Graham Capital Management L.P. Raises Holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Graham Capital Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 373.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 40,770 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 32,155 shares during the quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P.’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $7,565,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Abound Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. L2 Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 43.7% during the 4th quarter. L2 Asset Management LLC now owns 25,150 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,667,000 after acquiring an additional 7,651 shares during the period. OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,924,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 74.0% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 7,782 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 3,310 shares during the period. Finally, Sculptor Capital LP purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $6,797,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings cut Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 4th. Bank of America cut Check Point Software Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Roth Mkm set a $160.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 1.2%

NASDAQ CHKP opened at $121.96 on Wednesday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $112.23 and a fifty-two week high of $232.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $130.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $158.40. The stock has a market cap of $12.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.The firm had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.21 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.400-2.500 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 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).