Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM)

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Canaccord Genuity Maintains a 'Hold' on Akamai Technologies (AKAM); Cost Structure Improving

Canaccord Genuity maintains a 'Hold' on Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) price target of $37.00 (from $34.00).

Analyst, Greg Miller, said, "With the review of the latest 10-Q we believe it is increasingly clear that key elements of Akamai’s cost structure continue to improve to the point where we are no longer as concerned about the once-escalating colocation costs and their related impact on margins. With the continued improvements that will likely offset the likely sequential Q4 weakness from public sector contracts, we are upwardly adjusting estimates and our price target to $37."

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AKAM intraday: 15 min and 60 min

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Jefferies Raises Estimates on Akamai Technologies (AKAM); Early in Several Product Cycles

Jefferies maintains a 'Buy' on Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) price target of $43.00 (from $42.00).

Analyst, Aaron Schwartz, said, "AKAM reported 2Q upside with guidance above consensus as strong business trends offset currency adjustment concerns. The company is early in several product cycles with additional releases expected in 2H with a backdrop of strong volume traffic trends. Estimates move higher and further stock appreciation potential exists based just on in line historic valuation levels."

FY12 EPS estimate raised from $1.64 to $1.74 and FY13 $1.87 to $1.95.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Akamai Technologies click here. For more ratings news on Akamai Technologies click here.

Shares of Akamai Technologies closed at $28.25 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $18.25-$39.14.

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AKAM Jumps 10% on Q2 Beat.

By Tiernan Ray

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/07/25/akam-jumps-10-on-q2-beat/?mod=yahoobarrons

Shares of Akamai Technologies (AKAM) are up $2.75, or almost 10%, at $31, after the company this afternoon reported Q2 revenue and earnings per share that topped consensus estimates.

Revenue in the three months ended in June rose 20%, year over year, to $331 million, yielding EPS of 43 cents, excluding some costs.

Analysts on average were expecting $326 million and 37 cents a share.

Akamai bought back $67 million worth of its shares during the quarter, it said.

CEO Paul Sagan remarked that the quarter was “very strong” and attributed some of the sales increase to the company’s “cloud infrastructure solutions” and its content networking as well.

Akamai ended the quarter with just over $1 billion in cash and marketable securities, it said.

Akamai will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it here.

Shares of competitor Limelight Networks (LLNW) are unchanged in late trading at $2.73.

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Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

http://www.knobias.com/story.htm?eid=3.1.da1dcd53fd2550205d4534383df13c909126d4e068b90b64c71e295ef3a33963

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Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Press Release: Akamai Technologies, Inc. – 37 minutes ago.. .

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
•Second quarter revenue of $331 million, up 20 percent year-over-year
•GAAP net income of $44 million, down 8 percent year-over-year; or $0.24 per diluted share, down 4 percent year-over-year
•Normalized net income* of $78 million, up 18 percent year-over-year; or $0.43 per diluted share, up 23 percent year-over-year

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Revenue for the second quarter of 2012 was $331 million, a 20 percent increase over second quarter 2011 revenue of $277 million.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100225/AKAMAILOGO )

Net income in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, for the second quarter of 2012 was $44 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, an 8 percent decrease from second quarter 2011 GAAP net income of $48 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and a 2 percent increase from first quarter 2012 GAAP net income of $43 million, or $0.24 per diluted share.

The Company generated normalized net income* of $78 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2012, an 18 percent increase over second quarter 2011 normalized net income of $66 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, and a 3 percent increase from the prior quarter normalized net income of $75 million, or $0.41 per diluted share. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)

"Akamai's very strong second quarter results were driven on the top line by increased adoption of our cloud infrastructure solutions as well as continued growth of content delivery solutions," said Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai. "Our bottom line performance was the result of significant benefits we have begun to realize from improvements we are making to scale our network operations."

Adjusted EBITDA* for the second quarter of 2012 was $143 million, up 13 percent from $126 million in the second quarter of 2011, and flat with the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin* for the second quarter was 43 percent, down 2 points from the prior quarter and down 3 points from the same period last year. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)

Cash from operations was $150 million in the second quarter of 2012, or 45 percent of revenue. At the end of the second quarter of 2012, the Company had just over $1 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

Sales through resellers and sales outside the United States accounted for 21 percent and 27 percent, respectively, of revenue for the second quarter of 2012.

Share Repurchase Program

During the second quarter of 2012, under a share repurchase program that was approved by the Board of Directors in April 2011 and expanded in May 2012, the Company repurchased approximately 2 million shares of its common stock for $67 million, at an average price of $30.78 per share. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had repurchased 20 million shares of its common stock for $558 million, at an average price of $27.27 per share since April 2009.

The Company had approximately 178 million shares of common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2012.

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AKAM: Q2 Adj EPS 43c vs 35c Beats 42c Est

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 16:23ET

QUARTER RESULTS
Akamai Technologies Incorporated (AKAM) reported Q2 results ended June 2012. Q2 Revenues were $331.31M; +19.61% vs yr-ago; BEATING revenue consensus by +1.71%. Q2 EPS was 24c. Adjusted Q2 EPS was 43c; +22.86% vs yr-ago; BEATING earnings consensus by +2.38%.

Q2 RESULTS      Reported      Year-Ago     Y/Y Chg      Estimate    SURPRISE 
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 Revenues:       $331.31M      $276.99M     +19.61%      $325.74M      +1.71% 
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 EPS:                 24c           N/A         N/A           N/A         N/A 
 Adj EPS:             43c           35c     +22.86%           42c      +2.38% 
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AKAM 2Q earnings 7-25-12 AMC

Akamai to Hold Second Quarter 2012 Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, July 25th at 4:30 PM ET


CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's second quarter 2012 financial results, and may include forward-looking financial guidance from management. The call will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com.

