Head-To-Head Survey: Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) vs. Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR)

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Akamai Technologies and Xometry’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Akamai Technologies	12.65%	14.35%	6.74%
Xometry	-9.72%	-10.16%	-4.74%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Akamai Technologies and Xometry, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Akamai Technologies	1	9	10	2	2.59
Xometry	1	2	6	0	2.56

Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $107.55, indicating a potential upside of 37.80%. Xometry has a consensus target price of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Given Akamai Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than Xometry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Xometry shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Xometry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xometry has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Akamai Technologies and Xometry”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Akamai Technologies	$3.99 billion	2.94	$504.92 million	$3.26	23.94
Xometry	$463.41 million	3.04	-$67.47 million	($1.05)	-27.08

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Xometry. Xometry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats Xometry on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through various channel partners. Akamai Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About Xometry

Xometry, Inc. operates an online marketplace that enables buyers to source custom-manufactured parts and assemblies in the United States and internationally. It provides computer numerical control manufacturing, sheet metal forming, and sheet cutting; 3D printing, including fused deposition modeling, direct metal laser sintering, PolyJet, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, binder jetting, carbon digital light synthesis, multi jet fusion, and lubricant sublayer photo-curing; and die casting, stamping, injection molding, urethane casting, tube cutting, and tube bending, as well as finishing services, rapid prototyping, and high-volume production services. It serves aerospace, healthcare, robotics, industrial, defense, energy, automotive, government, education, and consumer goods industries. The company was formerly known as NextLine Manufacturing Corp. and changed its name to Xometry, Inc. in June 2015. Xometry, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.