Boston Trust Walden Corp Sells 57,775 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Boston Trust Walden Corp lowered its stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 16.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 290,923 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 57,775 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $41,558,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Abound Financial LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Ossiam raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop National Bank bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CHKP has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $185.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Compass Point set a $120.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Bank of America cut shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, May 4th. TD Cowen set a $180.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Stephens restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $145.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Nine 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $148.04.

Insider Buying and Selling at Check Point Software Technologies

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the director directly owned 4,008 shares in the company, valued at $562,242.24. This trade represents a 86.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

CHKP opened at $136.58 on Friday. 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 market capitalization of $14.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.02, a P/E/G ratio of 3.96 and a beta of 0.49. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $127.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $152.88. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52-week low of $112.23 and a 52-week high of $232.07.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.21 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.46 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).