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Akamai Technologies (Akamai Technologies) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) : $ (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Akamai Technologies Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)?

As of today (2024-04-27), Akamai Technologies's intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend model is $.

Note: Discounted Dividend model is only suitable for companies who have a consistant distribution history. If the company's dividends does not remain steady over a long period, results may not be accurate due to the low consistency. The model is also only suitable for predictable companies (Business Predictability Rank higher than 1-Star) with dividend payments. If the company's Predictability Rank is 1-Star or Not Rated, or if the company does not pay dividend, the data will not be stored into our database.

Akamai Technologies's Predictability Rank is 4.5-Stars.

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) using Discounted Dividend Model for Akamai Technologies is

The historical rank and industry rank for Akamai Technologies's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) or its related term are showing as below:

AKAM's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.99
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) only.

Akamai Technologies Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akamai Technologies's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) 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.

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Akamai Technologies Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Akamai Technologies's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Akamai Technologies's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based), along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Akamai Technologies's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Akamai Technologies's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akamai Technologies's Price-to-DCF (Dividends Based) falls into.



Akamai Technologies Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Calculation

This is the intrinsic value calculated from the Discounted Dividend Model with default parameters. The calculation method is the same as Discounted Cash Flow model except adjusted dividend are used in the calculation instead of free cash flow. This is the default method of calculation with GuruFocus DCF calculator.

Usually a two-stage model is used in calculating the intrinsic value with discounted cash flow model. The first stage is called growth stage; the second is called the terminal stage. In the growth stage the company grows at a faster rate. Because it cannot grow at that rate forever, a lower rate is used for the terminal stage.

GuruFocus DDM calculator is a two-stage model. The default values are defined as:

1. Discount Rate: d = 11%
A reasonable discount rate assumption should be at least the long term average return of the stock market, which can be estimated from risk free rate plus risk premium of stock market. GuruFocus uses 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate as the risk-free rate and rounded up to the nearest integer. It is updated daily. The current risk-free rate is 4.66%. Please go to Economic Indicators page for more information. Please note that we use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate of the United States as default. Then we added a risk premium of 6% to get the estimated discount rate. Some investors use their expected rate of return, which is also reasonable. A typical discount rate can be anywhere between 6% - 20%.

2. Dividend Growth Rate in the growth stage: g1 = %
The Growth Rate in the growth stage is initially set as the default 10-Year Dividend Growth Rate. In cases where the 10-year growth rate is unavailable, it defaults to using the 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate. If both the 10-year and 5-year growth rates are unavailable, the system defaults to the 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate.
However, it's important to note that there is a growth rate range. If the calculated growth rate exceeds 20%, it will be capped at 20%. Conversely, if the calculated growth rate falls below 5%, it will be adjusted to 5% to maintain a reasonable range.
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3. Years of Growth Stage: y1 = 10

4. Terminal Growth Rate: g2 = 4%

5. Dividends per Share: adjusted dividends per share = $.
GuruFocus uses adjusted dividends per share by default to ensure that the valuation reflects the total value of the company, as the actual dividend is only a portion of the total value.

All of the default settings can be changed in the DCF calculator and the results are calculated automatically.

Akamai Technologies's Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) for today is calculated as:

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)=Dividends per Share*{[(1+g1)/(1+d)+(1+g1)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10]
+(1+g1)^10/(1+d)^10*[(1+g2)/(1+d)+(1+g2)^2/(1+d)^2+...+(1+g2)^10/(1+d)^10]}

set x = (1+g1)/(1+d) = (1+)/(1+0.11) =
and y = (1+g2)/(1+d) = (1+)/(1+0.11) =

Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)=Dividends per Share*{[x+x^2+...+x^10]+x^10*[y+y^2+...+y^10]}
=Dividends per Share*[x*(1-x^10)/(1-x)+x^10*y*(1-y^10)/(1-y)]
=*
=

Margin of Safety % (DCF Dividends Based) = (Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)-Current Price) /Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based)
= ( - 101.68) /

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Akamai Technologies  (NAS:AKAM) Intrinsic Value: DCF (Dividends Based) Explanation

Unlike valuation methods such as Net Current Asset Value, Tangible Book per Share, Graham Number, Median PS Value etc, discounted Dividends model evaluates the companies based on their power of future dividend distribution instead of their assets.


Be Aware

What you need to know about Discounted Dividends model:

1. The Discounted Dividends model evaluates a company based on its future dividends distribution power
2. Dividend growth is taken into account; therefore a company with a higher dividend growth rate is worth more if everything else is the same.
3. Since we are projecting future growth, it is assumed that the company will grow at the same rate as it did during the past 10 years. Therefore this model works better for the companies with consistently steady dividends distributed.
4. The Discounted Dividends model works poorly for inconsistent dividends distributor like high growth companies.
5. Your expected return from the investment is a reasonable discount rate assumption.
6. A larger margin of safety should be required for companies with less dividends distributed.

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Akamai Technologies (Akamai Technologies) Business Description

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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.
Executives
Paul C Joseph officer: EVP - Global Sales C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Kim Salem-jackson officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Aaron Ahola officer: SVP & General Counsel C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 150 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Robert Blumofe officer: EVP Platform C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Madhu Ranganathan director 760 MARKET STREET, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94102
Edward J Mcgowan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 150 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Anthony P Williams officer: EVP and CHRO C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Adam Karon officer: EVP & GM Media Division C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 150 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Mani Sundaram officer: EVP GSS and CIO C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
F Thomson Leighton director, officer: Chief Scientist 500 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, FIFTH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Verwaayen Bernardus Johannes Maria director 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Rick M Mcconnell officer: EVP - Products and Development LATITUDE, 2121 TASMAN DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 4089887256
Monte E Ford director C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Laura Howell officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 145 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jill A Greenthal director MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC, 11 WEST 42ND STREET 25TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036