The historical rank and industry rank for Akamai Technologies's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
WBO:AKAM'
s Net Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.95 Med: 14.56 Max: 18.83
Current: 14.37
WBO:AKAM's Net Margin % is ranked better than 84.87% of 2756
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.835
vs WBO:AKAM: 14.37
Akamai Technologies Net Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Akamai Technologies's Net Margin % 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.
Competitive Comparison of Akamai Technologies's Net Margin %
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Akamai Technologies's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Margin % 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 Net Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Akamai Technologies's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Akamai Technologies's Net Margin % falls into.
Akamai Technologies Net Margin % Calculation
Net margin - also known as net profit margin is the ratio of Net Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Akamai Technologies's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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 (WBO:AKAM) Net Margin % Explanation
Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.
But the long term trend of the net margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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Akamai Technologies (WBO:AKAM) Business Description
Akamai operates a content delivery network, or CDN, 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. Its customers generally include media companies, which stream video content or make video games available for download, and other enterprises that run interactive or high-traffic websites, such as e-commerce firms and financial institutions. Akamai also has a significant security business, which is integrated with its core delivery and computing businesses to protect customers from cyberthreats.
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