Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 10.050-10.850 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 10.060. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.8 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.9 billion. Check Point Software Technologies also updated its Q2 2026 guidance to 2.400-2.500 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings lowered Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Monday. Argus raised Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Truist Financial set a $150.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $155.71.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

CHKP stock traded up $2.04 during trading on Friday, reaching $114.51. 3,186,877 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,384,735. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1-year low of $112.23 and a 1-year high of $233.78. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $146.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $173.36. The firm has a market cap of $12.09 billion, a PE ratio of 11.88, a P/E/G ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.65.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The business had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.71 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.21 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Check Point Software Technologies News

Here are the key news stories impacting Check Point Software Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 earnings beat — CHKP reported $2.50 EPS vs. $2.42 consensus and strong margins, showing profitability strength despite softer top?line metrics. Q1 earnings transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Product/government win — Check Point’s Infinity platform achieved GovRAMP authorization, which can help expand federal/state contracts over time. GovRAMP announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed quarter — revenue ($668.4M) slightly missed Street estimates even as subscription growth remained healthy; billings also disappointed, which clouds durability of top?line momentum. Key metrics analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Weaker guidance — CHKP trimmed Q2 revenue and narrowed FY outlook (FY revenue range below consensus), a primary catalyst for the recent negative reaction as investors re?price growth expectations. Reuters: guidance and results
• Negative Sentiment: Law?firm investigations — multiple firms (Block & Leviton, Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz and others) have announced securities?fraud probes into Check Point’s disclosures, increasing legal/ reputational risk and adding selling pressure. Block & Leviton alert Frank R. Cruz notice
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades & price?target cuts — several firms trimmed targets (Wells Fargo, RBC, JPMorgan, Piper Sandler) or reduced ratings; while some remain constructive, the clustered cuts pressure the stock near term. Piper Sandler coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Options flow turned bearish — a notable increase in put purchases suggests traders hedging or speculating on further weakness. (Market data entry)

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Horizon Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% during the third quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 9.4% during the fourth quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 745 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $138,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. Advisory Services Network LLC boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 5,109 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $948,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.6% during the fourth quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 423 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $78,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the period. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 8.9% during the fourth quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 1,168 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $217,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).