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6/14 Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM): Today's Featured Internet Winner

By TheStreet Wire 06/14/12 - 05:00 PM EDT

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Akamai Technologies rose 39 cents (1.3%) to $29.95 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.5 million shares of Akamai Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $29.55-$30.24 after having opened the day at $29.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.56. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were: Remark Media (MARK), up 9.6%, LiveDeal (LIVE), up 8.6%, HomeAway (AWAY), up 6.2%, and Shutterfly (SFLY), up 5%.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides content delivery and cloud infrastructure services for accelerating and improving applications over the Internet in the United States and internationally. Akamai Technologies has a market cap of $5.42 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.8, equal to the average internet industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 15% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Akamai Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Akamai Technologies as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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AKAM: Open Gaps


Direction Date range
down Apr-26-2012 37.6 to 36.6
up Oct-27-2011 24.09 to 26.84 (startng into? 6/5/12)
up Oct-05-2011 20.57 to 20.87

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Are the Bears Taking Control over Akamai?

http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/TradersHuddle/AretheBearsTakingControloverAkamai.aspx?partner=YahooSA#axzz1w0KQ97QC

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Akamai Releases Fourth Quarter 2011 'State of the Internet' Report

Today : Monday 30 April 2012

•Number of unique IP addresses connecting to the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ increased to more than 628 million
•South Korea boasts both highest average connection speed and highest average peak connection speed
•China top source of observed attack traffic
•Report incorporates four-year trending data, illustrating how Internet connectivity has improved over time

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Fourth Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as Internet penetration, mobile traffic and data consumption, origins of attack traffic, IPv6 adoption and global and regional connection speeds.


Marking the end of its first four years of publication, the Fourth Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report includes a section highlighting trending data for several key categories. Compiled to show changes over time in important State of the Internet report statistics, this data and corresponding analysis provide a snapshot of just how much Internet connectivity has changed since Akamai began publishing the report in 2008.

Highlights from Akamai's 2011 fourth quarter report:

Global Internet Penetration

In the fourth quarter of 2011, more than 628 million unique IP addresses from 236 countries and regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform. This represents 2.1 percent more IP addresses than connected in the third quarter of 2011, and an increase of 13 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago.

Among those countries listed in the top 10 list for the number of unique IP addresses connecting to the Akamai Intelligent Platform during the quarter, the United Kingdom represented the most significant quarter-over-quarter increase at 13 percent, increasing to more than 25 million IP addresses. Russia's 6.9 percent growth to almost 14 million IP addresses represented the next largest percentage growth rate. A 3.4 percent increase in China brought that country's unique IP address total to more than 84 million.

Attack Traffic and Top Ports Attacked

In the fourth quarter of 2011, China, at 13 percent, generated the most attack traffic observed by Akamai. The United States (10 percent) and Indonesia (7.6 percent) rounded out the top three. Total observed attack traffic aggregated by region shows that Asia Pacific/Oceania generated 45 percent of such attack traffic, Europe 33 percent, the Americas just less than 20 percent, and Africa a mere two percent.

In an examination of attack traffic concentration among the top 10 targeted ports, the report found that the top 10 ports account for 65 percent of the observed attacks. Port 445 (Microsoft-DS) ended 2011 at the top of the list being targeted by 25 percent of observed attack traffic.

Geography appears to play a role in frequency of observed attacks on specific ports. For example, Port 23 (Telnet) is a favorite target for attacks observed to be originating from South Korea and Turkey, where it accounted for more than five times the number of attacks targeting the next most popular port (445 in both countries). Other instances of geography-based port targeting include observed attacks centered on Port 1433 (Microsoft SQL Server) in China and on Port 80 (WWW/HTTP) in Indonesia.

100 Fastest Cities Worldwide

In the fourth quarter of 2011, analysis of the top 100 fastest cities around the world, based on average connection speeds, reflected the following:
•Cities in the Asia Pacific region continued to dominate the list of the 100 fastest cities worldwide. 69 cities including 61 in Japan, six in South Korea, one in Australia, as well as Hong Kong made the top 100.
•24 cities in North America ranked among the top 100, including two in Canada and 22 in the United States.
•Seven cities in Europe, including three in Sweden, two in Switzerland and one each in Romania and Latvia were included in the top 100.

Moving to High Broadband Connectivity

In the fourth quarter of 2011, 27 percent of all connections to the Akamai Intelligent Platform were made at high broadband speeds (>5 Mbps). Taking the top spot in high broadband adoption was South Korea, with 83 percent of the country's connections to Akamai above 5 Mbps. Within the list of top 10 countries for high broadband adoption, seven are in Europe. The Netherlands, which reached 67 percent high broadband adoption, is ahead of all European nations and number two on the top 10 list. The United States ranks twelfth at 44 percent.


Mobile Connection Speeds and Data Consumption

In the fourth quarter of 2011, the average measured connection speed for known mobile providers worldwide ranged from a high of slightly more than 5 Mbps to a low of 163 kbps. Approximately 75 percent of the surveyed providers had average connection speeds above 1 Mbps.

Analysis of peak connection speeds for the mobile providers worldwide for which Akamai analyzed data showed that there is still a wide range of speeds being achieved. For example, a provider in Germany that had an average peak connection speed of 23.4 Mbps was the fastest while an operator in Thailand was the slowest, at 1.6 Mbps. Of all the mobile providers analyzed, only three – one in Germany, one in Austria and one in Canada – achieved average peak connection speeds above 20 Mbps, while 32 achieved average peak connection speeds above 10 Mbps and 48 recorded average peak connection speeds greater than 5 Mbps. Only two mobile providers surveyed did not achieve an average peak connection speed above 2 Mbps.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, users at eight of the surveyed mobile providers consumed an average of 1 GB or more per month delivered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform. Users at 75 of the surveyed providers consumed greater than 100 MB per month of content from Akamai, and users at the remaining 19 providers consumed less than 100 MB per month.

Through its relationship with Ericsson, Akamai again included data collected by the equipment provider in the State of the Internet report. According to Ericsson, the volume of mobile data traffic in the fourth quarter of 2011 doubled year-over-year and grew 28 percent quarter-over-quarter.

Trends over Time

The Fourth Quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report includes a new section that will appear annually going forward and that tracks trends over time for key metrics including average connection speeds, average peak connection speeds, high broadband adoption, narrowband adoption, and others recorded since the report's inception in 2008. Some of the trends observed include:
•On a year-over-year basis, average connection speeds in Asia increased 13 percent while Internet users in Oceania have witnessed a 132 percent increase.
•Average peak connection speeds in Africa were 55 percent faster than four years ago while users in South America have experienced a 238 percent increase.
•Since 2008, South America has seen a 558 percent increase in high broadband adoption, yet still ranks just above Africa in total high broadband penetration.
•Narrowband adoption continued to decline globally with all regions reporting similar percentage declines (64-78 percent).


About the Akamai State of the Internet report

Each quarter, Akamai publishes a "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered from across the Akamai Intelligent Platform about attack traffic, broadband adoption, mobile connectivity and other relevant topics concerning the Internet and its usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time. To learn more and to access the archive of past reports, please visit www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet.

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I came in yesterday and right out this morning on a small loss.

