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Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AKAM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Agentic Ecosystem Index — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Agentic Ecosystem Index · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
AKAM+3.2%+9.0%+5.4%+0.6%
Edge & Distribution−2.2%+3.8%+7.4%—
Agentic Ecosystem Index−2.7%+3.1%+4.0%—

Against the index: 5.9 pts ahead on the week, 1.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Edge & Distribution sleeve 2.0 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49%” (2026-09-25)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where AKAM appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.98 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How AKAM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.98 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Akamai Technologies Inc moved 0.98% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 86% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.71 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.69% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −6.78% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Edge networks and cloud security · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Edge networks and cloud security

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against AKAM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Akamai Technologies Inc

AKAM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Akamai builds security, delivery and cloud computing services that sit at the edge of the internet, close to end users. Its security tools protect web applications, APIs and mobile traffic from bots, scraping and account takeover attempts. Its cloud arm offers compute, storage and networking, including tools for running Kubernetes clusters, while its delivery business speeds up websites, video streaming, gaming downloads and domain name resolution. The company is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has worked with Deloitte Canada on AI-related resilience services.
Where it sits in the stack
Akamai has no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits in the diary's edge-network and cloud-security sleeve, grouped with content-delivery and application-security vendors rather than the AI hardware stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group compares it against edge and cloud-security names — Cloudflare, Zscaler, Fastly and Datadog — reflecting overlapping delivery and security markets; the market also names Amazon's CloudFront service as an alternative for content delivery.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Akamai is an S&P 500 constituent and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not logged any quotes on it yet.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weak momentum reading persists or turns, since that module currently trails the rest of the score.

Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 37, quality 45, valuation 42) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 5 analyst actions on the wire · latest: downgrade by HSBC, 2026-09-25

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for AKAM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Downgrade HSBC — Hold → Reduce Downgraded to Reduce from Hold 2026-09-25
  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 158 from 125 Target raised to $158 from $125 (+43.1% to spot) 2026-09-25
  • Price target Guggenheim — target 225 Target set to $225 (+103.8% to spot) 2026-09-25

5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 800 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What AKAM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 800 m USD 4.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −4.7% in FY2025 459 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 800 m USD · 114% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM)?

Akamai Technologies Inc trades as AKAM on the US exchange (United States) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is AKAM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Akamai Technologies Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Akamai Technologies Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 37, quality 45 and valuation 42 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AKAM trade against its moving averages?

Target raised to $158: Piper Sandler lifted its price target to $158 from $125 (2026-09-25). As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is AKAM doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Akamai Technologies Inc is +5.4% against +4.0% for the Agentic Ecosystem Index — 1.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Edge & Distribution sleeve is +7.4% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Akamai Technologies Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Akamai Technologies Inc had a beta of 0.98 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 86% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.69% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Akamai Technologies Inc?

Akamai Technologies Inc appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Midday 10: Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49% (2026-09-25). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Akamai Technologies Inc do?

Akamai builds security, delivery and cloud computing services that sit at the edge of the internet, close to end users. Its security tools protect web applications, APIs and mobile traffic from bots, scraping and account takeover attempts. Its cloud arm offers compute, storage and networking, including tools for running Kubernetes clusters, while its delivery business speeds up websites, video streaming, gaming downloads and domain name resolution. Closelooknet's peer group compares it against edge and cloud-security names — Cloudflare, Zscaler, Fastly and Datadog — reflecting overlapping delivery and security markets; the market also names Amazon's CloudFront service as an alternative for content delivery.

Where does Akamai Technologies Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Akamai has no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits in the diary's edge-network and cloud-security sleeve, grouped with content-delivery and application-security vendors rather than the AI hardware stack. Akamai is an S&P 500 constituent and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not logged any quotes on it yet.

Does Akamai Technologies Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Akamai Technologies Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 800 m USD of its own shares, 114% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 4.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Akamai Technologies Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Akamai Technologies Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a downgrade by HSBC on 2026-09-25 (Hold → Reduce). 5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AKAM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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