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NASDAQ · AKAM
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
$108.62
Up+$0.63 (+0.58%)
Updated Oct 7, 2026, 6:47 AM
SID Score
6.3/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
60/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 14.26B
- P/E ratio
- 31.39
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $84.54 – $165.45
- Volume
- 2.81M
- Avg. volume
- 3.54M
Price performance · AKAM
AKAM price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 6, 2026
AKAM closed at $108.62 after 21 trading sessions, up 2.85% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $108.62
- Period change
- +2.85%
- Period low
- $104.48
- Period high
- $118.44
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $109.50 | $111.60 | $107.51 | $108.62 | 2.81M |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $108.865 | $109.5358 | $106.27 | $107.99 | 3.62M |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $108.75 | $113.13 | $108.50 | $108.92 | 5.05M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $107.16 | $108.10 | $104.00 | $106.93 | 5.59M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $108.84 | $113.43 | $106.325 | $106.35 | 6.28M |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $110.78 | $111.43 | $105.752 | $108.45 | 6.06M |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $112.85 | $115.10 | $108.80 | $108.99 | 8.24M |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $125.225 | $128.46 | $113.84 | $113.94 | 31.95M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $116.74 | $118.00 | $110.31 | $110.41 | 7.06M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $117.33 | $119.48 | $113.76 | $118.44 | 3.92M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $117.87 | $122.79 | $116.10 | $118.34 | 4.67M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $106.04 | $117.58 | $105.40 | $117.41 | 4.71M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $107.25 | $107.25 | $102.61 | $104.52 | 4.82M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $105.06 | $109.845 | $104.31 | $107.08 | 2.86M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $105.385 | $107.26 | $103.75 | $104.48 | 2.5M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $105.63 | $107.42 | $103.93 | $105.40 | 2.83M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $105.43 | $107.8599 | $102.50 | $105.57 | 4.59M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $107.63 | $110.74 | $106.31 | $106.79 | 3.69M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $109.08 | $111.18 | $106.63 | $107.13 | 2.93M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $108.755 | $112.76 | $107.93 | $110.75 | 4.57M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $102.685 | $108.105 | $100.77 | $105.61 | 3.77M |
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Akamai operates a content delivery network, which entails locating servers at the edges of networks so its customers, which store content on Akamai servers, can reach their own customers faster, more securely, and with better quality. Akamai has over 325,000 servers distributed over 4,100 points of presence in more than 1,000 cities worldwide. The firm also offers security and cloud computing for its customers, and those businesses have grown to be bigger than the legacy CDN.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $89.33
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 32
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Sep 29, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | DA Davidson | Buy | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
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