After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AKAM belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Software – Infrastructure industry. The current market capitalization of Akamai Technologies Inc is $15.01B. A total of 1.53 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.92M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Joseph Paul C sold 4,000 shares of AKAM for 91.57 per share on Jan 15 ’25. After the transaction, the EVP – Global Sales now owns 23,104 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 15 ’25, Joseph Paul C bought 4,000 shares at 91.57 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, McGowan Edward J disposed of 10,782 shares on Dec 16 ’24 at a per-share price of $98.71. This resulted in the Chief Financial Officer holding 12,716 shares of AKAM after the transaction. In another insider transaction, McGowan Edward J bought 10,782 shares at $98.71 per share on Dec 16 ’24.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AKAM has a high of $129.17 and a low of $84.70.
As of this writing, AKAM has an earnings estimate of $1.52 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 20.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.61 per share and a lower estimate of $1.47.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AKAM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.08B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $2.86B in debt and $790.34M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $31.83, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $4.53B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AKAM is Buy with a score of 4.32.
