Akamai Technologies, Inc. vs CVS Health Corp — how do they compare? Akamai Technologies, Inc. trades at $116.57 (market cap $16.77B), while CVS Health Corp trades at $93.39 (market cap $119.58B). The key difference: CVS Health Corp is far larger — about 7.1× Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s market cap, and CVS Health Corp pays a 2.84% dividend while Akamai Technologies, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AKAM | CVS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.77B | $119.58B |
Sector | Technology | Health |
52-Week High | $161.14 | $110.60 |
52-Week Low | $71.97 | $65.51 |
Enterprise Value | $22.75B | $181.93B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.84% |
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Akamai operates a content delivery network, or CDN, which entails locating servers at the edges of networks so its customers, which store content on Akamai servers, can reach their own customers faster, more securely, and with better quality. Akamai has over 325,000 servers distributed over 4,000 points of presence in more than 1,000 cities worldwide. Its customers generally include media companies, which stream video content or make video games available for download, and other enterprises that run interactive or high-traffic websites, such as e-commerce firms and financial institutions. Akamai also has a significant security business, which is integrated with its core web and media businesses to protect its customers from cyberthreats.
Read more on AKAM →Following its acquisition of Aetna in late 2018, CVS Health now provides an even more integrated healthcare-services offering for its members. Legacy CVS combined both the largest pharmacy benefit manager, processing over 2 billion adjusted claims annually, and a sizable pharmacy operation, including nearly 10,000 retail pharmacy locations primarily in the U.S. Adding a managed-care organization with 24 million medical members gives the company a strong position in the insurance industry and should help CVS better control overall healthcare costs for its clients.
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