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Akamai Technologies AKAM Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.1B+5.8%
Gross profit$602.3M+1.0%
Operating income$114.5M-25.9%
Net income$106.3M-13.7%
EPS (diluted)$0.71-13.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$626.9M-43.0%
Total debt$1.8B+64.3%
Total equity$4.9B+7.1%
Total assets$11.6B+16.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$312.5M+24.4%
CapEx$101.7M-13.7%
Free cash flow$210.8M+58.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$18.59B+37.5%
Enterprise value$19.72B+47.2%
P/E42.7×+12.9×
P/S4.4×+1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin58.3%-0.8pp
Operating margin12.3%-0.6pp
Net margin10.2%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.2%-0.7pp
Debt / equity0.4×+0.1×
Current ratio2.1×+0.9×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Akamai Technologies’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Akamai Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Akamai Technologies's return on invested capital?
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported return on invested capital of 7.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Akamai Technologies's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Akamai Technologies's return on invested capital decreased by 7.2% year-over-year, from 8.5% to 7.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Akamai Technologies's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Akamai Technologies's return on invested capital has grown at a -13.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 59.9% to 33.4%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.