AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC AKAM
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 00971T101 · ISIN US00971T1016
American content delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Business Services, NEC
- HeadquartersCambridge, MA
- Founded1998
- Websiteakamai.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($30.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 151.5m as of 2024-08-05, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $90.06. Options: 38 managers hold calls ($839.7m notional), 34 hold puts ($936.9m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 660 |
| Q4 2022 | 692 |
| Q1 2023 | 635 |
| Q2 2023 | 677 |
| Q3 2023 | 684 |
| Q4 2023 | 763 |
| Q1 2024 | 762 |
| Q2 2024 | 668 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 275 | 334 |
| Q1 2023 | 278 | 364 |
| Q2 2023 | 289 | 327 |
| Q3 2023 | 278 | 362 |
| Q4 2023 | 332 | 327 |
| Q1 2024 | 349 | 375 |
| Q2 2024 | 281 | 428 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $470.2m | $409.5m | 0.87 |
| Q4 2023 | $790.4m | $685.0m | 0.87 |
| Q1 2024 | $481.1m | $645.0m | 1.34 |
| Q2 2024 | $839.7m | $936.9m | 1.12 |
Biggest buyers
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +2.9m |
| Amundi | Added | +1.7m |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +1.1m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +672.6k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. | Added | +603.3k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | Added | +473.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +469.0k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +466.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +367.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +347.6k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -3.8m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -1.3m |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -838.3k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | Reduced | -796.7k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | Reduced | -736.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -665.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -580.6k |
| MAPLELANE CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -504.0k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | Reduced | -320.2k |
Biggest calls
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $187.3m2.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $113.0m1.3m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $101.9m1.1m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $75.2m834.3k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $74.5m8.3k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $45.2m502.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $34.4m381.7k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | $24.8m275.0k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $19.8m220.0k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $19.3m214.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $506.1m5.6m shares |
| Portman Square Capital LLP | Unchanged | $86.7m962.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $60.7m673.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $35.9m398.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $27.9m310.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $26.1m290.1k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Added | $22.5m250.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $21.3m236.1k shares |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | $17.6m195.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $16.6m184.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Capital World Investors 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-12 | 7.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.3% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-01-21 | 7.0% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $781.1k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $350.6k | 4 | $1.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 1 | $1.4m | 7 | $3.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $1.2m | 4 | $1.9m | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 7 | $4.9m | $1.6m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.0m | $1.1m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 8 | $11.5m | $2.4m |
| Q2 2024 | 1 | $2.0m | 3 | $845.8k | $377.9k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 | Blumofe Robert Chief Technology Officer | Sold plan | $265.0k3.0k shares |
| 2024-06-14 | Blumofe Robert Chief Technology Officer | Sold plan | $19.3k219 shares |
| 2024-05-28 | Wagner William Raymond Director | Sold plan | $93.5k1.0k shares |
| 2024-05-14 | LEIGHTON F THOMSON Chief Executive Officer, director · See note | Bought | $2.0m22.0k shares |
| 2024-05-14 | Williams Anthony P EVP and CHRO | Sold | $467.9k5.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.1m $1.6bn | Added +290.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 14.2m $1.3bn | Added +37.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 9.7m $878.2m | Reduced -76.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.8m $615.0m | Reduced -136.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.42% of their portfolio | 4.6m $414.2m | Added +672.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.3m $382.9m | Added +272.6k |
| Amundi 0.14% of their portfolio | 4.2m $376.5m | Added +1.7m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.0m $359.3m | Added +128.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.5m $313.9m | Reduced -838.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.1m $282.9m | Reduced -283.2k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 3.1m $275.4m | Added +2.9m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.6m $237.0m | Reduced -168.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.6m $235.6m | Added +127.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.5m $221.2m | Added +346.4k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.2m $201.2m | Reduced -17.7k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.23% of their portfolio | 2.1m $192.0m | Reduced -796.7k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 2.1m $192.0m | Added +28.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $181.1m | Reduced -3.8m |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 2.95% of their portfolio | 1.9m $173.5m | Added +603.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.8m $166.2m | Added +2.3k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $164.7m | Added +473.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.8m $163.4m | Reduced -14.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $156.1m | Added +347.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $141.9m | Added +343.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $141.7m | Added +8.5k |
