AKAM — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of AKAM's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-08
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +41 | −46 | ~28 | 42 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | +3 | −3 | ~4 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +3 | −2 | 0 | 0 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +20 | −21 | ~21 | 91 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +1 | −4 | ~1 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-07
We primarily derive revenue from the sale of solutions to customers pursuant to contracts having terms of one year or longer, which allows us to have a consistent and predictable base level of revenue. Services included in our contracts consist of
security, the delivery of content, applications and software over the internet, cloud infrastructure and professional services. In addition to a base level of revenue, we are also dependent on our ability to increase our product offerings and to cross-sell additional solutions to our new and existin…
more efficiently. We will need to continue to effectively manage our co-location costs to maintain or improve current levels of profitability.
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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the increase in our revenue, as compared to the same periods in 2025, was primarily the result of continued growth in sales of our security and cloud infrastructure services solutions, partially offset by a decline in revenue from our delivery and…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
We primarily derive revenue from the sale of services to customers pursuant to contracts having terms of one year or longer, which allows us to have a consistent and predictable base level of revenue. Services included in our contracts consist of security solutions, the delivery of content, applicat…
commitments. The costs of the financial commitments are expensed ratably over the lease term, and, as a result, in some cases, we are incurring costs in advance of these locations being fully utilized. We continue to improve our internal-use software and remain disciplined in managing our hardware d…
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the increase in our revenue, as compared to the same period in 2025, was primarily the result of continued growth in sales of our security and cloud infrastructure services solutions, partially offset by a decline in revenue from our delivery and other c…
The increase in security solutions revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, was due to growth in sales of key products in our security solutions portfolio, including our API security, web application and Guardicore segmentation solutions.
The decrease in delivery and other cloud applications solutions revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, was driven by a decrease in delivery revenue due to downward pricing of contract renewals. Additionally, we believe macroeconomic headwinds are c…
Market risk (Item 3)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-07
discount on our interim condensed consolidated balance sheet, and we present the fair value for required disclosure purposes only.
Our exposure to risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to any borrowings under our credit agreements, which have variable rates of interest. As of June 30, 2026, we had no outstanding borrowings under the 2025 Credit Agreement or the 2022 Credit Agreement.
Growth in our international operations will incrementally increase our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations as well as other risks typical of international operations that could impact our business, including, but not limited to, differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, diff…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Our exposure to risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to any borrowings under our credit agreements, which have variable rates of interest. As of March 31, 2026, we had no outstanding borrowings under the 2025 Credit Agreement or the 2022 Credit Agreement.
Growth in our international operations will incrementally increase our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations as well as other risks typical of international operations that could impact our business, including, but not limited to, differing economic conditions, changes in political climate, diff…
dollar strengthens and are negatively impacted when the U.S. dollar weakens. However, the impact to expenses only partially offsets the impact to our revenue.
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-07
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2026. The term “disclosure controls …
Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its …
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2026 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026. The term “disclosure controls…
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-07
Because we operate globally, our business, revenues and profitability are impacted by global macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions. The success of our activities is affected by general economic, political and market conditions,
including, inflation, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, tax rates, supply chain issues, energy prices or supply disruptions, economic uncertainty or contraction, political instability, warfare or acts of terrorism, public health crises, changes in laws, policy- and regulatory-related changes r…
certain steps to reduce expenses or to raise our prices to offset cost increases, however, there are no assurances that we will be able to effectively reduce or offset our expenses and such actions may negatively affect our ability to invest in our business for innovation, systems improvements and o…
our AI and cloud infrastructure services solutions, as a small number of very large competitors have established themselves as incumbents in these industries and exert significant purchasing power and priority access to servers, memory, co-location capacity and power.
We and other companies that compete in this industry and these markets experience continually shifting business relationships, reputations, commercial focuses and business priorities, all of which occur in reaction to industry and market forces and the emergence of new opportunities. These shifts ha…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Because we operate globally, our business, revenues and profitability are impacted by global macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions. The success of our activities is affected by general economic, political and market conditions, including, inflation, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, tax ra…
intention to impose tariffs or export controls (including on advanced computing and networking technologies and services) on certain countries that could further adversely impact trade relations, result in higher costs and decreased purchasing power of our customers, put increased pressure on supply…
We and other companies that compete in this industry and these markets experience continually shifting business relationships, reputations, commercial focuses and business priorities, all of which occur in reaction to industry and market forces and the emergence of new opportunities. These shifts ha…
competitors; customers implementing multi-vendor policies and seeking out one or more of our competitors to provide content and application delivery or security protection services; network suppliers no longer seeking to work with us; and technology companies that previously did not appear to show i…
Our business relies on our data systems, traffic measurement systems, billing systems, ordering processes and other operational and financial reporting and control systems. We also rely on third-party software for certain essential operational services and a failure or disruption in these services c…
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-07
Mani Sundaram (Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Security Technology Group)
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-08
Adam Karon (Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of the Cloud Technology Group)
Until November 30, 2026, or such earlier date upon which all transactions are completed or expire without execution
Until March 5, 2027, or such earlier date upon which all transactions are completed or expire without execution
(1) On March 3, 2026, Adam Karon terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement that was previously adopted on August 22, 2025. For additional details about the material terms of this arrangement, refer to the description under the heading “(c) Director and Officer Trading Arrangements” contained in P…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice