Reviewing Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM)’s and Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX)’s results

As Internet Information Providers businesses, Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX), are affected by contrast. This especially applies to their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Valuation and Earnings

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Akamai Technologies Inc.	2.71B	4.19	298.37M	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 (EPS), gross revenue and valuation of Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yandex N.V. Company that currently has a higher price-to-earnings ratio means that it is the more expensive of the two businesses. Akamai Technologies Inc.’s shares have been trading at higher price-to-earnings ratio which means it is currently more expensive than Yandex N.V.

Profitability

Table 2 shows the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Akamai Technologies Inc.	11.01%	6.7%	4.4%
Yandex N.V.	0.00%	31%	21.3%

Volatility and Risk

A 0.54 beta means Akamai Technologies Inc.’s volatility is 46.00% less than S&P 500’s volatility. In other hand, Yandex N.V. has beta of 2.4 which is 140.00% more volatile than S&P 500.

Liquidity

The current Quick Ratio of Akamai Technologies Inc. is 2 while its Current Ratio is 2. Meanwhile, Yandex N.V. has a Current Ratio of 2.6 while its Quick Ratio is 2.6. Yandex N.V. is better positioned to pay off its short-term and long-term debts than Akamai Technologies Inc.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

The shares of both Akamai Technologies Inc. and Yandex N.V. are owned by institutional investors at 92.2% and 83.9% respectively. About 0.1% of Akamai Technologies Inc.’s share are held by insiders. Comparatively, insiders own roughly 3.45% of Yandex N.V.’s shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Akamai Technologies Inc.	-2.14%	-5.97%	-12.34%	-15.11%	19.21%	3.44%
Yandex N.V.	-5.39%	-6.06%	-7.95%	-20.23%	-15.48%	-14.78%

For the past year Akamai Technologies Inc. had bullish trend while Yandex N.V. had bearish trend.

Summary

Akamai Technologies Inc. beats Yandex N.V. on 7 of the 11 factors.

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.