| FIL Ltd 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.4m $127.3m | Reduced -1.2k |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN 2.39% of their portfolio | 1.4m $127.1m | Added +14.3k |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.55% of their portfolio | 1.4m $122.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.1m $102.5m | Reduced -665.7k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.59% of their portfolio | 1.1m $102.1m | New |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.08% of their portfolio | 912.1k $82.2m | Reduced -135.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 881.1k $79.4m | Added +34.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 865.5k $78.0m | Added +367.3k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.10% of their portfolio | 806.6k $72.7m | Added +26.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 741.7k $66.8m | Reduced -97.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.05% of their portfolio | 722.3k $65.1m | Reduced -162.3k |
| KBC Group NV 0.19% of their portfolio | 699.5k $63.0m | Reduced -256.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.24% of their portfolio | 697.4k $62.8m | Reduced -39.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.07% of their portfolio | 692.3k $62.4m | Reduced -235.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 655.3k $59.0m | Reduced -150.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 651.4k $58.7m | Added +162.7k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 593.0k $53.4m | Reduced -27.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 572.9k $51.6m | Reduced -102.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 558.3k $50.3m | Added +14.4k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.08% of their portfolio | 517.8k $43.5m | Reduced -20.7k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.08% of their portfolio | 507.1k $45.9m | Reduced -15.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 504.7k $45.5m | Reduced -117.5k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 497.5k $44.8m | Added +10.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 473.0k $42.6m | Added +469.0k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 1.56% of their portfolio | 466.8k $42.0m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.03% of their portfolio | 448.6k $40.4m | Reduced -3.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 445.6k $40.1m | Reduced -123.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 442.2k $39.8m | Added +323.3k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 429.2k $38.7m | Reduced -287.7k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 422.1k $37.8m | Reduced -83.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 396.1k $35.7m | Reduced -46.1k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.09% of their portfolio | 393.9k $35.5m | Reduced -176.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 391.9k $35.3m | Reduced -33.4k |
| LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD. 1.11% of their portfolio | 362.7k $32.7m | Added +73.8k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.06% of their portfolio | 341.6k $30.8m | Added +8.9k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 316.4k $28.5m | Added +203.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 315.9k $28.5m | Reduced -10.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 315.8k $28.4m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Triodos Investment Management BV 2.36% of their portfolio | 300.0k $27.0m | Added +48.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 293.8k $26.5m | Reduced -58.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 279.5k $25.2m | Added +21.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 278.7k $25.1m | Reduced -174.3k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.15% of their portfolio | 276.4k $24.9m | Reduced -11.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 259.9k $23.4m | Added +5.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 248.1k $22.4m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp 0.16% of their portfolio | 245.1k $22.1m | Added +6.9k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.07% of their portfolio | 238.5k $21.5m | Added +41.1k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 233.4k $21.0m | Added +169.6k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 230.9k $20.8m | First filing |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 225.1k $20.3m | Reduced -22.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 223.0k $20.1m | Added +23.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 211.6k $19.1m | Added +124.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 210.6k $19.0m | Reduced -9.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 210.4k $18.9m | Added +96.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 209.0k $18.8m | Reduced -91.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.4k $18.8m | Added +10.1k |
| PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, L.P. 0.15% of their portfolio | 202.7k $18.3m | Added +200.0k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.04% of their portfolio | 201.5k $18.2m | Added +198.2k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 198.3k $17.9m | Added +13.2k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.09% of their portfolio | 198.2k $17.9m | Reduced -21.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 197.2k $17.8m | Reduced -238.3k |
| TODD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 196.1k $17.7m | Reduced -59.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 196.1k $17.7m | Reduced -21.0k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 194.6k $17.5m | Added +86 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 193.7k $17.4m | Reduced -9.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.02% of their portfolio | 177.7k $16.0m | Reduced -2.7k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 177.0k $15.9m | Added +81.1k |
| Boston Common Asset Management, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 173.8k $15.7m | Reduced -24.5k |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP 0.93% of their portfolio | 170.0k $15.3m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 167.6k $15.1m | Reduced -44.2k |
| APG Asset Management US Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 165.1k $14.8m | Added +50.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 161.7k $14.6m | Added +6.9k |
| Distillate Capital Partners LLC 0.75% of their portfolio | 156.9k $14.1m | New |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 155.6k $14.0m | Added +2.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.04% of their portfolio | 154.2k $13.9m | Reduced -6.9k |