Akamai Technologies (BSP:A1KA34) ROCE % : 3.90% (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Akamai Technologies ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Akamai Technologies's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.90%.

Akamai Technologies ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akamai Technologies's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Akamai Technologies Annual Data

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11.26

11.38

11.67

8.69

7.85

Akamai Technologies Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.07	9.25	8.65	8.29	3.90

Akamai Technologies ROCE % Calculation

Akamai Technologies's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	3284.022	/	( ( (43554.654 - 4295.29)	+	(48508.201 - 4096.419) )	/ 2 )
	=	3284.022	/	( (39259.364	+	44411.782)	/ 2 )
	=	3284.022	/	41835.573
	=	7.85 %

Akamai Technologies's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2024 )		(Q: Jun. 2024 )		(Q: Sep. 2024 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2024 )		(Q: Jun. 2024 )		(Q: Sep. 2024 )
	=	1740.84	/	( ( (54332.456 - 10480.683)	+	(56432.713 - 10981.585) )	/ 2 )
	=	1740.84	/	( ( 43851.773	+	45451.128 )	/ 2 )
	=	1740.84	/	44651.4505
	=	3.90 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBIT data.

Akamai Technologies (BSP:A1KA34) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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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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