sold plan | 3,100 | $105.63 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Paul C JosephEVP - Global Sales | Sold plan | 3,100 | $126.77 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Robert BlumofeChief Technology Officer | Sold plan | 243 | $129.41 | $0.0M | Form 4 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Kim Salem-JacksonEVP, Chief Marketing Officer | Sold plan | 2,300 | $135.57 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Aaron AholaEVP & General Counsel | Sold | 4,500 | $106.27 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Paul C JosephEVP - Global Sales | Sold plan | 5,000 | $106.25 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Adam KaronCOO & GM Edge Technology Group | Sold | 17,000 | $107.43 | $1.8M | Form 4 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Anthony P WilliamsEVP and CHRO | Sold | 15,000 | $104.29 | $1.6M | Form 4 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Edward J McGowanChief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 13,745 | $101.20 | $1.4M | Form 4 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Mani SundaramEVP and GM Security | Sold plan | 1,722 | $98.58 | $0.2M | Form 4 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Mani SundaramEVP and GM Security | Sold plan | 3,186 | $101.90 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Jon MillerDirector | Sold | 11,000 | $102.67 | $1.1M | Form 4 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Madhu RanganathanDirector | Sold | 3,131 | $102.00 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Mani SundaramEVP and GM Security | Sold plan | 8,642 | $101.25 | $0.9M | Form 4 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Adam KaronCOO & GM Edge Technology Group | Sold plan | 4,728 | $96.91 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Laura HowellSVP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | 11,273 | $100.14 | $1.1M | Form 4 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Aaron AholaEVP & General Counsel | Sold | 7,500 | $98.66 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Robert BlumofeChief Technology Officer | Sold plan | 3,500 | $108.00 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Robert BlumofeChief Technology Officer | Sold plan | 3,500 | $97.00 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Paul C JosephEVP - Global Sales | Sold plan | 5,000 | $90.17 | $0.5M | Form 4 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Adam KaronCOO & GM Edge Technology Group | Sold plan | 3,320 | $87.30 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Edward J McGowanChief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 6,560 | $88.03 | $0.6M | Form 4 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Mani SundaramEVP and GM Security | Sold plan | 10,438 | $89.25 | $0.9M | Form 4 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Paul C JosephEVP - Global Sales | Sold plan | 5,000 | $87.69 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Robert BlumofeChief Technology Officer | Sold plan | 3,000 | $87.68 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Robert BlumofeChief Technology Officer | Sold plan | 3,500 | $86.00 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Akamai Technologies can carry it.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies owes $2.9B more than it holds in cash, about 2.3 years of operating profit.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.1B | $1.1B | $864M | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.0B | $2.3B | $3.5B | $2.4B | $4.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | 0.9x | 2.2x | 0.7x | 2.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.5x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 10.8x | 61.0x | 36.0x | 19.7x | 18.4x |
| Current ratio | 2.4x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 2.4x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 2.4x |
| Total assets | $8.1B | $8.3B | $9.9B | $10.4B | $11.5B |
| Total liabilities | $3.6B | $3.9B | $5.3B | $5.5B | $6.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.5B | $4.4B | $4.6B | $4.9B | $5.0B |
| Net debt (− = net cash) | $898M | $1.2B | $2.7B | $800M | $2.9B |
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Its return on capital was 6.3%: every 100 invested in the business earned about 6 in a year.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies passes 6 of 9 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cash from operations is positive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Return on assets rose | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Current ratio rose | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Share count didn't rise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gross margin rose | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| F-score | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −8.8% | −10.0% | −9.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.80 | 2.52 | 2.86 |
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
What does the share cost, and how does it compare?
What could happen to the share if things go badly, normally or very well? Pick a story or make your own. These are examples, not forecasts or price targets.
KIRA summarises the numbers
At $99.59 a share, the company is worth $15.3B: 36.0 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
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Share in 5 years
$120.20
+4% a year
If you put in $1,000 today: $1,207
At 34x, earnings only need to grow 1.1% a year for the share to be worth today’s price in 5 years. Faster, you gain; slower, you lose.
These are examples, not forecasts: nobody knows which will happen. Price in 5 years = earnings per share then × the P/E then. Dividends are not included.
Value per share
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Adds net cash of −$2.9B and divides by 147.0M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Value per share
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Reference multiples: today 33.8x · peers 24.5x · sector 33.0x.
In plain words: In the long run a share tends to follow two things: how much the company earns per share, and how many times those earnings the market is willing to pay (the P/E). Move those two levers and you see what the share could be worth. Different guesses give very different answers.
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
KIRA summarises the numbers
Akamai Technologies grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Its P/E is higher than 2 of 2.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akamai Technologies AKAM | $15.3B | 5.4% | 13.5% | 24.0% | 6.3% | 36.0x | 6 | |
| GoDaddy GDDY | $13.9B | 8.3% | 22.8% | 31.8% | 30.6% | 15.8x | 5 | Compare → |
| Cloudflare NET | $116.1B | 29.9% | −9.6% | 13.3% | −29.7% | — | 3 | Compare → |
| Wix.com WIX | $4.6B | 13.2% | 0.1% | 29.2% | — | — | 7 | Compare → |
| Verisign VRSN | $27.5B | 6.4% | 67.7% | 64.5% | — | 32.7x | 8 | Compare → |
In plain words: The same numbers for similar companies, so you can tell whether a figure is high or low for this kind of business.
