Research Analysts Offer Predictions for CHKP Q2 Earnings

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) – Equities research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report issued on Monday, January 12th. KeyCorp analyst forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $2.03 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Check Point Software Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $8.61 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Check Point Software Technologies’ Q3 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.50 EPS.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The technology company reported $3.94 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.45 by $1.49. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 37.91% and a net margin of 37.62%.The firm had revenue of $677.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $673.60 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.25 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.220-11.320 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.700-2.800 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on CHKP. Stifel Nicolaus set a $211.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $257.00 to $251.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Scotiabank raised their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $212.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $230.41.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $188.54 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.65, a PEG ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 0.59. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12 month low of $178.68 and a 12 month high of $234.35. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $190.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $196.85.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Davis Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% during the third quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $538,295,000 after buying an additional 8,814 shares in the last quarter. Triton Financial Group Inc acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the second quarter worth $2,296,000. Meyer Handelman Co. boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% during the third quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,820,000 after buying an additional 5,552 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc grew its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 39,850 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $8,817,000 after buying an additional 1,848 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

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).