Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target Lowered to $186.00 at The Goldman Sachs Group

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its target price decreased by The Goldman Sachs Group from $208.00 to $186.00 in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a neutral rating on the technology company’s stock.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Evercore set a $185.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday. Mizuho reduced their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. UBS Group set a $200.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. TD Cowen reduced their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $285.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Down 3.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $165.02 on Tuesday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52-week low of $161.00 and a 52-week high of $234.35. The company has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion, a PE ratio of 17.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05. The company has a fifty day moving average of $183.71 and a 200-day moving average of $190.21.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, equities analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at $731,276,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.6% during the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 7,937,229 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,472,832,000 after purchasing an additional 1,766,774 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 26,561.6% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,233,899 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $228,962,000 after purchasing an additional 1,229,271 shares during the period. DNB Asset Management AS boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 105.0% during the 4th quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 1,820,339 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $337,782,000 after purchasing an additional 932,485 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 2,413.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 628,858 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $139,135,000 after buying an additional 603,836 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

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).