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratio’s name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $2.3B | $2.5B | $2.7B | $2.9B | $3.2B | $3.5B | $3.6B | $3.8B | $4.0B | $4.2B |
| Gross profit | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.5B |
| Research and development | $168M | $222M | $246M | $261M | $269M | $335M | $391M | $406M | $471M | $514M |
| Operating income | $467M | $314M | $363M | $549M | $659M | $783M | $676M | $637M | $533M | $567M |
| Interest expense | $18.6M | $18.8M | $43.2M | $49.4M | $69.1M | $72.3M | $11.1M | $17.7M | $27.1M | $30.8M |
| Pretax income | $466M | $314M | $343M | $533M | $616M | $728M | $658M | $653M | $587M | $602M |
| Income tax | $146M | $91.4M | $44.7M | $53.3M | $45.9M | $62.6M | $127M | $106M | $82.1M | $150M |
| Net income | $321M | $223M | $298M | $478M | $557M | $652M | $524M | $548M | $505M | $452M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.82 | $1.29 | $1.76 | $2.90 | $3.37 | $3.93 | $3.26 | $3.52 | $3.27 | $3.07 |
| Diluted shares | 0.18B | 0.17B | 0.17B | 0.16B | 0.17B | 0.17B | 0.16B | 0.16B | 0.15B | 0.15B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $872M | $801M | $1.0B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.5B |
| Capital expenditure | $181M | $254M | $218M | $360M | $514M | $329M | $241M | $458M | $390M | $508M |
| Free cash flow | $691M | $547M | $791M | $699M | $701M | $1.1B | $1.0B | $891M | $1.1B | $1.0B |
| Depreciation and amortization | $334M | $372M | $435M | $441M | $478M | $551M | $593M | $571M | $648M | $709M |
| Stock-based compensation | $145M | $164M | $184M | $187M | $197M | $203M | $217M | $329M | $393M | $459M |
| Acquisitions | $95.4M | $369M | $0.1M | $165M | $128M | $599M | $872M | $106M | $434M | $55.1M |
| Share buybacks | $374M | $361M | $750M | $335M | $194M | $522M | $608M | $654M | $558M | $800M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $374M | $361M | $750M | $335M | $194M | $522M | $608M | $654M | $557M | $800M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $324M | $313M | $1.9B | $1.5B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $864M | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Total debt | $640M | $663M | $874M | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $3.5B | $2.4B | $4.1B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Current assets | $1.3B | $1.3B | $2.5B | $2.2B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $2.6B | $2.3B |
| Current liabilities | $375M | $457M | $1.2B | $693M | $758M | $790M | $819M | $836M | $2.1B | $968M |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $801M | $863M | $911M | $1.2B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.8B | $2.0B | $2.3B |
| Total assets | $4.4B | $4.6B | $5.5B | $7.0B | $7.8B | $8.1B | $8.3B | $9.9B | $10.4B | $11.5B |
| Total liabilities | $1.1B | $1.3B | $2.3B | $3.3B | $3.5B | $3.6B | $3.9B | $5.3B | $5.5B | $6.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.3B | $3.4B | $3.2B | $3.7B | $4.3B | $4.5B | $4.4B | $4.6B | $4.9B | $5.0B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 65.4% | 65.0% | 64.9% | 65.9% | 64.6% | 63.3% | 61.7% | 60.4% | 59.4% | 59.0% |
| Operating margin | 19.9% | 12.6% | 13.4% | 19.0% | 20.6% | 22.6% | 18.7% | 16.7% | 13.4% | 13.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 34.2% | 27.4% | 29.4% | 34.2% | 35.6% | 38.5% | 35.1% | 31.7% | 29.6% | 30.3% |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 8.9% | 11.0% | 16.5% | 17.4% | 18.8% | 14.5% | 14.4% | 12.7% | 10.7% |
| FCF margin | 29.5% | 21.9% | 29.1% | 24.1% | 21.9% | 31.1% | 28.6% | 23.4% | 28.3% | 24.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 9.1% | 6.1% | 10.7% | 16.1% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 10.0% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 6.3% |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 10.9% | 9.1% | 7.7% | 6.2% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 6.7% | 9.1% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 14.8% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 10.7% | 9.2% |
| Return on assets | 7.5% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 6.5% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 6.6% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 5.4% |
| Net income growth | −0.2% | −30.5% | 33.9% | 60.2% | 16.5% | 17.0% | −19.6% | 4.6% | −7.8% | −10.5% |
| EPS growth | 2.3% | −29.1% | 36.4% | 64.8% | 16.2% | 16.6% | −17.1% | 8.0% | −7.1% | −6.1% |
| FCF growth | 43.4% | −20.9% | 44.6% | −11.7% | 0.3% | 53.5% | −3.9% | −13.8% | 26.8% | −10.4% |
| Share count change | −2.3% | −2.0% | −2.0% | −2.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | −3.2% | −3.2% | −0.7% | −4.7% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.4x | 0.5x | −1.3x | 0.3x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 2.2x | 0.7x | 2.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.5x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 25.0x | 16.7x | 8.4x | 11.1x | 9.5x | 10.8x | 61.0x | 36.0x | 19.7x | 18.4x |
| Current ratio | 3.5x | 3.0x | 2.1x | 3.2x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 2.4x |
| Quick ratio | 3.5x | 3.0x | 2.1x | 3.2x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 1.2x | 2.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 7.7% | 10.2% | 8.0% | 12.4% | 16.1% | 9.5% | 6.7% | 12.0% | 9.8% | 12.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 6.2% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.0% | 8.6% | 9.9% | 10.9% |
| Payouts / FCF | 54.1% | 66.1% | 94.9% | 47.9% | 27.6% | 48.6% | 58.8% | 73.4% | 49.4% | 79.1% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| Accruals ratio | −12.9% | −12.8% | −14.0% | −9.3% | −8.9% | −9.5% | −9.1% | −8.8% | −10.0% | −9.8% |
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001086222). Data updated October 9, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
