Why is AKAM down?
Down 6.5% today with cybersecurity stocks: 23 of 24 are down, 5.6% on average; the S&P 500 is down 0.5%.
Down
Down 21% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat.
- It fell 7% on Aug 7, the session after its Aug 6 SEC filing.
Down 6.5% today with cybersecurity stocks: 23 of 24 are down, 5.6% on average; the S&P 500 is down 0.5%.
Down
Down 21% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat.
AKAM's Quality Score fell 3 points on Fri, Oct 30, to 1. Buying volume slipped off its 20-day high (3 chart checks stopped).
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| Long-term trend | −2 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Sep 24 |
TodayWith its group.
After its last 4 reports it closed +5.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
AKAM is #53 of 67 by Quality Score among Services-Business Services.
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Net income over four quarters: AKAM $411M, FTNT $2.12B, QLYS $207M, ATEN $43.0M.
Reports Thu Nov 5, after the close (in 3 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +4.6% | -6.8% | +5.7% |
| May 7, 2026 | +24.6% | +26.6% | +33.4% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -9.0% | -14.1% | -8.8% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $4.2B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
6 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: AKAM is under 0.1% of FTEC, under 0.1% of VGT, and under 0.1% of XLK, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Akamai operates a content delivery network, in which customers store content on distributed servers to deliver it to their own customers more quickly. Akamai has over 350,000 servers distributed over 4,350 points of presence in more than 700 cities globally. This network supports upward of 20% of global internet traffic, generating massive amounts of data. Using data generated by the delivery network, the firm offers cybersecurity products and cloud computing services, ranging from API security to zero-trust enterprise access, which has surpassed the delivery network in revenue and importance. As of 2026, the primary focus has shifted to offering computing hardware as a service, with an emphasis on serving large language model providers such as Anthropic.
“The market for our solutions is intensely competitive and characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent new product and service innovations.”
AKAM scores 1 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #53 of 67 in Services-Business Services by Quality Score, with 1 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 21% in 3 months while the S&P 500 was flat. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
AKAM scores 1 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #53 of 67 in Services-Business Services by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind AKAM's 1.
Reports Thu Nov 5, after the close, a date the company confirmed. AKAM closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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