Akamai Technologies Employee Taxes Paid Related To Net Share Settlement of Equity Awards increased by 672.9% to $106.57M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 47.9%, from $72.06M to $106.57M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Employee Taxes Paid Related To Net Share Settlement of Equity Awards shows an upward trend with a 5.7% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Higher values correlate with higher levels of equity-based compensation vesting, reflecting the cash impact of employee incentive programs.
This represents cash paid by the company to tax authorities on behalf of employees to satisfy tax withholding obligation...
Common for companies with significant stock-based compensation programs; often categorized within financing activities.
financing_employee_taxes_paid_related_to_net_share_settl_0911bb| 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 | |
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| Value | $12.31M | $11.94M | $10.92M | $54.82M | $8.32M | $8.51M | $10.58M | $29.89M | $9.71M | $11.30M | $15.31M | $109.33M | $31.91M | $15.87M | $16.06M | $72.06M | $25.87M | $12.05M | $13.79M | $106.57M |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.1% | -8.5% | +402.1% | -84.8% | +2.3% | +24.3% | +182.6% | -67.5% | +16.4% | +35.5% | +614.0% | -70.8% | -50.3% | +1.2% | +348.7% | -64.1% | -53.4% | +14.4% | +672.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -32.4% | -28.7% | -3.1% | -45.5% | +16.7% | +32.8% | +44.7% | +265.7% | +228.6% | +40.4% | +4.9% | -34.1% | -19.0% | -24.0% | -14.1% | +47.9% |