BMO Capital Markets Cuts Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target to $210.00

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its price objective reduced by BMO Capital Markets from $240.00 to $210.00 in a research note released on Friday, MarketBeat.com reports. BMO Capital Markets currently has an outperform rating on the technology company’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Stephens upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $225.00 to $240.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $211.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and thirteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $216.00.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 4.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $171.81 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1 year low of $161.00 and a 1 year high of $234.35. The company has a market capitalization of $18.90 billion, a PE ratio of 17.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $184.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $190.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share 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 38.98%. The company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.70 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CHKP. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,558 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Modern Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.6% in the third quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,513 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $313,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Trust Point Inc. boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 2.3% during the third quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 2,420 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $501,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.1% during the third quarter. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC now owns 4,780 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $989,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC increased its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Key Check Point Software Technologies News

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 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).