Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Upgraded at Argus

Argus upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) to a hold rating in a report issued on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $208.00 to $186.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. UBS Group set a $200.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and thirteen have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $152.07 on Thursday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12-month low of $150.17 and a 12-month high of $234.35. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $178.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $188.52. The firm has a market cap of $16.72 billion, a PE ratio of 15.77, a PEG ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The company had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.70 earnings per share. 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. Equities research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $731,276,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.6% in the 4th quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 7,937,229 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,472,832,000 after purchasing an additional 1,766,774 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 26,561.6% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. DNB Asset Management AS increased its stake in 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 valued at $337,782,000 after purchasing an additional 932,485 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group raised its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 2,413.2% during the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 628,858 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $139,135,000 after buying an additional 603,836 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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).