SG Americas Securities LLC Has $4.23 Million Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

SG Americas Securities LLC lessened its position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 68.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 22,799 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 50,172 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $4,231,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Ossiam grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the third quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $38,000. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHKP has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. KeyCorp raised Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. UBS Group set a $200.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Mizuho lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $208.26.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $145.76 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $135.82 and a 1-year high of $233.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.12, a P/E/G ratio of 3.16 and a beta of 0.65. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $162.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $182.27.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. The company had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.70 EPS. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.450 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Check Point Software Technologies Company Profile

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli-founded cybersecurity company that develops, markets and supports a broad portfolio of network, cloud and endpoint security products. Founded in 1993, the company was an early pioneer of stateful inspection firewall technology and later developed a modular “software blade” approach that allowed customers to combine protection capabilities. Check Point’s product set spans physical and virtual security appliances, software and cloud-native services designed to prevent cyberattacks, protect data and simplify security management for enterprises and service providers.

Key product families include Quantum Security Gateways (on-premises and hybrid appliances), CloudGuard (cloud security posture and workload protection), Harmony (endpoint, remote access and unified endpoint security), and SandBlast (advanced threat prevention and sandboxing).