We are contrasting Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) on their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation. They both are Internet Information Providers companies, competing one another.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Akamai Technologies Inc. | 2.67B | 4.01 | 227.43M | 1.47 | 45.86 |
| Yandex N.V. | N/A | 0.00 | N/A | 2.01 | 13.91 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, gross revenue and valuation of Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yandex N.V.. Presently more expensive of the two stocks is the company with a higher price-to-earnings ratio. Akamai Technologies Inc. is presently more expensive than Yandex N.V., because it’s trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio.
Profitability
Table 2 shows us the net margins, return on equity and return on assets (ROA) of both businesses.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Akamai Technologies Inc. | 8.52% | 6.7% | 4.4% |
| Yandex N.V. | 0.00% | 31% | 21.3% |
Volatility & Risk
A beta of 0.54 shows that Akamai Technologies Inc. is 46.00% less volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500. Competitively, Yandex N.V. is 140.00% more volatile than Standard and Poor’s 500, because of the 2.4 beta.
Liquidity
Akamai Technologies Inc. has a Current Ratio of 2 and a Quick Ratio of 2. Competitively, Yandex N.V.’s Current Ratio is 2.6 and has 2.6 Quick Ratio. Yandex N.V.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Akamai Technologies Inc..
Analyst Recommendations
Ratings and Recommmendations for Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yandex N.V. can be find in next table.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Akamai Technologies Inc. | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2.63 |
| Yandex N.V. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 |
The consensus target price of Akamai Technologies Inc. is $80, with potential upside of 21.60%. Competitively Yandex N.V. has a consensus target price of $42, with potential upside of 36.28%. Based on the results given earlier, Yandex N.V. is looking more favorable than Akamai Technologies Inc., analysts opionion.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yandex N.V. has shares held by institutional investors as follows: 92.2% and 83.9%. Akamai Technologies Inc.’s share held by insiders are 0.1%. Comparatively, Yandex N.V. has 3.45% of it’s share held by insiders.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for delivering, optimizing, and securing content and business applications over the Internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers Web and mobile performance solutions, such as Ion, a situational performance solution that consists of an integrated suite of Web delivery, acceleration, and optimization technologies; Dynamic Site Accelerator that helps in consistent Website performance; IP Application Accelerator to enable enterprises to deliver Internet Protocol-based applications; Global Traffic Management, a fault-tolerant solution; Image Manager that automatically optimizes online images; and Cloudlets, which provides self-serviceable controls and capabilities. It also provides cloud security solutions, including Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, Fast Domain Name System, Prolexic Routed, and Client Reputation; enterprise solutions comprising Enterprise Application Access and Akamai Cloud Connect. In addition, the company offers media delivery solutions, such as adaptive delivery solutions, download delivery solutions, media delivery acceleration solutions, media services, media analytics, and NetStorage, a cloud storage solution. Further, it provides network operator solutions, including Aura Licensed CDN suite of solutions, Aura Managed CDN solutions, and Intelligent DNS Solutions; and professional services and solutions. It sells its solutions through direct sales and service organization; and through active channel partners. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Yandex N.V. operates an Internet search engine in Russia and internationally. The company offers search, location-based, personalized, and mobile services that enable users to find information, and communicate and connect over the Internet from desktops and mobile devices. It provides maps and location-based services, such as Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Navigator, and Yandex.Transport; Yandex.Mail that provides users access to their email accounts; Yandex.Disk, a cloud-based storage service; Yandex.News, an online news aggregation service; Yandex.Weather, a service that offers hyperlocal weather information; and Yandex Browser for desktops and mobile platforms. The company also provides Yandex.Direct, an auction-based advertising placement platform; Yandex Ad Network service; Yandex RTB, a programmatic advertising product; mobile advertising products; Yandex.Spravochnik, a business directory; and Yandex.Market, an e-commerce gateway service. In addition, it offers Yandex.Taxi, an on-demand transportation service; Auto.ru, a classified platform for used and new cars, other private and commercial vehicles, and spare parts; Yandex.Realty, a real estate classifieds service; Yandex.Jobs, a job search Website; and Yandex.Travel, a service that allow users to search for a vacation. Further, it offers KinoPoisk, a Russian language Website for movies, TV series, and celebrity content; Yandex.Music, a music streaming service; Yandex.Afisha platform that allow users to buy tickets to cinemas, theaters, and concerts online; and Yandex.TV Program, a service providing users with an up to date schedule of broadcast, cable and digital TV channels, as well as an option to view certain TV channels online. Additionally, it offers Yandex Zen, which scours the Web for content; and Yandex Launcher that allows users to grouping applications on their smartphone into various categories. Yandex N.V. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.