I'm now back to lurking. I think I'll wait and see what happens in the next couple of weeks.

Good luck!

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1/2 in at 33.15 will buy rest at 33.00 if it drops that low. Good stock that will come back fast, good luck.

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AKAM: Open Gaps


Direction Date range

 down Apr-26-2012 37.6 to 36.6      
 up Oct-27-2011 24.09 to 26.84      
 up Oct-05-2011 20.57 to 20.87 

up Feb-09-2012 35.59 to 37.47 (Filled)

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=72402684&txt2find=gap

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AKAM Falls 9%: Jefferies Ups to Buy; Margins in Focus.
By Tiernan Ray

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/04/26/akam-falls-9-jefferies-ups-to-buy-margins-in-focus/?mod=yahoobarrons

Shares of Akamai Technologies (AKAM) are one of tech’s big losers this morning, down $3.36, or almost 9%, at $35.39 after the company last night beat Q1 estimates, and offered a better-than-expected Q2 view, but said it may take several quarters to return its operating profit margin to the level it has targeted.

CEO Paul Sagan also said he was beginning a transition out of his post and will give up the top spot at the end of next year.

There are no downgrades today, that I can see, and in fact the stock got one upgrade, from Jefferies & Co.’s Aaron Schwartz, who raised his rating to Buy from Hold, and raised his price target a buck to $42.

“AKAM reported 1Q upside based on strong traffic volumes, continued strong ecommerce trends and further traction in the tech vertical,” writes Schwartz, arguing that the company’s seeing an “acceleration” in its “core” business of “content delivery network” services, or CDN.

Schwartz notes that his Ebitda margin expectation for Akamai for this quarter had been 42.6% going into the call, and consensus was 43.8% on the Street, but it’s now just 42%.

But Schwartz seems unfazed by that, writing that the company’s higher expected capital investment “is likely in response to the company’s expectations of traffic volume growth through CY12, as well as forward planned purchasing for select larger scale streaming events such as the 2012 Summer Olympics.”

And Wells Fargo’s Gray Powell reiterates an Outperform rating on the shares, and raises his “valuation range” from a prior $45 to $49 to $47 to $51.

Powell writes that margins are “an issue of investor focus,” but he sees the issue as transitory:

The drivers of the sequential decline include a 1-2% gross margin hit related to acquisitions (with lower profitability) and increased investment to support better-than-expected traffic growth as well as $11MM in incremental operating expense (opex). Roughly half ($5.5MM) of the incremental opex is related to acquisition – most of which are integration costs that should go away. This alone equates to 170bps of margin improvement that should occur over the next few quarters. Given that Cotendo should scale to AKAM margin levels over the next year – we remain confident that margins will recover to the 45%+ range longer term.

Powell kept his $1.64 per share EPS estimate intact for this year, while raising next year’s EPS estimate to $1.99 from $1.91.

But FBR Capital’s David Hilal reiterates a Market Perform rating on the shares, and a $32 price target, writing that the he “walked away largely disappointed by the company’s 2Q guidance, which calls for further margin contraction and EPS below prior consensus.”

It’s a wait and see story, as far as Hilal is concerned:

While this quarter’s results were encouraging, we are waiting to see if: (1) recently completed acquisitions can be successfully integrated and levered, (2) traffic growth can accelerate or remain robust enough to offset price declines, and (3) Akamai can continue to fend off the niche vendors nipping at its heels.

Likewise, Canaccord Genuity’s Greg Miller reiterates a Hold rating and a $34 price target, writing that the “cloud infrastructure” revenue rose just 14%, year over year, which was below his 19% estimate. “We were not expecting the high-margin Cloud growth to slow so rapidly,” he writes.

“Despite the relative near-term strength in the business, we continue to believe the incremental competitive pressures in the business combined with recent management changes (CEO announced departure last night) should cause investors to exercise caution.”

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Akamai Technologies' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

http://seekingalpha.com/article/529561-akamai-technologies-ceo-discusses-q1-2012-results-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo

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Akamai Technologies Q1 earnings down, CEO leaving

Akamai Technologies Q1 net income falls 15 pct. on acquisitions, CEO stepping down

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/akamai-technologies-q1-earnings-down-225739966.html

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Akamai Technologies Inc. reported Wednesday that its first-quarter net income fell 15 percent, reflecting costs to the company of two significant acquisitions.

Akamai also announced that President and CEO Paul Sagan plans to leave by the end of next year and will help with the transition to a new chief executive.

In addition, Akamai announced approval of a $150 million extension of its share repurchase program, effective for a 12-month period starting May 1.

The company helps websites deliver content to users. It provides cloud, mobile and Internet security solutions to clients. Akamai earned $43 million, or 24 cents a share, in the January-March quarter, down from $51 million, or 26 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2011.

Adjusted income, without special items, was 41 cents per share.

Revenue increased 16 percent to $319 million from $276 million.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 38 cents a share on revenue of $311 million.

Akamai, based in Cambridge, Mass., acquired Cotendo, an Internet and mobile technology provider, for about $268 million in late December and Canadian company Blaze Software Inc. in February. The amount it paid for Blaze wasn't disclosed.

Sagan said in a statement that Akamai's customers have responded positively to the investments the company has made to support mobile and cloud computing, Internet security, and the shift of video to the Internet.

Akamai shares fell $2.55, or 6.6 percent, to $36.20 in after-hours trading, following the release of the company's earnings report.

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Akamai Q2 EPS Outlook Lags, Shares Down After Hours

By REINHARDT KRAUSE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 06:39 PM ET

http://news.investors.com/article/609174/201204251839/akamai-q2-guidance-disappoints.htm?ven=yahoocp,yahoo

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) late Wednesday reported first-quarter results that solidly beat views, but its earnings outlook for the current quarter lagged and shares fell late.

The company also said that 14-year company veteran Paul Sagan, CEO since 2005, would step down by the end of 2013.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai said Q1 profit rose nearly 8% to 41 cents per share on revenue of $319 million, up 16%, as surging online video consumption drove its content delivery network (CDN) services.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had estimated Akamai would earn 38 cents a share on sales of $310.7 million. Akamai said Cotendo, which it acquired on March 6, accounted for less than $2 million in sales in the March quarter.

But the company said it expects EPS of 37 cents, up 6%, on sales of about $326 million, up 18%, in Q2. Analysts had been modeling revenue of just $314.8 million, but were expecting EPS of 39 cents.

Shares were down about 5% after hours, after the company released its results. Still, the stock is up more than 90% since Oct. 1 and is up 18% in 2012.

