Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Akamai Technologies, Inc. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price such as:

• Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s current stock price and volume
• Why Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for AKAM from analysts
• AKAM’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM)

Before we jump into Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of security, delivery, and cloud computing solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers security solutions that include web application and application programming interfaces (API) protection solutions, which protect web, API, and mobile app traffic from attacks; Bot & Abuse portfolio, which provides solutions to help customers protect against threats; full account lifecycle protections including the ability to defend against account takeover and opening abuse, adversarial bot protection, protection against credential stuffing, inventory scalping, and hoarding; and solutions designed to stop persistent scrapers from stealing content; API security, which discovers, audits, and monitors API; and microservice and application component protection that analyzes and protects application traffic that moves between application components. The company also offers cloud computing services, which include compute, storage, and cloud native and networking services; and Akamai App Platform, provides ready-to-run templates that address challenges in deploying, managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters at scale. In addition, it offers delivery solutions that include web and mobile performance solutions, which enables dynamic websites and applications, as well as global traffic management, site acceleration, application load balancing, large-scale load testing, and real-user monitoring; and media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of March 13, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price was $107.670.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is up 2.09% from its previous closing price of $105.470.

During the last market session, Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock traded between $105.560 and $109.560. Currently, there are approximately 144.22 million shares outstanding for Akamai Technologies, Inc..

Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 35.1, which is high compared to the IT Services industry median of 19.9. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. Stock Price History

Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s (AKAM) price is currently up 9.43% so far this month.

During the month of March, Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $109.560 and a low of $95.374.

Over the last year, Akamai Technologies, Inc. has hit prices as high as $113.500 and as low as $67.510. Year to date, Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock is up 23.4%.

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What Caused Akamai Technologies, Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of March 13, 2026, there was 1 analyst who downgraded Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of March 13, 2026, Akamai Technologies, Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 9.90%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 79 and is considered to be Strong.

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of March 13, 2026, Akamai Technologies, Inc.’s stock price is $107.670, which is up 2.09% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Akamai Technologies, Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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