Analyzing Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE)

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and DynTek (OTCMKTS:DYNE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Akamai Technologies and DynTek, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Akamai Technologies	1	9	10	2	2.59
DynTek	0	0	0	0	0.00

Akamai Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $107.55, indicating a potential upside of 33.22%. Given Akamai Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than DynTek.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Akamai Technologies and DynTek”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	3.04	$504.92 million	$3.26	24.76
DynTek	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than DynTek.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of DynTek shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Akamai Technologies and DynTek’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%
DynTek	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Akamai Technologies beats DynTek on 9 of the 10 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 DynTek

DynTek, Inc. provides professional information technology services to mid-market commercial businesses, state and local government agencies, and educational institutions. It offers infrastructure and data center solutions, including advanced networking, security, server virtualization, and servers and storage solutions; and Microsoft platform solutions comprising management and virtualization, messaging, communications, desktop, data platform, identity and security, portals and collaboration, and midmarket solutions. The company also provides endpoint computing solutions, such as desktop and application, application and desktop virtualization, and desktop management solutions; and talent acquisition and staff augmentation solutions. In addition, it engages in value-added resale of hardware and software products. The company was formerly known as TekInsight, Inc. and changed its name to DynTek, Inc. in December 2001. DynTek, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.