Akamai Technologies vs DigitalOcean
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The short version
- Akamai Technologies is the larger business, with $4.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $901M for DigitalOcean, about 4.7 times as much.
- DigitalOcean grew revenue faster (15.5%, against 5.4%).
- DigitalOcean kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (17.4% operating margin, against 13.5%).
- Akamai Technologies turned more of its sales into free cash flow (24.0% FCF margin, against 20.0%).
- DigitalOcean earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (15.7%, against 6.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of DigitalOcean’s earnings: a P/E of 43.2x against 33.8x for Akamai Technologies.
| Latest fiscal year | AKAM · FY25 | DOCN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $14.4B | $11.8B |
| Revenue | $4.2B | $901M |
| Free cash flow | $1.0B | $181M |
| Net income | $452M | $259M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.4% | 15.5% |
| 5-year growth | 5.6% | 23.1% |
| Share count change | −4.7% | 11.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 59.0% | 59.9% |
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 28.8% |
| FCF margin | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| Return on capital | 6.3% | 15.7% |
| Return on equity | 9.2% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.9B | $1.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.3x | 4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $800M | $82.1M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 33.8x | 43.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 |
FY16
AKAM $2.3B
DOCN —
FY17
AKAM $2.5B
DOCN —
FY18
AKAM $2.7B
DOCN —
FY19
AKAM $2.9B
DOCN $255M
FY20
AKAM $3.2B
DOCN $318M
FY21
AKAM $3.5B
DOCN $429M
FY22
AKAM $3.6B
DOCN $576M
FY23
AKAM $3.8B
DOCN $693M
FY24
AKAM $4.0B
DOCN $781M
FY25
AKAM $4.2B
DOCN $901M
AKAM
DOCN
FY16
AKAM 19.9%
DOCN —
FY17
AKAM 12.6%
DOCN —
FY18
AKAM 13.4%
DOCN —
FY19
AKAM 19.0%
DOCN −11.7%
FY20
AKAM 20.6%
DOCN −5.0%
FY21
AKAM 22.6%
DOCN −2.6%
FY22
AKAM 18.7%
DOCN −4.5%
FY23
AKAM 16.7%
DOCN 1.7%
FY24
AKAM 13.4%
DOCN 11.7%
FY25
AKAM 13.5%
DOCN 17.4%
AKAM
DOCN
FY16
AKAM $691M
DOCN —
FY17
AKAM $547M
DOCN —
FY18
AKAM $791M
DOCN —
FY19
AKAM $699M
DOCN −$13.6M
FY20
AKAM $701M
DOCN −$39.9M
FY21
AKAM $1.1B
DOCN $36.0M
FY22
AKAM $1.0B
DOCN $88.8M
FY23
AKAM $891M
DOCN $116M
FY24
AKAM $1.1B
DOCN $105M
FY25
AKAM $1.0B
DOCN $181M
AKAM
DOCN
FY16
AKAM 9.1%
DOCN —
FY17
AKAM 6.1%
DOCN —
FY18
AKAM 10.7%
DOCN —
FY19
AKAM 16.1%
DOCN —
FY20
AKAM 13.5%
DOCN —
FY21
AKAM 13.7%
DOCN −4.3%
FY22
AKAM 10.0%
DOCN −4.1%
FY23
AKAM 8.3%
DOCN 1.2%
FY24
AKAM 7.1%
DOCN 9.7%
FY25
AKAM 6.3%
DOCN 15.7%
AKAM
DOCN
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.