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AKAM Akamai Technologies

technology · 2026-09-28

N/A
too hard · 57
Owner-earnings value$53.78
Price$113.94
Margin of safety -52.8%

Quality gate · 57/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 20.2/22
Margins / pricing power 14.9/16
Balance sheet 6.2/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.8/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%)

Median ROIC5.8%
Gross margin57.5%
Net debt / EBITDA3.8x
FCF conversion146%
Share count / yr-2.6%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)410.96M
Owner-earnings yield2.5%
Free-cash-flow yield3.8%
Growth used (normalized)5.2%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)23.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1432.25M 5.2%396.56M
2453.59M 4.9%381.78M
3474.88M 4.7%366.70M
4496.03M 4.5%351.40M
5516.91M 4.2%335.96M
6537.43M 4.0%320.45M
7557.45M 3.7%304.95M
8576.88M 3.5%289.51M
9595.58M 3.2%274.22M
10613.45M 3.0%259.13M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

  • Company News for Sep 28, 2026
  • Anthropic just handed Akamai a game-changing deal
  • Bank of America Sees AMD at $720 on CPU Demand. Anthropic’s $11.6 Billion Akamai Deal Is Part of Why
  • Why Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Is Up 9.0% After Massive Anthropic AI Cloud Deal - And What's Next
  • Why Jabil (JBL) Stock Is Trading Up Today
  • Akamai (AKAM) Lands an $11.6 Billion Anthropic Deal
  • Akamai (AKAM) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why
  • Why Akamai Stock Is Up Today

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~24%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 5%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-28 57 $113.94 $53.78 -52.8% N/A
2026-08-17 57 $124.99 $53.78 -57.0% N/A
2026-07-07 58 $112.73 $56.29 -50.1% N/A
2026-07-02 58 $112.81 $56.29 -50.1% N/A
2026-07-01 58 $118.21 $56.29 -52.4% N/A
2026-06-25 58 $119.48 $56.29 -52.9% N/A
2026-06-23 58 $119.87 $56.29 -53.0% N/A