ABNB vs AKAM Stock Comparison

Scores Breakdown

Metric	ABNB	AKAM
📈 Growth	14/30	22/30
💰 Profitability	18/20	17/20
🏦 Financial Health	16/20	17/20
💵 Valuation	13/20	16/20
⚠️ Risk (lower is better)	7/10	4/10
Overall Score	64/100	78/100

Side-by-Side Summaries

ABNB Analysis	AKAM Analysis
📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Over 8 quarters, Revenue declined modestly from $3.732B in Q3 2024 to $3.608B in Q2 2026, while Net Income rose from $461M to $816M, with a peak of $1.374B in Q3 2025 before a mid-year dip. This shows profitability resilience amid revenue variability, driven by episodic operating leverage. Overall, the growth signal is modest on revenue but improving on bottom-line momentum into Q2 2026. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross Margin has remained high, generally in the mid to high 70s up to mid 80s percent across quarters. Operating Margin has been volatile, ranging from near-breakeven to about 39–61% in select quarters, recently around 21% in Q2 2026 as scale expands. Net cash flow from operating activities has been positive in most periods (e.g., ~$1.79B in Q1 2025; $1.27B in Q2 2026), with notable quarterly outflows in Q4 2025 (-$3.73B), reflecting seasonality and financing/investing activity. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Current assets consistently in the low 20s of billions vs current liabilities in the mid to high teens, yielding a healthy current ratio (~1.4–1.6). Long-term debt sits around $2.48B, with equity around $7.6–8.7B across periods, indicating modest leverage and solid equity base. Liabilities plus equity align with asset bases, suggesting liquidity resilience. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: Travel demand resurgence; network effects and marketplace scale. Risks: Travel cyclicality and regulatory/commercial risk; valuation sensitivity to quarterly volatility and travel headlines.	📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory Over the 8 quarters, AKAM's revenues rose from about $1.00B to about $1.10B, a modest expansion of ~9-10%, with a steady uptrend across quarters. Net income moved from roughly $58M in 2024-Q3 to a peak of about $140M in 2025-Q3, before printing around $79M in 2026-Q2, reflecting quarterly volatility but positive trajectory. 💰 Margins & Cash Flow Gross margin stayed robust in the mid-to-high 50s% (Q2 2026 ~55.8%; Q4 2025 ~58.6%; Q3 2025 ~59.2%). Operating income remained positive in every quarter shown. Operating cash flow (continuing) was solid, e.g., around $326M in 2026-Q2. Net cash flow turned positive in 2026-Q2 at roughly $0.85B, with investing cash outflows offset by financing inflows in several quarters, indicating healthy cash generation despite capex. 🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity Assets near $15.1B in 2026-Q2, liabilities around $10.3B, and equity about $4.75B. Current assets vs current liabilities yield a comfortable liquidity cushion (approx. 1.6x). Leverage remains moderate with substantial noncurrent assets and conservative equity backing. ⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks Drivers: AI/Data Center edge/CDN demand; sustained enterprise traffic growth. Risks: Revenue cyclicality and competition; valuation sensitive to margin shifts and growth pace.

ABNB Analysis

AKAM Analysis

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Over 8 quarters, Revenue declined modestly from $3.732B in Q3 2024 to $3.608B in Q2 2026, while Net Income rose from $461M to $816M, with a peak of $1.374B in Q3 2025 before a mid-year dip. This shows profitability resilience amid revenue variability, driven by episodic operating leverage. Overall, the growth signal is modest on revenue but improving on bottom-line momentum into Q2 2026.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross Margin has remained high, generally in the mid to high 70s up to mid 80s percent across quarters.
Operating Margin has been volatile, ranging from near-breakeven to about 39–61% in select quarters, recently around 21% in Q2 2026 as scale expands.
Net cash flow from operating activities has been positive in most periods (e.g., ~$1.79B in Q1 2025; $1.27B in Q2 2026), with notable quarterly outflows in Q4 2025 (-$3.73B), reflecting seasonality and financing/investing activity.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Current assets consistently in the low 20s of billions vs current liabilities in the mid to high teens, yielding a healthy current ratio (~1.4–1.6).
Long-term debt sits around $2.48B, with equity around $7.6–8.7B across periods, indicating modest leverage and solid equity base. Liabilities plus equity align with asset bases, suggesting liquidity resilience.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: Travel demand resurgence; network effects and marketplace scale.
Risks: Travel cyclicality and regulatory/commercial risk; valuation sensitivity to quarterly volatility and travel headlines.

📈 Growth & Financial Trajectory

Over the 8 quarters, AKAM's revenues rose from about $1.00B to about $1.10B, a modest expansion of ~9-10%, with a steady uptrend across quarters. Net income moved from roughly $58M in 2024-Q3 to a peak of about $140M in 2025-Q3, before printing around $79M in 2026-Q2, reflecting quarterly volatility but positive trajectory.

💰 Margins & Cash Flow

Gross margin stayed robust in the mid-to-high 50s% (Q2 2026 ~55.8%; Q4 2025 ~58.6%; Q3 2025 ~59.2%). Operating income remained positive in every quarter shown. Operating cash flow (continuing) was solid, e.g., around $326M in 2026-Q2. Net cash flow turned positive in 2026-Q2 at roughly $0.85B, with investing cash outflows offset by financing inflows in several quarters, indicating healthy cash generation despite capex.

🛡️ Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Assets near $15.1B in 2026-Q2, liabilities around $10.3B, and equity about $4.75B. Current assets vs current liabilities yield a comfortable liquidity cushion (approx. 1.6x). Leverage remains moderate with substantial noncurrent assets and conservative equity backing.

⚠️ Key Drivers & Risks

Drivers: AI/Data Center edge/CDN demand; sustained enterprise traffic growth.
Risks: Revenue cyclicality and competition; valuation sensitive to margin shifts and growth pace.

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