UBS Group Has Lowered Expectations for Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Stock Price

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its price target reduced by equities researchers at UBS Group from $185.00 to $170.00 in a research report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the technology company’s stock. UBS Group’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 19.84% from the company’s current price.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore set a $185.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $208.00 to $186.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. 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, February 13th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $180.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fifteen have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $206.96.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 2.8%

NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $141.85 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $158.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $180.26. The company has a market capitalization of $14.98 billion, a PE ratio of 14.71, a P/E/G ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52-week low of $135.82 and a 52-week high of $233.78.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The firm had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. 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, research analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Ossiam lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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).