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Akamai Technologies Inc. AKAM (NASDAQ) Quotes delayed 20 minutes

Last: 31.53 Chg: -0.41 %Chg: -1.30% Open: 31.37   Vol: 213,700
Bid: 31.53 Ask: 31.55 Size: 7 High: 31.54 Low: 31.33 Avg Vol: 5.5 M

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AKAM is currently trading at 31.53
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Sentiment: Bearish

Symbol Shares Price Total Cash Required* Target Gain ROI Loss at Stop Loss
Stock Trade AKAM 100     31.53 $1,577 31.53 200.0% -$3,153

*Assumes buying stock on margin at 50%; shorting stock on margin at 150%

AKAM: Chart

AKAM: Akamai Technologies Inc.

Industry Internet
Shares Outstanding 172.1 M
52 Wk Performance Price 72.7%
Dividend 0.00
Today's High 31.54 P/E 40.9
Today's Low 31.33 EPS 0.78
Open 31.37 Price to Book 10.0
Prev Close 31.94
52 Wk high 32.23 Moving Averages:
52 Wk Low 15.86 21 Day 27.50
Market Cap 5.5 B 50 Day 26.64
Yield 0 200 Day 22.37

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- Mar 10 [4 days to expiration]
11.45 11.60 -0.40 0 95 Mar 10 20.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 188
9.45 9.60 -0.45 0 57 Mar 10 22.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 204
8.45 8.60 -0.38 0 132 Mar 10 23.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 376
7.45 7.60 -0.40 0 307 Mar 10 24.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 1920
6.45 6.60 -0.38 0 773 Mar 10 25.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 2548
5.45 5.60 -0.38 0 2290 Mar 10 26.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 1437
4.45 4.60 -0.40 0 2117 Mar 10 27.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 698
3.45 3.60 -0.38 10 5768 Mar 10 28.0 0.02 0.04 0.00 0 4180
2.53 2.61 -0.39 1 1969 Mar 10 29.0 0.04 0.07 0.00 0 2623
1.62 1.67 -0.38 48 1606 Mar 10 30.0 0.11 0.13 0.01 0 2763
0.86 0.91 -0.31 0 1448 Mar 10 31.0 0.34 0.37 0.07 0 1443
0.36 0.39 -0.21 33 1233 Mar 10 32.0 0.83 0.87 0.18 0 178
0.13 0.16 -0.11 11 469 Mar 10 33.0 1.59 1.65 0.28 0 41
0.05 0.08 -0.05 0 98 Mar 10 34.0 2.50 2.60 0.36 0 12
0.03 0.06 -0.03 0 1679 Mar 10 35.0 3.45 3.60 0.38 0 54
- Apr 10 [32 days to expiration]
9.25 9.60 -0.32 0 41 Apr 10 22.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 39
8.25 8.60 -0.32 0 111 Apr 10 23.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 112
7.30 7.60 -0.30 0 16 Apr 10 24.0 0.01 0.04 0.00 0 105
