Steady Return Stock - AKAM

The steady return stock of the day is Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM), an online content service provider. The booming online business is helping the stock to go doublefold this year from $20 in January to $40.67 today. In addition the technical and financial chart shows this is a stock that investors should feel pretty safe as it will continue to grow in a steady pace:

Technical
The 52 weeks chart shows this is a steady return stocks first of all since last October the 50 day and 200 day moving average have been rising steadily. And during the same period both 50 day and 200 day moving average stayed relatively close together. In addition with stock staying very close to 50 day moving average, we can confirm this is a steady growing stock.

Financial
The financial statement shows steady increase in revenue for the past few years from $161 million in 2003, $210 million in 2004 to $283 million in 2005. In addition during the same time the company has swung from net loss of $29 million in 2003 to net income of $328 million in 2005. The recent quarter reports shows the stock should have a even better year for 2006.

Steady Return Stock Rating(1 ~ 5, 5 means highest):
1. Market Potential(Online Content): 5
2. Technical: 5
3. Financial: 5
Overall Rating: A+