Nutshell Asset Management Ltd Makes New Investment in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Nutshell Asset Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 9,000 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,862,000. Check Point Software Technologies comprises approximately 0.9% of Nutshell Asset Management Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest holding.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $29,000. First Horizon Corp bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 63.2% during the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 204 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $165.22 on Monday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12-month low of $150.17 and a 12-month high of $234.35. The stock has a market cap of $18.17 billion, a PE ratio of 17.14, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.63. The business has a 50 day moving average of $175.31 and a 200-day moving average of $187.56. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. The company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.70 earnings per share. 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on CHKP shares. Mizuho cut their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. UBS Group set a $200.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $165.00 price target for the company. Finally, TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $212.40.

About Check Point Software Technologies

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).