Akamai Technologies, Inc. vs Main Street Capital Corporation — how do they compare? Akamai Technologies, Inc. trades at $116.57 (market cap $16.77B), while Main Street Capital Corporation trades at $59 (market cap $5.52B). The key difference: Akamai Technologies, Inc. is far larger — about 3× Main Street Capital Corporation's market cap, and Main Street Capital Corporation pays a 5.39% dividend while Akamai Technologies, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AKAM | MAIN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.77B | $5.52B |
Sector | Technology | Financials |
52-Week High | $161.14 | $67.54 |
52-Week Low | $71.97 | $49.63 |
Enterprise Value | $22.75B | — |
Dividend Yield | — | 5.39% |
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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 →Main Street Capital Corp is an investment firm engaged in providing customized debt and equity financing to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. The investment portfolio of the company is typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. The group invests in secured debt investments, equity investments, warrants and other securities of the lower middle market and middle market companies based in the US. Business is functioned through the U.S region and it derives the majority of the income from the source of fee, commission, and interest.
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