Akamai Technologies vs Global Payments
AKAM and GPN 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 GPN compare
Global Payments is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Akamai Technologies ($25.6B against $13.3B).
Global Payments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (32.5% versus 5.9% for Akamai Technologies).
Akamai Technologies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.5% compared with −9.1% at Global Payments.
Global Payments pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; Akamai Technologies does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AKAM | GPN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $13.3B | $25.6B |
| Share price | $92.72 | $96.84 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.0% | 22.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −13.6% | −29.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.83 | 1.22 |
| Employees | 11K | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 33.4× | – |
| P/S | 3.1× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 2.8× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.4× (better) | 11.8× |
| P/FCF | 13.9× (better) | 31.1× |
| FCF yield | 7.2% (better) | 3.2% |
| Fair value | $96.48 | $128.18 |
| Margin of safety | 3.9% | 24.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.9% | 32.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.6% (better) | 0.75% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −3.2% (better) | −165% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −1.4% (better) | −152% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −1.8% | 24.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 57.5% | 63.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 12.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 9.5% (better) | −9.1% |
| FCF margin | 22.1% (better) | 8.0% |
| Return on equity | 8.9% (better) | −4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.3% (better) | 2.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.97 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 4.64 |
| Interest coverage | 13.7× (better) | 1.5× |
| Current ratio | 1.64 (better) | 0.82 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.64 (better) | 0.66 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 5.1% |
| Buyback yield | 4.6% | 6.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% | 7.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 16.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.1M | −$153K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.7% | 6.8% |
Go deeper
- AKAM stock overview
- AKAM income statement
- AKAM valuation and score
- GPN stock overview
- GPN income statement
- GPN valuation and score
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