Check Point Software Technologies’ (CHKP) Neutral Rating Reiterated at Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald restated their neutral rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. They currently have a $150.00 price target on the technology company’s stock.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Truist Financial set a $150.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America downgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $185.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, July 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $133.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, TD Cowen set a $180.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued 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 an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $150.52.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 3.6%

CHKP stock opened at $130.57 on Thursday. 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 $130.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $147.18. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12 month low of $112.23 and a 12 month high of $223.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.33 billion, a PE ratio of 13.41, a P/E/G ratio of 3.86 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.21 EPS. 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. Equities analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Check Point Software Technologies

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $562,242.24. The trade was a 86.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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 currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Ascentis Independent Advisors acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 42.7% in the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 254 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. 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).