"Akamai (fell) due to their margin guidance," said Donna Jaegers, an analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co.

She also said Akamai "is typically cautious on margin guidance."

Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olsen agreed EPS guidance was below expectations, but he said "it sounds like it is largely related to acquisition dilution near term."

Akamai said Q1 net income fell 15% to $43 million because of costs related to its acquisitions of Cotendo and Blaze Software. Acquiring Cotendo gave Akamai new corporate partners in Citrix Systems (CTXS) and Juniper Networks (JNPR), analysts say.

Akamai's global network of computer servers speed up the delivery of video and Web content for media and entertainment firms and other customers. The company stores copies of website content in its facilities worldwide to speed delivery by bypassing traffic jams on heavily used Internet routes.

Akamai paid $268 million for Israel-based Cotendo, whose technology whisks content over fixed-line broadband and wireless data networks. Analysts have estimated Cotendo's 2012 revenue in a range of $40 million to $45 million. Cotendo customers include Facebook, Zynga (ZNGA) and Google (GOOG).

Akamai gets 43% of revenue from media and entertainment firms like sports network ESPN and online movie renter Netflix (NFLX). Media-related sales in Q1 rose 14%, Akamai said.

Analysts estimate that prices for video delivery will fall 20% to 25% in 2012 as Akamai battles Limelight Networks (LLNW), Level 3 Communications (LVLT) and others.

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) Tops Q1 EPS by 3c

http://www.streetinsider.com/Earnings/Akamai+Technologies%2C+Inc.+%28AKAM%29+Tops+Q1+EPS+by+3c/7372658.html

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) reported Q1 EPS of $0.41, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.38. Revenue for the quarter came in at $319 million versus the consensus estimate of $310.45 million.

The company added $150 million dollars to its buyback plan.

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Akamai President and CEO Paul Sagan Announces Succession Plan To Transition Role By End Of 2013
Press Release: Akamai Technologies, Inc. – 11 minutes ago.. .



CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
•Leading provider of cloud, mobile, Internet media and Web security solutions opens CEO search for next phase of Company's growth
•Sagan plans to serve until successor is named to ensure smooth, planned transition

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) announced today that President and CEO Paul Sagan plans to transition out of his role by the end of 2013. Mr. Sagan has committed to continue leading the Company until his successor is named, and he intends to remain directly involved with Akamai thereafter to ensure a successful leadership transition.


Akamai's Board of Directors has formed a search committee to select a new CEO and has retained Heidrick & Struggles, a nationally recognized executive recruiting firm, to advise the Board on potential candidates.

Mr. Sagan was appointed President in 1999 and has led Akamai as CEO since 2005, when he was also named to the Company's Board of Directors.

"For nearly a decade and a half, Akamai has been on an incredible journey, prevailing against enormous odds and challenges to become a global leader in Internet technology and services," Mr. Sagan said. "With the Company demonstrating strong growth and business results, and as I approach my 15th year helping to lead the business, I have concluded this is the ideal time for the Board to select the Company's next leader to drive Akamai's continued growth for many years to come."

Mr. Sagan continued, "It is an honor to work with Akamai's talented and dedicated professionals. We have an exceptionally strong and experienced management team of executives who are committed to the Company's success, and I am confident that all of us will make this transition successful as we identify and welcome my successor."

"The Board is committed to conducting a thorough search to identify the right candidate with direct experience in building multi-billion dollar, cloud-based businesses to serve as Akamai's next CEO," said Martin M. Coyne II, Akamai's Lead Independent Director. "Paul will not be an easy executive to replace, and on behalf of the Board and everyone at Akamai, I would like to thank him for his past and continuing leadership as President and CEO and his remarkable dedication to Akamai for nearly 15 years."

"Akamai has a tremendous future and significant growth opportunities ahead," added George H. Conrades, Akamai's Chairman and Mr. Sagan's predecessor. "As a result of Paul's insightful leadership and guidance, Akamai has been transformed from a successful start-up company into an S&P 500 global leader. We thank him for his contributions as CEO even as we work together to prepare for what we are confident will be the next period of leadership and growth at Akamai."

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Akamai Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Press Release: Akamai Technologies, Inc. –

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/akamai-reports-first-quarter-2012-200000149.html


CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
•First quarter revenue of $319 million, up 16 percent year-over-year
•GAAP net income of $43 million, down 15 percent year-over-year; or $0.24 per diluted share, down 8 percent year-over-year, including impact of closing the Blaze and Cotendo acquisitions
•Normalized net income* of $75 million, up 4 percent year-over-year; or $0.41 per diluted share, up 8 percent year-over-year
•Board of Directors authorizes $150 million extension of share repurchase program

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Revenue for the first quarter of 2012 was $319 million, a 16 percent increase over first quarter 2011 revenue of $276 million.


Net income in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, for the first quarter of 2012 was $43 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, a 15 percent decrease from first quarter 2011 GAAP net income of $51 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, and a 28 percent decrease from fourth quarter 2011 GAAP net income of $60 million, or $0.33 per diluted share.

The Company generated normalized net income* of $75 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2012, a 4 percent increase over first quarter 2011 normalized net income of $72 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, and a 10 percent decrease from the prior quarter normalized net income of $83 million, or $0.45 per diluted share. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)

"We are very pleased with our first quarter results, which were driven by continued adoption of our cloud infrastructure solutions and an acceleration of traffic growth in our content delivery solutions," said Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai. "Customers have responded positively to the product investments we have made to support mobile and cloud computing, Web security, and the shift of video and other rich media to the Internet."

Adjusted EBITDA* for the first quarter of 2012 was $143 million, up 10 percent from $129 million in the first quarter of 2011, and down 3 percent from $148 million in the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin for the first quarter was 45 percent, down 1 point from the prior quarter and down 2 points from the same period last year. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)

Cash from operations was $93 million in the first quarter of 2012, or 29 percent of revenue. At the end of the first quarter of 2012, the Company had approximately $979 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

Sales through resellers and sales outside the United States accounted for 21 percent and 28 percent, respectively, of revenue for the first quarter of 2012.

Share Repurchase Program
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a $150 million extension of its share repurchase program, effective for a 12-month period beginning on May 1, 2012. The Company's goal for this program, which is expected to be funded by cash from operations, is primarily to offset dilution created by its equity compensation programs.

The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined by the Company's management based on its evaluation of market conditions and other factors. Repurchases may also be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, which would permit the Company to repurchase shares when the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so under insider trading laws. The Company may choose to suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time but cannot carry over unused authorization amounts to future periods.

