Discontinued — last reported Q1 '23
Current Assets
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Akamai Technologies Allowance for Doubtful Accounts decreased by 19.7% to $6.19M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 27.3%, from $4.86M to $6.19M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Allowance for Doubtful Accounts shows an upward trend with a 33.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionCurrent Assets
CategoryRisk
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2019
Last reportedQ1 2023
How to read this metric
An increase suggests rising credit risk or economic stress among the customer base.
Detailed definition
A contra-asset account that represents the estimated portion of accounts receivable that the company does not expect to...
Peer comparison
Standard across all utilities; levels are often influenced by regulatory mandates regarding service disconnection policies.
Metric ID:
allowance_for_doubtful_accountsHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | 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 | $1.95M | $2.27M | $1.40M | $3.28M | $2.01M | $2.45M | $5.92M | $5.56M | $8.04M | $6.09M | $3.47M | $2.78M | $2.93M | $3.82M | $3.52M | $4.86M | $5.18M | $5.77M | $7.71M | $6.19M |
| QoQ Change | — | +16.5% | -38.4% | +134.7% | -38.6% | +22.0% | +141.1% | -6.1% | +44.6% | -24.3% | -43.0% | -20.0% | +5.5% | +30.5% | -7.8% | +38.0% | +6.6% | +11.3% | +33.6% | -19.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +3.3% | +8.2% | +323.6% | +69.5% | +299.5% | +148.0% | -41.4% | -50.1% | -63.6% | -37.2% | +1.5% | +75.1% | +76.9% | +51.0% | +118.8% | +27.3% |
Range$1.40M – $8.04M
CAGR+27.6%
Avg YoY Growth+63.2%
Median YoY Growth+39.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Akamai Technologies's allowance for doubtful accounts?
- Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported allowance for doubtful accounts of $6.19M in Q1 2026.
- How has Akamai Technologies's allowance for doubtful accounts changed year-over-year?
- Akamai Technologies's allowance for doubtful accounts increased by 27.3% year-over-year, from $4.86M to $6.19M.
- What is the long-term trend for Akamai Technologies's allowance for doubtful accounts?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Akamai Technologies's allowance for doubtful accounts has grown at a 33.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.82M to $7.71M.
- What does allowance for doubtful accounts mean?
- The estimated amount of customer debt that the company expects will not be paid.