6.30 6.65 -0.47 0 241 Apr 10 25.0 0.03 0.06 0.01 0 1178
5.50 5.65 -0.40 0 321 Apr 10 26.0 0.06 0.10 0.02 0 418
4.60 4.75 -0.38 0 725 Apr 10 27.0 0.13 0.15 0.02 0 376
3.70 3.85 -0.38 0 1454 Apr 10 28.0 0.24 0.27 0.03 0 1202
2.93 3.00 -0.33 0 1219 Apr 10 29.0 0.43 0.45 0.06 0 1912
2.21 2.26 -0.29 55 2486 Apr 10 30.0 0.69 0.72 0.10 0 789
1.59 1.63 -0.25 0 1128 Apr 10 31.0 1.06 1.09 0.13 30 263
1.09 1.12 -0.20 31 1012 Apr 10 32.0 1.55 1.59 0.18 4 106
0.71 0.74 -0.16 100 826 Apr 10 33.0 2.17 2.20 0.22 5 71
0.44 0.47 -0.12 0 333 Apr 10 34.0 2.89 2.96 0.28 0 38
0.27 0.29 -0.07 3 458 Apr 10 35.0 3.70 3.80 0.30 0 10
0.14 0.18 -0.06 0 146 Apr 10 36.0 4.55 4.70 0.32 0 19
- May 10 [67 days to expiration]
21.30 21.60 -0.27 0 0 May 10 10.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 120
18.80 19.10 -0.27 0 0 May 10 12.5 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 775
17.30 17.60 -0.55 0 16 May 10 14.0 0.00 0.02 0.00 0 135
16.30 16.60 -0.27 0 41 May 10 15.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 15915
15.30 15.60 -0.27 0 37 May 10 16.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 265
14.30 14.60 -0.30 0 71 May 10 17.0 0.00 0.03 0.00 0 291
13.30 13.60 -0.30 0 73 May 10 18.0 0.00 0.04 0.00 0 2873
12.30 12.60 -0.30 0 58 May 10 19.0 0.01 0.05 0.01 0 1093
11.30 11.60 -0.55 0 745 May 10 20.0 0.03 0.06 0.01 0 1977
10.50 10.65 -0.38 0 223 May 10 21.0 0.04 0.07 0.00 0 230
9.35 9.65 -0.50 0 721 May 10 22.0 0.07 0.10 0.02 0 1438
8.55 8.70 -0.40 0 485 May 10 23.0 0.12 0.15 0.03 0 1595
7.65 7.80 -0.38 0 1918 May 10 24.0 0.18 0.21 0.02 0 2656
6.75 6.90 -0.35 0 1586 May 10 25.0 0.27 0.30 0.03 0 865
5.85 6.00 -0.38 0 2081 May 10 26.0 0.40 0.43 0.05 0 3245
5.05 5.15 -0.35 0 1896 May 10 27.0 0.58 0.61 0.07 0 819
4.30 4.40 -0.30 0 1845 May 10 28.0 0.80 0.84 0.08 0 757
3.60 3.70 -0.27 0 4764 May 10 29.0 1.09 1.13 0.12 11 635
2.96 3.05 -0.24 0 2235 May 10 30.0 1.45 1.49 0.13 0 666
2.40 2.45 -0.24 0 2318 May 10 31.0 1.87 1.91 0.15 0 231
1.91 1.96 -0.22 25 580 May 10 32.0 2.37 2.43 0.18 0 29
1.50 1.54 -0.18 0 1735 May 10 33.0 2.95 3.05 0.22 0 119
1.15 1.19 -0.15 0 735 May 10 34.0 3.60 3.70 0.25 0 10
0.87 0.91 -0.13 20 1589 May 10 35.0 4.30 4.40 0.25 0 16
0.65 0.69 -0.10 0 22 May 10 36.0 5.10 5.20 0.30 0 10
0.18 0.21 -0.04 0 337 May 10 40.0 8.60 8.75 0.45 0 0
0.00 0.06 -0.01 0 0 May 10 45.0 13.45 13.80 0.52 0 22