During the first quarter of 2012, under its current share repurchase program, the Company repurchased approximately 223,000 shares of its common stock for $8 million, an average price of $35.45 per share. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had repurchased 18 million shares of its common stock for $491 million, at an average price of $26.86 per share since April 2009.

The Company had approximately 179 million shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2012.

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Earnings Preview: Akamai's Cotendo acquisition could lift guidance
Theflyonthewall.com



Akamai (AKAM) is expected to report Q1 earnings after the market close on Wednesday, April 25, with a conference call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET. The consensus estimate is 38c for EPS and $310.70M for revenue, according to First Call. Akamai is coming off better-than-expected Q4 earnings results, a new CFO back in February, and its March purchase of startup Cotendo. Guidance provided for Q1 is EPS of 36c-39c on revenue of $305M-$313M. The focus seems to be on the Contendo acquisition, acquired on March 6. Akamai hasn't provided financial details for Cotendo, however, analysts contend that the deal could lift guidance because the startup sold premium products. Buying Cotendo should also ease pricing pressure for some value-added content delivery services, analysts say. Some put Akamai's Q2 contribution from Cotendo at $7.5M-$10M. Pacific Crest analyst Chad Bartley expects Q2 revenue guidance of roughly $315M-$325M, which includes roughly $10M from Cotendo. Citigroup is looking for $312M in revenue, $135M in EBITDA, and 38c in normalized EPS, which is generally in-line with the Street and within the guidance range. Based on intra-quarter channel checks and their model sensitivity work, Citigroup views Street Q1 estimates as reasonable, with materially greater likelihood of upside than downside variance. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney "remains concerned about an increasingly competitive environment, especially where larger, well-funded companies, like Amazon are gaining traction." Akamai's main rivals have been Limelight Networks (LLNW) and Level 3 Communications (LVLT). It's also seeing stiffer competition from Amazon.com's (AMZN) Amazon Web Services and phone companies AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

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Akamai Offers Bullish Play For Both Longs And Shorts Off Evening Earnings Report

April 25, 2012 by: Midnight Trader | about: AKAM

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) is due with its Q1 results after the bell tonight, and analysts polled by Thomson Reuters are expecting the company to report a profit of $0.38 per share on revenue of $311 million.

AKAM has recorded more aggressive next-day closing levels following 25 of its last 33 after-hours earnings events, or 76% of the time.

Looking deeper into performance data, longs take note that AKAM has followed extended-hours earnings reports with gains in 18 quarters, extending that move the following day 13 times, or 72% of the time.

The track record for shorts is similar. This stock has reacted to evening reports with declines in 15 quarters, extending downside action the following day 12 times, or 80% of the time.

The performance history follows:

On Feb. 8, 2012, AKAM jumped 13% in after-hours trade on better-than-expected Q4 results. The stock narrowed its upside the next day, closing the Feb. 9 regular session up 10.5%.
On Oct. 26, 2011, AKAM advanced 12.1% in evening trade after beating Q3 expectations. The stock added to its upside the next day, rising 15.4% in the Oct. 27 regular session.
On July 27, 2011, AKAM dropped 13.8% in after-hours trade after missing Q2 expectations. The stock headed deeper in the red the next day, closing the July 28 regular session down 19.1%.
On April 27, 2011, AKAM tumbled 9.8% in after-hours action after topping Q1 expectations and issuing a disappointing outlook. The stock added to its downside the following day, closing the April 28 regular session down 14.7%.
On Feb. 9, 2011, AKAM plummeted 11% in after-hours trade after beating Q4 expectations but also guiding for Q1 results below the Street view. The stock continued its downside run the next day, closing the Feb. 10 regular session off 15%.
On Oct. 27, 2010, the stock rose 3% after a narrow earnings beat. Shares rose a slimmer 1.4% the next day.
On July 28, 2010, AKAM declined 5.7% in after-hours trade after reporting better-than-expected Q2 revenue and meeting EPS estimates. The stock dropped lower the following day, closing the July 29 regular session down 12.9%.
On April 28, 2010, AKAM jumped 8.5% in after-hours trade after topping Q1 expectations. The stock surged higher the following day, closing up 19.4%.
On Feb. 3, 2010, AKAM declined 4.9% in after-hours trade despite topping Q4 expectations. It cut its downside the following day, ending the Feb. 4 regular session down 3.7%.
On Oct. 28, 2009, AKAM advanced 9.6% in after-hours trade after reporting better-than-expected results and guidance. The stock soared higher the following day, ending the Oct. 29 regular session up 13%.
On July 29, 2009, the stock fell 10.6% after reporting a Q2 miss. Shares plunged 19% the following day.
On April 29, 2009, AKAM advanced 5.6% in after-hours trade after topping Street expectations. The stock churned higher the following day, closing the April 30 regular session up 9.7%.
On Feb. 4, 2009, the stock rose 7.4% in extended hours after a Q4 beat. The share gain more than doubled the next day, to 18%.
On Oct. 30, 2008, the stock jumped 12.6% after a Q3 earnings beat. The gain was cut to 4.2% the next day.
On July 30, 2008, the stock fell 16% during evening trading after meeting with Q2 EPS but missing with sales. The loss fattened to 25% the next day in reaction to weak guidance.
On April 30, 2008, AKAM slipped 0.06% in the evening hours after the company missed with revenue though beat with EPS by two cents. The loss was a deeper 3.9% the next day.
On Feb. 6, 2008, shares advanced 1.9% during evening trading after AKAM beat Q4 expectations. The gain improved to 9% the next day.
On Oct. 24, 2007, AKAM advanced 1.3% in after-hours trade after beating Q3 Street estimates. The stock added to its evening upside the following day, rising a hefty 12.6% by the Oct. 25 regular session close.
On July 25, 2007, AKAM plunged 12% in night trade despite beating Q2 sales estimates and meeting on EPS. The company guided Q3 earnings to be in line to below Street views. Shares fell further the following day to end the regular session down 18.9%.
On April 25, 2007, AKAM lost a slim 0.1% in after-hours trade after the company reported results in line with expectations. Sellers grew more aggressive in the April 26 regular session, sending the stock down 4.9% by the close.
On February 7, 2007, AKAM slipped 1.9% in night trade despite topping Q4 estimates. However, shares recovered the next day, closing the regular session up 0.5%.
On the evening of Oct. 26, the stock fell 1.4% as results above the Street's view didn't satisfy investors. The loss expanded to 6.7% the next day.
On July 26, 2006, AKAM jumped 15.8% in after hours when the company beat Q2 expectations. Shares surged 22.7% during the next day session.
On April 26, 2006, shares were just in the positive as night trading wrapped, up 0.03% following the company's stronger-than-expected Q1 results and firmer guidance. The gain improved to 2.4% the next day.
On February 8, 2006, AKAM jumped 7.9% in evening trade after beating Q4 estimates. The shares rose further the following day, closing the regular session up 18.2%.
On Oct. 25, 2005, AKAM slimmed down 0.1% in after-hours trade after the company reported results and guidance in line with expectations. The stock edged slightly lower on Oct. 26, losing 0.4%.
On July 26, 2005, AKAM ended the night session up 0.4% after the company beat Q2 expectations. The stock widened its gains the next day, closing the regular session up 3.5%.
AKAM erased brief gains on the night of April 27, 2005, ending flat after Q1 results matched Street forecasts. It fell 1.7% in the April 28 regular session.
AKAM jumped 9.6% the night of Feb. 17, 2005 after the company beat sales expectations and posted in-line earnings. The stock recorded more bullish buying the next day, closing bell-to-bell trade up 13.4%.
AKAM declined 6.2% the night of October 27, 2004 after the company met Street expectations. The stock dropped more aggressively in the October 28 regular session, losing 11.2%.
On July 27, 2004 AKAM lost 3.9% despite beating estimates. The issue cut its downside in next-day trade, ending the regular session down 3.4%.
On April 28, 2004 AKAM edged up 0.08% after the company met EPS expectations and beat on revenue. The stock lost its upside footing on April 29, losing a slim 0.77%.
Finally, AKAM gained 5.5% the night of February 4, 2004 after beating on revenue. AKAM recorded big buy action the next day, rising a whopping 26.6%.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

