Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the twenty-seven research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $150.7037.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on CHKP shares. Roth Capital set a $160.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings lowered Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Check Point Software Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

CHKP opened at $137.10 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $129.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $148.84. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1-year low of $112.23 and a 1-year high of $225.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share 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 business had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.55 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.21 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.46 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Abound Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Ascentis Independent Advisors purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 42.7% in the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 254 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).