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Citi cuts Akamai Technologies price target to $122 from $160

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:52:57 -0400

Citi analyst Fatima Boolani lowered the price target on Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) to $122 from $160, while maintaining a Neutral rating on the stock.

Boolani cited lower visibility and confidence in gross margin and operating margin outlook as a key factor, noting that mix-shifts at Akamai have constrained what she described as a "budding AI narrative" against current valuation multiples of 15x and 13x price-to-earnings for 2027 and 2028, respectively.

The revised price target reflects Citi's updated estimates, which include higher revenue and capital expenditure projections alongside lower free cash flow forecasts compared to Street consensus. The new target is based

Piper Sandler Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Overweight

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:05:26 -0400

Piper Sandler analyst James Fish upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Neutral to Overweight with a price target of $125.00 (from $140.00).

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Shares of Akamai Technologies closed at $107.47 yesterday.

Piper Sandler Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Overweight

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:05:26 -0400

Piper Sandler analyst James Fish upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Neutral to Overweight with a price target of $125.00 (from $140.00).

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Akamai Technologies click here. For more ratings news on Akamai Technologies click here.

Shares of Akamai Technologies closed at $107.47 yesterday.

Piper Sandler Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Overweight

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:05:26 -0400

Piper Sandler analyst James Fish upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Neutral to Overweight with a price target of $125.00 (from $140.00).

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Akamai Technologies click here. For more ratings news on Akamai Technologies click here.

Shares of Akamai Technologies closed at $107.47 yesterday.

Akamai and Deloitte Canada form cybersecurity alliance

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:40 -0400

Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced a strategic alliance with Deloitte Canada aimed at delivering cybersecurity services to organizations in North America, according to a company press release.

The partnership combines Deloitte Canada's cybersecurity advisory and managed services with Akamai's Application Protection Platform, which includes microsegmentation via Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, web application firewall and DDoS protection through Akamai App & API Protector and Akamai Prolexic, and API security tools.

Deloitte Canada holds Elite Tier Global Systems Integrator partner status with Akamai. The firm was also named Akamai's 2025 North America Services Provider of the Year.

Under the alliance, Deloitte Canada will guide organizations through implementation

Akamai Announces Strategic Alliance with Deloitte Canada to Help Organizations Achieve Platform-Based Resilience Against AI-Accelerated Cyberthreats

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:00 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced an alliance with Deloitte Canada, highlighting their shared commitment to building proactive cyber resilience. This alliance helps solve complex business challenges by combining Deloitte’s world-class cybersecurity advisory and managed services with Akamai’s advanced security capabilities.

Modern chief information security officers (CISOs) face an escalating landscape in which advanced frontier AI models have accelerated vulnerability discovery to machine speed, drastically collapsing the window between threat identification and exploitation. Compounding this challenge is a fragmented ecosystem of siloed security tools that increase

Akamai Announces Strategic Alliance with Deloitte Canada to Help Organizations Achieve Platform-Based Resilience Against AI-Accelerated Cyberthreats

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:00 -0400

Akamai Announces Strategic Alliance with Deloitte Canada to Help Organizations Achieve Platform-Based Resilience Against AI-Accelerated Cyberthreats

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:00 -0400

Akamai Announces Strategic Alliance with Deloitte Canada to Help Organizations Achieve Platform-Based Resilience Against AI-Accelerated Cyberthreats

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:28:00 -0400

Akamai Named a Microsegmentation Leader

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:20:00 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As microsegmentation plays an increasingly critical role in organizations’ broader security initiatives, Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions, Q3 2026 report. Forrester evaluated 10 total vendors in the microsegmentation space against 25 criteria. Akamai received the highest scores possible in asset discovery, flow enrichment, visualization, policy administration, public cloud networking enforcement, administrative experience, Zero Trust network access integration, exposure reporting, threat detection and response, innovation, and supporting services and offerings criteria.

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Akamai Named a Microsegmentation Leader

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:20:00 -0400

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Akamai Named a Microsegmentation Leader

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Akamai Named a Microsegmentation Leader

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Akamai Technologies (AKAM) call put ratio 2.6 calls to 1 put with a focus on August 140 calls

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:25:00 -0400

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) 30-day option implied volatility is at 49; compared to its 52-week of range of 25 to 84. Call put ratio 2.6 calls to 1 put with a focus on August 140 calls.