[Penny Roger$]

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Check those searches for recent AKAM mentions. If AKAM is showing up on older posts and not on new posts found in link below, The DTCC issues may have been addressed and fixed. Always call the broker if your security turns up on any DTCC/PENSON list.
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AKAM 1Q earnings 4-25-12 AMC

Akamai to Hold First Quarter 2012 Investor Conference Call on Wednesday, April 25th at 4:30 pm ET

Tuesday , March 27, 2012 06:30ET



CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will include the company's first quarter 2012 financial results, and may include forward-looking financial guidance from management. The call will also be broadcast live via the Internet at www.akamai.com.


The live dial-in information for the conference call is:

U.S. only: [phone]
International: [phone]
Passcode: 53739683

In addition, a replay of the call will be available for one week following the conference by calling 1-888-286-8010 (or 1-617-801-6888 for international calls) and using passcode No. 47744833. The archived webcast of this event may be accessed through the Akamai Website.

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Akamai CEO sets $5 billion revenue target by 2020

Reuters – Fri, Mar 23, 2012 12:57 PM EDT
By Supantha Mukherjee

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc's chief executive said he wants to grow the Internet content delivery company's revenue five-fold to $5 billion by the end of this decade.

"There is significant opportunity in mobile, cloud, video and security. Each of this is a multibillion-dollar opportunity," Paul Sagan told Reuters in Bangalore, while on a visit to the company's India operations.

"It's a matter of how we execute now," said Sagan, who took over the top job in 2005. Since then, Akamai has seen revenue vault five times already to cross the $1 billon mark in 2010.

Akamai helps clients, including Apple and Netflix Inc, avoid congestion on the Web to deliver content faster and works to make websites perform better.

The Bangalore office gives a first-hand experience: In a circular room, young employees kept a vigilant eye on giant screens, looking out for cyber attack as data streamed across from clients' websites, which register more than 10 billion hits per second.

The facility which had started out with 40 employees in 2005, now has 700 people on its rolls. It is involved in every function of the company, said Sagan, who joined in 1998.

Soon after its launch, the company's shares touched a high of $345.50 at the height of the dotcom bubble. They now trade at nearly a tenth of that level.

But the stock has almost tripled in value since Sagan took over as CEO, including a 73 percent gain in the last six months when demand for online content soared.

Sagan, who was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee in 2010, expects growth to come also from Akamai's web-security offerings and mobile acceleration products.

"As we scale, we place bets on only $50 to $100 million-sized product lines. I am confident both mobile and security will be in that range," he said, but refused to put a timeline on when the company will hit that range.

GOING SHOPPING

"In technology space, it's part of a healthy ecosystem to do M&A," said the CEO who had started his career as a journalist three decades ago.

Akamai has stepped up its deal activity recently: In December, it bought rival Cotendo for $268 million to beef up its web acceleration business, adding clients like Facebook, Zynga, Google and AT&T.

Last month, it bought Blaze Software Inc, a provider of front-end optimization technology for an undisclosed sum.

Sagan did not say what would be his war chest for a prospective deal, but said he was always looking for one.

Akamai itself has long been rumored to be on the radar of companies like Verizon Communications and International Business Machines Corp. So, will the buyer be ready to be bought over?

"As a public company we are always evaluating offers," is all Sagan would say.

(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)

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9 Outperforming S&P 500 Stocks Being Bought Up By Hedge Funds

http://seekingalpha.com/article/448121-9-outperforming-s-p-500-stocks-being-bought-up-by-hedge-funds?source=yahoo


1. Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM): Provides services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the Internet in the United States and internationally. Performance over the last quarter at 40.94%. Net institutional purchases in the current quarter at 8.8M shares, which represents about 5.1% of the company's float of 172.46M shares.

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AKAM:

Noi's - gap fill (check), 20d (below it: which it had to if gap filled), 50d curr. 34.24, pps @ 35.73, BB 34.51

Time again?

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Gap @ 35.59 filled 3/6/12

up Feb-09-2012 35.59 to 37.47

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Akamai Completes Acquisition of Cotendo
Press Release: Akamai Technologies, Inc. – .


CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM - News) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Cotendo, Inc., a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California that offers an integrated suite of Web and mobile acceleration services. On December 22, 2011, Akamai announced a definitive agreement between the parties pursuant to which Akamai would acquire all of the outstanding equity of Cotendo.


The combination of the two companies' technologies and teams is intended to increase Akamai's pace of innovation in the areas of cloud and mobile optimization.

