Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 3.05% for Q3 2026, down 3.32 percentage points from 6.37% a year earlier and down 1.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Akamai Technologies posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 5.69%, down 0.94 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four consecutive years, with a five-year change of -4.24 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 6.63% in FY2024 (-1.08 pp), 7.71% in FY2023 (-1.43 pp), 9.14% in FY2022 (-1.80 pp) and 10.94% in FY2021 (+1.00 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.50 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 1.10 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2026 (a drop of 3.32 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 4.33% (Q2 2026), 5.00% (Q1 2026) and 5.56% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,890.86 Bn | 3,826.35 Bn | 62.56 Bn | 26.45% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 233.55 Bn | 188.83 Bn | 9.71 Bn | 9.65% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 109.18 Bn | 91.62 Bn | 557.23 Mn | -6.94% |
| 4 | Equinix | 104.31 Bn | 92.20 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 5.91% |
| 5 | CoreWeave | 29.43 Bn | 14.28 Bn | 2.48 Bn | -0.13% |
| 6 | Nebius | 29.32 Bn | 122.11 Mn | 761.10 Mn | -1.58% |
| 7 | Verisign | 28.11 Bn | 25.46 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 730.86% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 16.34 Bn | 8.02 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 10.69% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.97 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 843.00 Mn | 27.83% |
| 10 | Akamai Technologies | 12.30 Bn | 3.31 Bn | 617.27 Mn | 3.05% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.05% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.33% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.56% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.39% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.51% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.99% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.16% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.60% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.16% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.14% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.49% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.67% |
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Akamai Technologies Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=AKAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "AKAM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=AKAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();