Akamai Technologies vs Alight, Inc. / Delaware
AKAM and ALIT side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AKAM and ALIT compare
Akamai Technologies is the larger company, worth 55 times as much as Alight, Inc. / Delaware ($13.3B against $241M).
Akamai Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.9% versus −3.5% for Alight, Inc. / Delaware).
Akamai Technologies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.5% compared with −90.9% at Alight, Inc. / Delaware.
Alight, Inc. / Delaware pays a dividend yielding 9.0%; Akamai Technologies does not pay one.
Akamai Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 for Alight, Inc. / Delaware), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AKAM | ALIT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.3B | $241M |
| Share price | $92.72 | $8.93 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.0% | −84.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −13.6% | −96.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.83 | 1.41 |
| Employees | 11K | 9,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 9 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.4× | – |
| P/S | 3.1× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | 0.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 13.9× | 1.0× (better) |
| FCF yield | 7.2% | 104% (better) |
| Fair value | $96.48 | $86.13 |
| Margin of safety | 3.9% | 89.6% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.9% (better) | −3.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.6% (better) | −3.7% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −3.2% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −1.4% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −1.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 57.5% (better) | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% (better) | −95.7% |
| Net margin | 9.5% (better) | −90.9% |
| FCF margin | 22.1% (better) | 11.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.9% (better) | −97.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.3% (better) | −43.7% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.95 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 13.7× (better) | −22.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.64 (better) | 1.42 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.64 (better) | −2.24 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 9.0% |
| Buyback yield | 4.6% | 10.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% | 19.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 67.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | – |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.1M | $651K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.7% | – |
Go deeper
- AKAM stock overview
- AKAM income statement
- AKAM valuation and score
- ALIT stock overview
- ALIT income statement
- ALIT valuation and score
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