"As enterprises have embraced the move to the cloud and seek solutions for an increasingly mobile world, Akamai has added important technology and operational expertise across its global platform," said Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai. "With our acquisition of Cotendo now complete, we are excited to extend the value of our combined teams and offerings to customers. We also look forward to expanding our presence in Israel, and in welcoming a talented team of employees based in this technology-rich region of the world."

The company does not expect Cotendo to materially impact results of operations in the current quarter. Accordingly, Akamai will not be updating first quarter 2012 guidance as a result of this acquisition.

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AKAM LT chart - Since IPO

IPO 10/29/99 (9m shares at $26)

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Gap @ 35.59

up Feb-09-2012 35.59 to 37.47

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AKAM:

Noi's - gap fill, 20d, 50d

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AKAM: Tracking: Open Gaps (35.59)

Direction Date range

up Feb-09-2012 35.59 to 37.47    
 up Oct-27-2011 24.09 to 26.84    
 up Oct-05-2011 20.57 to 20.87 

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Now she might as well start filling that gap, eh?

Volume is drying up. Oversold.

Pull back soon?

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I think she will continue up tomorrow and pull back next week as well.

It's not uncommon, right, to have a few days up after a good report like that?

(HAHA! 2 feet. ;)

[ScovilleUnits]

Sounds wise to me.

With such a dynamic bounce bound to be a pull back of some nature at some point? With tomorrow being Friday it might wait until next week to expose itself?


(You’re earlier post/question about “where you were sitting”, I was afraid that you were going to say “in my yard on top of 6 feet of snow”. :o)

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I decided to go with what I know.

I know I have a gain. Tomorrow I don't know if it will be bigger or less.

Farkle rules got me pretty far last year. So tis Locked in.

Let no gain go unrealized.

And that's a decision I can live with if it goes on up tomorrow. :)

Onward thru the fog. ;) Now I'm off to babysit my others.

J

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Analysts Weigh in On Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Make a Number of Changes to Estimates

11:41 am ET 02/09/2012 - Street Insider


Shares of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) are trading up 10.89 percent today after reporting its fourth quarter results. For the fourth quarter, earnings came to $0.45 per share, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.40. Revenue for the quarter came in at $324 million versus the consensus estimate of $311.26 million.

The company also announced a planned transition in leadership within the Company's finance organization. James Benson, Akamai's Senior Vice President of Finance will succeed J. Donald Sherman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1st.

During the company s quarterly conference call, management noted the company is expecting first quarter sales of $305-$313 million and adj-EPS of 36-39 cents. The Street is currently expecting sales of $304.82 million and earnings of $0.39 for the quarter.

Analyst comments

Management remained confident in their ability to hit the 46% margin target and stressed that Q1 would primarily be impacted by new product investments and seasonal declines vs. Q4, comments an analyst at Wells Fargo. We think AKAM margin targets are likely conservative and note that gross profit margins improved sequentially for AKAM in Q4 2011 for the first time since Q1 2010.

Following the release, Wells Fargo reaffirmed its Outperform rating on the company and raised its price valuation range from $39-$41 to $45-$49.

An analyst at Collins Stewart reports, Despite the CDN headwinds created by some of the larger telco competitors in the market , Akamai managed to buck the trend of slowing annual revenue growth . We note that the stregnth was driven by better than expected growth rates from both the Cloud Infrastructure segment as well as the contend delivery business.

Although Collins Stewart believes the acquisition of Cotendo Inc. represent an unambiguous positive for the company, the firm is maintaining its Neutral rating on the stock. Collins has also raised its price target on the company from $31 to $34.

While reiterating it s Buy rating and raising its price target from $36 to $43 on the company, an analyst at Dougherty & Co. states, We believe the Q4 results are consistent with our thesis that AKAM is a uniquely positioned Internet Infrastructure provider, benefiting from Internet growth, generating a significant amount of cash, with several large growth vectors available to it.

DA Davidson notes the first quarter will be the hardest quarter for the company to boost growth throughout the year. The company was worried about the guidance ahead of the release, but has become less skeptic following the solid outlook given by management.

DA Davidson remains Neutral on the stock, while raising its price target from $36 to $40.

Credit Agricole has upgraded its rating on the company s stock from Outperform to Buy. The firm also raising its price target on the company from $37 to $44.

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Akamai Technologies Outruns Estimates Again

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/02/09/akamai-technologies-outruns-estimates-again.aspx

Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM ) reported earnings on Feb. 8. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Akamai Technologies beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew and GAAP earnings per share increased significantly.

Gross margins dropped, operating margins shrank, net margins improved.

Revenue details
Akamai Technologies logged revenue of $323.7 million. The 22 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated a top line of $311.3 million. GAAP sales were 14% higher than the prior-year quarter's $284.7 million.



EPS details
Non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.45. The 23 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $0.40 per share on the same basis. GAAP EPS of $0.33 for Q4 were 22% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.27 per share.



Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 68.3%, 660 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 26.0%, 460 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 18.6%, 20 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.

Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $304.7 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.39.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.28 billion. The average EPS estimate is $1.67.

Investor sentiment
The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 3,139 members rating the stock outperform and 137 members rating it underperform. Among 846 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 825 give Akamai Technologies a green thumbs-up, and 21 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Akamai Technologies is hold, with an average price target of $30.45.

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Akamai Surpasses Estimates
By Zacks Equity Research | Zacks – 1 hour 19 minutes ago.. .


Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS:AKAM - News) reported earnings of 35 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents. Earnings increased 16.7% from 30 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter.

Reported earnings include stock-based compensation expense and amortization of capitalized stock-based compensation, but exclude amortization of other intangible charges and restructuring charges.

The year-over-year growth was primarily driven by strong revenues; partially offset by higher expenses, which dragged margins in the reported quarter.

Revenue Performance

Total revenue in the quarter was $323.7 million, up 13.7% year over year and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $311.0 million. Total revenue also managed to achieve the higher end of management’s guided range of $303.0 million to $315.0 million. The better-than-expected result was primarily driven by continued solid growth across its business segments.

Revenue from Akamai’s fastest-growing Enterprise vertical grew 23.0% year over year to $41.2 million, as more customers adopted cloud services for their businesses.

Revenue from Commerce increased 20.0% year over year to $76.9 million, driven by an increase in the online shopping during the holiday season. Public sector climbed 3.4% year over year to $15.2 million and Media & Entertainment jumped 11.5% to $137.4 million. Revenue from the High Tech vertical grew 9.0% year over year to $53.0 million in the reported quarter.

Region wise, revenue from North America climbed 13.0% year over year. International revenues jumped 15.0% year over year. Revenue for the quarter witnessed robust growth across Europe and other economies, except for Japan.

