Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target Cut to $175.00 by Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its price objective lowered by Cantor Fitzgerald from $190.00 to $175.00 in a research note released on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a neutral rating on the technology company’s stock.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $185.00 to $170.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 8th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Wells Fargo & Company began coverage on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $165.00 price target on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $202.17.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

NASDAQ CHKP opened at $140.08 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1 year low of $132.43 and a 1 year high of $233.78. The company has a market cap of $14.79 billion, a PE ratio of 14.53, a PEG ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.65. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $151.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $176.19.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.70 earnings per share. The business’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, analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.57 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Abound Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Ossiam increased its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop National Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).