- Aug 10 [158 days to expiration]
16.20 16.65 -0.35 0 0 Aug 10 15.0 0.02 0.07 0.00 0 3196
13.85 14.20 -0.50 0 4 Aug 10 17.5 0.08 0.14 0.03 0 293
11.70 11.85 -0.38 0 68 Aug 10 20.0 0.21 0.25 0.03 0 546
10.75 10.95 -0.40 0 22 Aug 10 21.0 0.31 0.34 0.03 0 190
9.85 10.05 -0.40 0 10 Aug 10 22.0 0.42 0.46 0.03 0 307
9.00 9.20 -0.38 0 164 Aug 10 23.0 0.56 0.60 0.05 0 487
8.20 8.35 -0.38 0 48 Aug 10 24.0 0.73 0.77 0.06 0 1081
7.45 7.55 -0.35 0 1408 Aug 10 25.0 0.94 0.98 0.07 0 816
6.65 6.80 -0.32 0 503 Aug 10 26.0 1.17 1.21 0.07 0 1354
5.95 6.05 -0.35 0 1599 Aug 10 27.0 1.45 1.49 0.08 0 1871
5.30 5.40 -0.30 0 1492 Aug 10 28.0 1.78 1.83 0.11 0 1686
4.65 4.75 -0.30 0 3388 Aug 10 29.0 2.13 2.18 0.11 0 2278
4.05 4.15 -0.30 0 1798 Aug 10 30.0 2.54 2.60 0.13 0 825
3.50 3.60 -0.28 0 602 Aug 10 31.0 2.99 3.05 0.14 0 520
3.05 3.15 -0.23 0 651 Aug 10 32.0 3.50 3.60 0.20 0 187
2.61 2.67 -0.22 0 273 Aug 10 33.0 4.05 4.15 0.20 0 522
2.23 2.28 -0.19 0 81 Aug 10 34.0 4.65 4.75 0.20 0 1002
1.88 1.93 -0.17 0 314 Aug 10 35.0 5.30 5.40 0.20 0 278
1.58 1.63 -0.15 0 20 Aug 10 36.0 6.00 6.15 0.27 0 1
0.74 0.79 -0.10 0 134 Aug 10 40.0 9.15 9.30 0.33 0 107
0.26 0.29 -0.05 0 0 Aug 10 45.0 13.65 13.85 0.38 0 0
- Jan 11 [312 days to expiration]
28.75 29.10 -0.30 0 0 Jan 11 2.5 0.00 0.06 0.00 0 0
26.25 26.65 -0.27 0 0 Jan 11 5.0 0.00 0.05 0.00 0 593
23.75 24.15 -0.27 0 4 Jan 11 7.5 0.00 0.07 0.00 0 250
21.20 21.65 -0.30 0 125 Jan 11 10.0 0.02 0.09 0.00 0 286
18.80 19.20 -0.30 0 234 Jan 11 12.5 0.07 0.11 0.01 0 746
16.60 16.80 -0.05 0 744 Jan 11 15.0 0.16 0.21 0.02 0 1691
14.30 14.50 -0.55 0 664 Jan 11 17.5 0.36 0.41 0.04 0 1696
12.15 12.35 -0.38 0 2832 Jan 11 20.0 0.66 0.71 0.05 0 2662
10.00 10.30 -0.43 0 636 Jan 11 22.5 1.13 1.18 0.06 0 1642
8.30 8.45 -0.35 1 3308 Jan 11 25.0 1.77 1.83 0.09 0 2835
5.25 5.40 -0.28 0 3230 Jan 11 30.0 3.65 3.75 0.15 0 1105
3.05 3.15 -0.20 0 545 Jan 11 35.0 6.45 6.55 0.20 0 208
1.64 1.71 -0.16 5 1071 Jan 11 40.0 10.00 10.15 0.27 0 173
0.85 0.90 -0.08 0 414 Jan 11 45.0 14.15 14.35 0.35 0 0
0.41 0.46 -0.04 0 535 Jan 11 50.0 18.70 19.00 0.38 0 0
- Jan 12 [676 days to expiration]
21.40 22.20 -0.30 0 2 Jan 12 10.0 0.20 0.28 0.02 0 232
17.30 17.75 -0.48 0 58 Jan 12 15.0 0.67 0.82 0.00 0 9
13.40 13.90 -0.48 0 87 Jan 12 20.0 1.76 1.93 0.07 0 35
10.20 10.65 -0.38 3 122 Jan 12 25.0 3.30 3.60 0.10 0 158
7.45 7.95 -0.32 2 509 Jan 12 30.0 5.50 5.85 0.15 0 401