Operational Metrics

Gross profit increased 11.5% year over year to $221.2 million in the reported quarter. However, gross margin contracted 140 basis points (bps) year over year to 68.3% in the same period due to unfavorable business mix.

Total operating expenses increased 12.9% year over year to $137.5 million. The year-over-year growth in expenses was primarily attributable to higher general & administrative expense (up 22.0% year over year) and research & development expense (up 10.1% year over year). However, sales & marketing expense remained flat when compared with the prior year quarter.

Operating income on a non-GAAP basis was $83.5 million versus $76.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Operating margin in the quarter was 25.8% compared with 26.9% in the year-ago quarter.

Balance Sheet

Akamai exited the quarter with cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities and restricted marketable securities) of $849.2 million compared with $687.6 million in the prior quarter.

Akamai generated cash flow from operations of $135.9 million in the reported quarter versus $116.3 million in the previous quarter. During the fourth quarter, Akamai repurchased approximately 3.0 million shares for $76.0 million, at an average price of $26.38 per share.

Guidance

Akamai expects revenue in the range of $305.0 million to $313.0 million (11.0% to 13.0% year-over-year growth) for the first quarter of 2012. Management believes that seasonal pressure can possibly drag the revenues down in the upcoming quarter.

Akamai expects gross margins to remain flat on a sequential basis. Akamai expects adjusted EBITDA margin to be approximately 43.0%.

Earnings is expected to be between 36 cents and 39 cents per share, including tax charge of $25 million to $30 million, based on a GAAP tax rate of about 38% to 39%. Currently, the Zacks Consensus Estimate (including stock-based compensation) for the fourth quarter is pegged at 30 cents per share.

Akamai forecasts capital expenditure (excluding equity-based compensation) of approximately $50 million for the forthcoming quarter.

Our Take

We believe that increased usage of cloud computing technology ensures higher adoption of value-added solutions, which will drive strong top-line growth going forward. Moreover, strong demand for security products, aggressive share repurchase and strategic partnerships are positives for the stock over the long term. Moreover, the acquisition of Cotendo and Blaze is expected to strengthen Akamai’s dominant position in the dynamic site accelerator (:DSA) market.

However, weak traffic growth remains a concern, as Akamai continues to face intense pricing pressure from competitors like Level 3 Communications Inc. (NYSE:LVLT - News), Limelight Networks, Inc. (NasdaqGS:LLNW - News) and carriers such as AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - News) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - News), who are developing their own content delivery network. We believe this will hurt revenue growth going forward.

We maintain our Neutral recommendation on a long-term basis (6-12 months). Currently, Akamai has a Zacks #3 Rank, which implies a Hold rating on a short-term basis.

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You know where I am sitting right?

Sell that gain and the stock goes up. Hold that gain and the stock goes down.

The ol' damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. ;)

Darn it!

I was hoping to find lots of upgrades today. Give me some encouragement...but that GAP. OH that gap!

You know I love that site... but what is this bearish candle crap they list? The other day they had a gravestone Doji on another stock of mine? Sounds wicked, right? It then went up?

I have a hard enough time with simple things on a chart. Last thing I need is candles with different names! LOL I'll never figure that out!

What do you think about the bearish candle list?
http://www.stockta.com/cgi-bin/analysis.pl?symb=AKAM&num1=1&cobrand=&mode=stock

Recent CandleStick Analysis 
 Very Bearish  
 Date Candle  
 Feb-09-2012 Hammer   
 Feb-08-2012 Inverted Hammer 

[ScovilleUnits]

Your chart (#msg-71886768) suggesting next up gap $41.25 from late last April?

StockTA not showing resistance at the moment ... http://www.stockta.com/cgi-bin/analysis.pl?symb=AKAM&num1=1&cobrand=&mode=stock

Support/Resistance  
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Credit Agricole Upgrades Akamai Technologies (AKAM) to Buy

February 9, 2012 9:01 AM EST

Credit Agricole upgraded Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) from Outperform to Buy, price target raised from $37 to $44.


Shares of Akamai Technologies closed at $34.44 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $18.25-$49.38.

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AKAM Intraday:

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I'm pretty happy that didn't back fire on me. I was kinda nervous.

There are some gaps alright - and in both directions.

Obviously she gets another gap tomorrow.

[ScovilleUnits]

I didn't own AKAM prior to either.

I’ll forever acknowledge and respect your time for keeping boards such as AKAM alive. Thank You, J! You continue to be on-watch as one exposing such potiential Winners :o)

Or losers... ;o(

(AKAM Gaps to fill? Thinking so but how many...I don't know?)


Hummmm?


Thanks again!

Scov.

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Not sure if I'm ready to jump in yet or not might wait till the bell 2 morro - gap and trap ? Not sure yet I know fins came out good but still wary ..

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Akamai Q4 Crushes Estimates; Stock Soars In Late Trading

Shares of the content delivery network operator Akamai Technologies are trading sharply higher after hours on Wednesday on better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter.

The company posted revenue for the quarter of $324 million, up 15% sequentially and 14% year-over-year, and ahead of the Street at $311.3 million. Normalized profits of 45 cents a share topped the Street at 40 cents.

CEO Paul Sagan said in a brief interview this afternoon that the company saw “strength across the board,” beating not only the Street’s forecasts but also the company’s own guidance. Sagan said that business from e-commerce customers was “extremely strong” in the quarter. He also said that the company is benefiting from strong cyclical trends in Web security, site performance, mobile site performance and delivery of high quality video.

Sagan noted that the company in 2012 will introduce refreshed or major new products in every category in which it competes.

Sagan added that Akamai is “very optimistic” about 2012 coming off a strong 2011 second half.

AKAM in late trading has spiked $4.11, or 11.9%, to $38.55.

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UPDATE 1-Akamai Q4 beats Street view; shares jump

Wed Feb 8, 2012 4:24pm EST


Feb 8 (Reuters) - Internet delivery company Akamai Technologies Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit above analysts' expectations, helped by growing demand for online content, sending its shares up 7 percent in trading after the bell.

Akamai earned $60 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with $52.5 million, or 27 cents a share.

Excluding items, the company earned 45 cents a share.

Revenue rose 15 percent to $324 million.

Analysts were expecting earnings of 40 cents a share, excluding items, on revenue of $311.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, which have gained more than 80 percent in value since its year-low in October, were at $36.92 in trading after the bell. They closed at $34.44 on Wednesday on the Nasdaq.