AKAM (AKAM)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Neutral

AKAM is neutral because its current price sits far above the highest-confidence floor, implied volatility is extremely high, and valuation data is insufficient to confirm a clear edge.

  • At $153.01, the stock trades 7% above its only primary floor (the EPV floor of $21.93), yet the buffer is labeled as low confidence, making the floor a weak anchor for a bullish call.
  • Implied volatility rank is at the 99.5th percentile (historical high), reflecting extreme option pricing that often accompanies uncertainty rather than a clear directional opportunity.
  • No valuation metrics (PE, PB, PS) are available, and the buyzone is 597.7% above the floor — classified as “far” — meaning the stock is not near any well-defined entry zone.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal

$153.01 $21.93 engine floor
far above at floor

AKAM is far above the floor (~597.7% above) — adding here means paying a premium vs. your own threshold. Wait or take partial position only with a strong directional view.

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VALUATION

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Floor Engine

partial USD 153.01 Confidence low
discount-to-floor: 6.98×
VALUATION low
method skipped: stock is already pricing CHEAPER than its 5-year extreme — current PE 21.1× vs historical 5th-pct 23.6×. The PE-percentile formula gives 23.6× × EPS = 171.33, which is ABOVE the current price 153.01, making it a mean-reversion target (where the stock could rally TO), not a downside floor (where buyers would step in).
PE reverts to historical 5th-percentile (extreme undervaluation)
EPV medium
USD 21.93
Zero-growth scenario + current cash/debt (Greenwald franchise value)
Default fallback to epv method
EPV GROWTH PREMIUM low
method skipped: ROIC (6.2%) does not exceed WACC (8.0%); the company is not earning excess returns, so EPV without growth premium is the appropriate anchor.
EPV × franchise-value multiplier (compounder premium when ROIC > WACC)
PB medium
USD 60.82
P/B reverts to historical 10th-percentile (asset-driven businesses)

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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 104.5% HV (30D) 104.3% IV RANK (1Y) 100 HIGH
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

AKAM
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
+1.71%
Avg Day%
-1.81%
Up Hit Rate
50%
Next Earnings · est.
2026-08-06
in 85d
24-08
24-11
25-02
25-05
25-08
25-11
26-02
26-05
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-05-07 AMC 1.61 +0.3% +24.65% +26.58%
2026-02-19 AMC 1.84 +5.1% -8.99% -14.07% -10.22%
2025-11-06 AMC 1.86 +13.7% +8.08% +14.71% +19.41%
2025-08-07 AMC 1.73 +13.2% +1.15% -5.66% -0.45%
2025-05-08 AMC 1.70 +8.6% -2.86% -10.76% -8.67%
2025-02-20 AMC 1.66 +9.0% -9.21% -21.73% -17.70%
2024-11-07 AMC 0.38 -60.5% -6.22% -14.40% -16.25%
2024-08-08 AMC 1.58 +3.0% +7.03% +10.86% +9.75%

Is AKAM (AKAM) overvalued right now?

Whether AKAM (AKAM) is overvalued depends on the lens you use: trailing P/E vs its own history, CAPE vs the broader market, earnings yield vs Treasury yields. We surface all three so you don't have to pick one in isolation.

AKAM (AKAM) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on AKAM (AKAM) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

AKAM (AKAM) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on AKAM (AKAM), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

AKAM (AKAM) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on AKAM (AKAM) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does AKAM show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show AKAM's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's AKAM page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.