Assetmark Inc. Purchases 5,753 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 3.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 168,599 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,753 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. owned approximately 0.15% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $34,885,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 12.0% during the third quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 48,536 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,043,000 after buying an additional 5,200 shares during the last quarter. Sound Shore Management Inc CT acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $73,104,000. Savvy Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 8.7% during the third quarter. Savvy Advisors Inc. now owns 1,133 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $234,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Caprock Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $618,000. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter worth $204,000. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 4.5%

NASDAQ CHKP opened at $171.81 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $184.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $190.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.82, a P/E/G ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 0.58. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1 year low of $161.00 and a 1 year high of $234.35.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.96%. The firm had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.70 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.450 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on CHKP. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Truist Financial set a $225.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Evercore ISI set a $185.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday. Finally, Stephens dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $216.00.

Key Stories Impacting Check Point Software Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Check Point Software Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat and upside FY EPS guide — CHKP posted stronger-than-expected Q4 non-GAAP EPS ($3.40 vs. $2.77 consensus) with revenue roughly in line; management raised FY‑2026 EPS guidance to $10.05–$10.85 (above consensus), supporting a constructive near‑term outlook. Check Point Software Reports Fourth Quarter and 2025 Full Year Results
• Positive Sentiment: AI/security M&A and product momentum — Check Point announced multiple AI/security acquisitions (Cyata, Cyclops, Rotate and earlier Lakera AI) to bolster its AI-security and exposure-management stack, which investors view as strategically important given enterprise AI adoption. Acquisitions / Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Strong cash position and buybacks — large cash balance (~$4.34B after convertible notes) and substantial share repurchases (~$1.4B in 2025, $425M in Q4) support shareholder returns and reduce float concerns. Financial Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Market reaction to detailed metrics and call — analysts and investors are parsing billings/RPO growth and management’s AI narrative; multiple earnings-call transcripts and recaps provide context but are not single drivers. Earnings Call Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data appears inconsistent — reports show a spike but the published short-volume figures are malformed (zeros/NaN); nothing actionable from short-interest filings at this time.
• Negative Sentiment: Mixed near-term guidance: Q1 revenue guide below Street — CHKP set Q1 FY26 revenue guidance ($655M–$685M) well below consensus (~$746M), which is a potential near-term headwind and explains some analyst caution. Q1 Guidance / Press Release
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts trimmed price targets — several firms (TD Cowen, Wedbush, Barclays, Mizuho, BMO) lowered targets today (though many kept positive ratings), which can cap upside or add caution for traders despite the earnings beat. Analyst Price Target Moves

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).