AKAM Stock — Akamai Technologies Inc.

Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AKAM is a Stock. Total return is -39.5% over the past 27 years, 833.0 points behind SPY at 793.5%.

Akamai Technologies is a cybersecurity and cloud computing company that provides web application and API protection, bot defense, account security solutions, cloud infrastructure services, and content delivery platforms for customers globally. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule. It appeals primarily to growth-oriented investors seeking exposure to the cybersecurity and cloud computing sectors.

AKAM performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -39.5% over the past 27 years, 833.0 points behind SPY at 793.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 20.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 45.5%.

AKAM key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/29/1999

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$87.81 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$12,619,755,436

Average volume

7421133.0

Beta

0.616

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

31.82

Forward P/E

15.015

EPS

$2.76

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AKAM risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 45.5%.

Who may consider AKAM — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AKAM does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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