Business Segments — Benefit (provision) for income taxes
Akamai Technologies Business Segments — Benefit (provision) for income taxes decreased by 16.8% to $15.68M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 68.8%, from $50.21M to $15.68M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Business Segments — Benefit (provision) for income taxes shows an upward trend with a 5.9% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Changes reflect shifts in profitability or effective tax rates, with higher provisions typically following higher taxable income.
Detailed definition
The total income tax expense or benefit recognized by the segment based on its pre-tax earnings and applicable tax juris...
Peer comparison
Standard tax accounting metric used to reconcile segment pre-tax income to net income.
akam_segment_reportable_segment_benefit_provision_for_income_taxesHistorical Data
| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $31.67M | $31.67M | $31.67M | $31.67M | $26.59M | $26.59M | $26.59M | $26.59M | $12.84M | $35.15M | $15.90M | $18.20M | $50.21M | $48.32M | $33.00M | $18.85M | $15.68M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -16.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -51.7% | +173.7% | -54.8% | +14.5% | +175.8% | -3.8% | -31.7% | -42.9% | -16.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -16.0% | -16.0% | -16.0% | -16.0% | -51.7% | +32.2% | -40.2% | -31.5% | +290.9% | +37.5% | +107.5% | +3.5% | -68.8% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Akamai Technologies's business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes?
- Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes of $15.68M in Q1 2026.
- How has Akamai Technologies's business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes changed year-over-year?
- Akamai Technologies's business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes decreased by 68.8% year-over-year, from $50.21M to $15.68M.
- What is the long-term trend for Akamai Technologies's business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Akamai Technologies's business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes has grown at a 5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $126.70M to $150.37M.
- What does business segments — benefit (provision) for income taxes mean?
- The total tax expense or benefit attributed to the segment's earnings.