Mizuho Markets Americas LLC Invests $4.02 Million in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Mizuho Markets Americas LLC acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 21,665 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,020,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $92,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 11,900 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,208,000 after acquiring an additional 1,219 shares during the period. Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $218,000. IFP Advisors Inc grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,623 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $301,000 after acquiring an additional 171 shares during the period. Finally, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 15,486 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,874,000 after acquiring an additional 2,016 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on CHKP. Roth Mkm set a $160.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $125.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 1st. TD Cowen set a $180.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $135.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $133.63 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52-week low of $112.23 and a 52-week high of $233.78. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $136.93 and a 200-day moving average of $166.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.11 billion, a PE ratio of 13.72, a P/E/G ratio of 3.88 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The company had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.55 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.21 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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 anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 EPS for the current year.

Check Point Software Technologies 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).