Akamai Technologies 15min Chart: RSI Overbought, Bollinger Bands Expand Downward

At 07:45 on 18 July 2025, Akamai Technologies' 15-minute chart triggered an RSI reading above 70, indicating that the stock price has risen too rapidly and is now higher than its fundamental support level. Additionally, the Bollinger Bands are expanding downward, which suggests that the market trend is being driven by selling pressure.

At 07:45 on 18 July 2025, Akamai Technologies' (AKAM) 15-minute chart triggered an RSI reading above 70, indicating that the stock price has risen too rapidly and is now higher than its fundamental support level. Additionally, the Bollinger Bands are expanding downward, which suggests that the market trend is being driven by selling pressure.

According to the latest data, Akamai Technologies (AKAM) closed the most recent trading day at $77.93, moving +1.16% from the previous trading session. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.54% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.52%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.74% [1].

The cloud services provider's shares have seen a decrease of 2.11% over the last month, not keeping up with the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 5.77% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.2%. The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Akamai Technologies in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on August 7, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $1.55, marking a 1.9% fall compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $1.02 billion, indicating a 4.26% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year [1].

In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $6.27 per share and a revenue of $4.12 billion, indicating changes of -3.24% and +3.31%, respectively, from the former year [1].

Akamai Technologies is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 12.28, which indicates a discount in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 19.88. It's also important to note that AKAM currently trades at a PEG ratio of 1.54. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. The average PEG ratio for the Internet - Services industry stood at 1.54 at the close of the market yesterday [1].

The Internet - Services industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 73, positioning it in the top 30% of all 250+ industries. The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the strength of our separate industry groups by calculating the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks contained within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1 [1].

The stock is moving within a wide and horizontal trend and further movements within this trend can be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect Akamai Technologies stock with a 90% probability to be traded between $75.71 and $85.29 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and stock seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. Stock turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners [2].

A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Friday, May 23, 2025, and so far it has risen 2.76%. Further rise is indicated until a new top pivot has been found. Volume is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The Akamai Technologies stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $78.09 and $78.29. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) [2].

Akamai Technologies finds support from accumulated volume at $77.03 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested. $77.03 $77.93 $78.38. In general the stock tends to have very controlled movements and with good liquidity the risk is considered very low in this stock. During the last day, the stock moved $1.28 between high and low, or 1.67%. For the last week the stock has had daily average volatility of 1.91% [2].

Our recommended stop-loss: We hold a negative evaluation for this stock. No stop-loss is set [2].

For the upcoming trading day on Friday, 18th we expect Akamai Technologies to open at $77.56, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $77.15 and $78.71, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$1.57 (+/-2.03%) up or down from last closing price. If Akamai Technologies takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 2.03% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day [2].

Since the stock is closer to the resistance from accumulated volume at $78.38 (0.58%) than the support at $77.03 (1.15%), our systems don't find the trading risk/reward intra-day attractive and any bets should be held until the stock is closer to the support level [2].

Akamai Technologies holds several negative signals and is within a wide and falling trend, so we believe it will still perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. We therefore hold a negative evaluation of this stock. Due to some small weaknesses in the technical picture we have downgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Hold/Accumulate to a Sell candidate [2].

A July filing shows that Representative Josh Gottheimer reported a sale in Akamai Technologies AKAM, valued between $12,012 and $180,000. The transaction date is listed as June 3, 2025, with the report published on July 16, 2025. At present, Akamai Technologies shares are trading up 0.25% at $77.23 [3].

References:
[1] https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/akamai-technologies-akam-laps-stock-market-heres-why
[2] https://stockinvest.us/stock/AKAM
[3] https://www.benzinga.com/insights/government/25/07/46470912/new-jersey-rep-josh-gottheimer-sold-over-12k-worth-of-akamai-technologies-stock-heres-what-yo