Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Akamai Technologies Inc shares valued at $388,700 were sold by Joseph Paul C on Jul 15 ’25. At $77.74 per share, Joseph Paul C sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 32,349 shares worth approximately $2.42 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Joseph Paul C purchased 5,000 shares, netting a total of over 388,700 in proceeds.
Before that, Blumofe Robert had sold 3,254 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $253,714, the Chief Technology Officer traded Akamai Technologies Inc shares for $77.97 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,254 shares, worth approximately $2.31 million.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on August 05, 2025, Akamai Technologies Inc [AKAM] has been rated down from an Equal-weight to an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $85. Analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early June. Earlier on February 21, 2025, TD Cowen downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for AKAM stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing AKAM Stock Performance
On last trading session, Akamai Technologies Inc [NASDAQ: AKAM] rose 0.38% to $74.76. The stock’s lowest price that day was $72.75, but it reached a high of $75.73 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.03%. Over the course of the year, Akamai Technologies Inc shares have dropped approximately -18.13%.
Is Akamai Technologies Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Akamai Technologies Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.35 million shares to 8.98 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 9.33 million shares. A decline of -3.91% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.18 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.18.
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In terms of Akamai Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 85 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.12% from the previous closing price of $74.48. Analysts anticipate Akamai Technologies Inc stock to reach 85 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 85. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Akamai Technologies Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On February 21, 2025, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $100.
