Flossbach Von Storch SE Makes New Investment in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Flossbach Von Storch SE acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm acquired 5,756 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $757,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Abound Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Ascentis Independent Advisors bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 42.7% during 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 during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Check Point Software Technologies

In other Check Point Software Technologies news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $562,242.24. This trade represents a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Sherif Seddik sold 10,272 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.59, for a total value of $1,269,516.48. Following the sale, the executive directly owned 24,675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,049,583.25. This represents a 29.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $135.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, July 27th. Piper Sandler cut Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 price target for the company. in a report on Thursday, April 30th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $145.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nineteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $149.67.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $132.35 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12 month low of $112.23 and a 12 month high of $210.66. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $129.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $139.97. The company has a market cap of $13.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.55, a PEG ratio of 4.84 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.45 by $0.10. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.80% and a net margin of 37.93%.The company had revenue of $673.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $675.45 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.530 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.46 earnings per share for the current year.

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).