Is Amazon Poised to Eat Akamai’s Lunch?
“But Akamai hasn’t been growing anywhere close to that for two years,” he said. “It makes you wonder why, and I think it’s because of competitive pressure.”

At the same time Amazon has been rolling out more services that are set to compete with Akamai.

“I’m watching that Amazon train coming in,” he said. “That’s what an Akamai investor should be most cautious about.”

Akamai shares closed down half a percent midday at $32.61. Mahaney had a price target of $27 per share. Amazon closed down 2.2 percent at $178.56.

Josh Brown of Fusion Analytics sounded bullish on the sector but wary of Akamai.

“There’s some question as to why isn’t growing or seeing the same margin growth that it used to,” he said. “That’s the kind of thing you just say, Look, maybe it’s cheap, but I don’t know enough and clearly there’s too big of a question mark surrounding it.”

IPO Questions

“Fast Money” host Scott Wapner asked Mahaney about a Wall Street Journal article that implied a link between his status as an widely followed Internet analyst and IPOs backed by Citigroup.

“My record on picking stocks, whether they’re IPOs , whether they’re banking clients or not, is pretty clear. We’ve done all sorts of things with those stocks. Even with banking clients, we’ve gone out with buys, sells, holds. The record’s clear. No particular comment,” Mahaney said. “Clients that are long Akamai aren’t particularly happy with my call today, but that’s part of the business.”





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