Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Akamai Technologies' (AKAM) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 85.37% in Q1 2026, down 142.0% year-on-year from 203.26% in Q1 2025, and down 1.17% quarter-over-quarter from 86.39% in Q4 2025.

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Akamai Technologies has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 85.37% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 85.37%, down 142.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 72.76% (up 1307.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 86.35%, up 2696.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 85.37% for Q1 2026 at Akamai Technologies, down from 86.39% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 86.79% in Q1 2025 to a low of 18.5% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 85.81% (2024), against an average of 72.32%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 7896 bps in 2024 and surged 10489 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Akamai Technologies' Gross Margin stood at 61.42% in 2022, then slipped by 2 bps to 60.46% in 2023, then plunged by 131 bps to 18.5% in 2024, then jumped by 567 bps to 86.39% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 85.37% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 85.37% (Q1 2026), 86.39% (Q4 2025), and 59.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 71.21%
10 Akamai Technologies 20.01 Bn 19.08 Bn 916.55 Mn 85.37%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 85.37%
Dec 31, 2025 86.39%
Sep 30, 2025 59.27%
Jun 30, 2025 59.12%
Mar 31, 2025 86.79%
Dec 31, 2024 -18.50%
Sep 30, 2024 86.21%
Jun 30, 2024 85.81%
Mar 31, 2024 86.37%
Dec 31, 2023 60.46%
Sep 30, 2023 86.30%
Jun 30, 2023 85.41%
Mar 31, 2023 85.90%
Dec 31, 2022 61.42%
Sep 30, 2022 60.72%
Jun 30, 2022 85.98%
Mar 31, 2022 86.42%
Dec 31, 2021 64.06%
Sep 30, 2021 63.17%
Jun 30, 2021 62.48%