Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) posted Gross Margin of 56.1% for Q1 2026, down 4.38% sequentially from 58.67% in Q4 2025, and down 263.0% YoY from 34.42% in Q1 2025.
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Akamai Technologies has reported Gross Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 56.1% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin fell 263.0% year-over-year to 56.1% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 58.28% (down 79.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 58.95%, down 44.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin slipped to 56.1% in Q1 2026 per AKAM's latest filing, from 58.67% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 63.18% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 56.1% in Q1 2026.
- A 5-year average of 59.87% and a median of 60.0% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Gross Margin sank 264 bps in 2022, then increased 25 bps in 2025.
- Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 61.42% in 2022, then declined by 2 bps to 60.46% in 2023, then retreated by 2 bps to 59.37% in 2024, then dropped by 1 bps to 58.67% in 2025, then dropped by 4 bps to 56.1% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 56.1%, 58.67%, and 59.27% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 55.81% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 56.10% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 58.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 59.27% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 59.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 58.73% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 59.37% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 59.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 58.87% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 60.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 60.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 60.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 60.11% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 60.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 61.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 60.72% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 61.63% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 63.18% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 64.06% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 63.17% |