JPMorgan Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Neutral 'on Account of Confidence in Revenue Reacceleration'

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:24:38 -0400

(Updated - August 13, 2026 7:24 AM EDT)

JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Underweight to Neutral, PT $158.00 (from $132.00).

The analyst comments "We are upgrading shares of Akamai to Neutral (from Underweight) and raise our Dec-27 price target to $158 (from $132). Our upgrade is based on increased confidence in the company's growth profile from mid-single digits in FY25 to low- to mid-teens in FY28E, driven by its Cloud Infrastructure Services (CIS) business, which is approaching $3 bn in contracted revenue to date this year and for which management has guided to "at least 50% y/y

JPMorgan Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Neutral 'on Account of Confidence in Revenue Reacceleration'

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:24:38 -0400

(Updated - August 13, 2026 7:24 AM EDT)

JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Underweight to Neutral, PT $158.00 (from $132.00).

JPMorgan Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Neutral 'on Account of Confidence in Revenue Reacceleration'

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:24:38 -0400

(Updated - August 13, 2026 7:24 AM EDT)

JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Underweight to Neutral, PT $158.00 (from $132.00).

JPMorgan Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Neutral 'on Account of Confidence in Revenue Reacceleration'

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:24:38 -0400

(Updated - August 13, 2026 7:24 AM EDT)

JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Underweight to Neutral, PT $158.00 (from $132.00).

Form SCHEDULE 13G AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC Filed by: Capital World Investors

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:40:00 -0400

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Form SCHEDULE 13G AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC Filed by: Capital World Investors

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:40:00 -0400

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DA Davidson Reiterates Buy Rating on Akamai Technologies (AKAM)

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:05:47 -0400

DA Davidson analyst Rudy Kessinger reiterated a Buy rating and $185.00 price target on Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM).

The analyst commented, "Last Friday, we hosted a group investor call w/ AKAM's Co-Founder & CEO Dr. Tom Leighton and CFO Ed McGowan. We discussed a very wide range of topics on the call; sharing key discussion points / takeaways in this note. We came away incrementally confident in AKAM's CIS growth oppty, impending growth acceleration, model insulation to increasing component costs, and more. While we still see EBIT Margins potentially compressing a bit more in CY27 than mgmt. is currently indicating, we

HSBC downgrades Akamai to hold, cuts target price to $123

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:50:32 -0400

Investing.com -- HSBC downgraded Akamai Technologies to Hold from Buy and cut its target price to $123 from $171, citing weaker cloud infrastructure margins and slower long-term growth. The new target implies 3.8% upside from the $118.55 share price as of Aug. 6.

Akamai reported second-quarter revenue of $1.10 billion, up 5.4% from a year earlier and broadly in line with estimates. The company generated $271 million in non-GAAP operating profit, 7.1% below HSBC’s estimate, while its non-GAAP operating margin fell to 24.6% from 29.6% a year earlier. Non-GAAP EPS declined 8.1% to $1.59.

Akamai Technologies expects strong demand for its cloud infrastructure

HSBC downgrades Akamai to hold, cuts target price to $123

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:50:32 -0400

Akamai Technologies expects strong demand for its cloud infrastructure

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) PT Lowered to $140 at Susquehanna

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:13:11 -0400

Susquehanna analyst Aaron Samuels lowered the price target on Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) to $140.00 (from $175.00) while maintaining a Positive rating.

HSBC Downgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Hold

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:00:01 -0400

HSBC analyst Stephen Bersey downgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Buy to Hold with a price target of $123.00 (from $171.00).

The analyst comments: “Revenue came in at USD1,100m, 5.4% y-o-y and in-line with estimates. Non-GAAP operating margin was 24.62%, -4.96pp y-o-y and below HSBCe (26.35%) and consensus (25.45%). Non-GAAP EPS was USD1.59, -8.1% y-o-y and in-line with HSBCe (USD1.61) and consensus (USD 1.58). Better than expected other income helped non-GAAP EPS. Akamai cut its 2026 non-GAAP operating profit estimate to USD1,144m (from USD1,169m), which was below the pre-results consensus of USD1,171m. A significant part of the cut appears to be