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Akamai Technologies (BSP:A1KA34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 27.08 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Akamai Technologies's share price is R$44.04. Akamai Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R$1.63. Hence, Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 27.08.

The historical rank and industry rank for Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:A1KA34' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.08   Med: 28.14   Max: 47.45
Current: 25.3

During the past 13 years, Akamai Technologies's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 47.45. The lowest was 14.08. And the median was 28.14.

BSP:A1KA34's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
52.89% of 1469 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.29 vs BSP:A1KA34: 25.30

Akamai Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was R$0.66. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R$1.63.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Akamai Technologies was -21.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Akamai Technologies's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 67.10% per year. The lowest was -177.90% per year. And the median was 13.85% per year.


Akamai Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

* Premium members only.

Akamai Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.65 35.91 22.58 16.57 29.74

Akamai Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.57 16.93 20.06 27.90 29.74

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Akamai Technologies Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Akamai Technologies's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=44.04/1.626
=27.08

Akamai Technologies's Share Price of today is R$44.04.
Akamai Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R$1.63.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Akamai Technologies  (BSP:A1KA34) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Akamai Technologies (BSP:A1KA34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142
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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