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Akamai Technologies (BSP:A1KA34) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.80 (As of Jun. 26, 2025)


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What is Akamai Technologies Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-26), Akamai Technologies's current share price is R$36.90. Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was R$13.20. Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.80.

The historical rank and industry rank for Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:A1KA34' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.62   Med: 4.5   Max: 6.75
Current: 2.84

During the past years, Akamai Technologies's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 6.75. The lowest was 2.62. And the median was 4.50.

BSP:A1KA34's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
51.61% of 1494 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.7 vs BSP:A1KA34: 2.84

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Akamai Technologies's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was R$15.059. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is R$13.20 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Akamai Technologies Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Akamai Technologies Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Akamai Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.62 5.48 3.54 4.61 3.48

Akamai Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.12 3.36 3.72 3.48 2.87

Competitive Comparison of Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Akamai Technologies Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=36.90/13.20
=2.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Akamai Technologies's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Akamai Technologies's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=15.059/134.9266*134.9266
=15.059

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Akamai Technologies Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 4.417 100.684 5.919
201509 5.631 100.392 7.568
201512 5.695 99.792 7.700
201603 5.450 100.470 7.319
201606 5.133 101.688 6.811
201609 4.947 101.861 6.553
201612 5.200 101.863 6.888
201703 4.904 102.862 6.433
201706 5.247 103.349 6.850
201709 5.033 104.136 6.521
201712 5.434 104.011 7.049
201803 5.416 105.290 6.941
201806 6.395 106.317 8.116
201809 6.593 106.507 8.352
201812 6.341 105.998 8.072
201903 6.427 107.251 8.085
201906 6.677 108.070 8.336
201909 7.436 108.329 9.262
201912 7.723 108.420 9.611
202003 9.220 108.902 11.423
202006 10.380 108.767 12.876
202009 11.354 109.815 13.950
202012 11.202 109.897 13.753
202103 12.431 111.754 15.009
202106 11.507 114.631 13.544
202109 12.411 115.734 14.469
202112 13.300 117.630 15.256
202203 11.109 121.301 12.357
202206 11.291 125.017 12.186
202209 11.716 125.227 12.624
202212 12.179 125.222 13.123
202303 11.854 127.348 12.559
202306 11.429 128.729 11.979
202309 11.789 129.860 12.249
202312 12.412 129.419 12.940
202403 12.617 131.776 12.919
202406 14.048 132.554 14.299
202409 14.688 133.029 14.898
202412 16.532 133.157 16.752
202503 15.059 134.927 15.059

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Akamai Technologies  (BSP:A1KA34) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Akamai Technologies Business Description

Address
145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142
Akamai operates a content delivery network, which entails locating servers at the edges of networks so its customers, which store content on Akamai servers, can reach their own customers faster, more securely, and with better quality. Akamai has over 325,000 servers distributed over 4,100 points of presence in more than 1,000 cities worldwide. The firm also offers security and cloud computing for its customers, and those businesses have grown to be bigger than the legacy CDN.

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