Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. 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 $2.52 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 $2.41 million.
As published in their initiating research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on June 06, 2025, Akamai Technologies Inc [AKAM] has been an Underweight. As of February 21, 2025, TD Cowen has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for AKAM. Earlier on February 21, 2025, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for AKAM stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing AKAM Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Akamai Technologies Inc [NASDAQ: AKAM] rose 1.16% to $77.93. The stock’s lowest price that day was $76.66, but it reached a high of $78.03 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.90%. Over the course of the year, Akamai Technologies Inc shares have dropped approximately -19.04%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.68 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Akamai Technologies Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Akamai Technologies Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 1.93 million shares to 9.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 7.4 million shares. A jump of 20.68% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.25.
Which companies own the most shares of Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM)?
In terms of Akamai Technologies Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 90 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.82% from the previous closing price of $77.04. Analysts anticipate Akamai Technologies Inc stock to reach 90 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Akamai Technologies Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On February 21, 2025, Craig Hallum assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $90.
