Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) is expected to announce its Q3 2026 results after the market closes on Thursday, November 5th. Analysts expect Akamai Technologies to announce earnings of $1.67 per share and revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter. Akamai Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.600-1.800 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 6.400-7.050 EPS. Parties can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q3 2026 earnings summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM ET.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The technology infrastructure company reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.02. Akamai Technologies had a return on equity of 11.32% and a net margin of 9.51%. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect Akamai Technologies to post $3.58 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3.54 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Akamai Technologies Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AKAM opened at $86.69 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 1.64 and a current ratio of 1.64. Akamai Technologies has a 52-week low of $70.82 and a 52-week high of $165.45. The firm has a market cap of $12.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.18, a PEG ratio of 4.62 and a beta of 0.62. The business’s fifty day moving average is $103.50 and its 200 day moving average is $112.40.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have commented on AKAM shares. Raymond James Financial upgraded Akamai Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $170.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 20th. Citigroup decreased their price target on Akamai Technologies from $160.00 to $122.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, September 4th. Zacks Research upgraded Akamai Technologies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. HSBC downgraded shares of Akamai Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $171.00 to $123.00 in a report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of Akamai Technologies from $140.00 to $149.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, September 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $145.24.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Kim Salem-Jackson sold 2,013 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.00, for a total transaction of $257,664.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 57,197 shares in the company, valued at $7,321,216. The trade was a 3.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mani Sundaram sold 7,022 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.62, for a total value of $882,103.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 14,625 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,837,192.50. The trade was a 32.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 12,135 shares of company stock worth $1,467,221. Corporate insiders own 2.30% of the company’s stock.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc provides cloud, cybersecurity and content-delivery services that help organizations operate and protect applications, websites and digital media over the internet. Its distributed edge platform is designed to deliver online content closer to end users while improving performance, availability and resilience.

The company’s services include content delivery and application performance solutions, cloud computing capabilities, web and application security, distributed denial-of-service protection, bot management and zero-trust security tools.