Truist Financial Lowers Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target to $175.00

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its target price decreased by research analysts at Truist Financial from $200.00 to $175.00 in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the technology company’s stock. Truist Financial’s price target points to a potential upside of 29.95% from the stock’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on CHKP. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 5th. UBS Group set a $175.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Tuesday. Evercore set a $185.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Argus upgraded Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $199.32.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $134.67 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 2.05. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $149.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $175.02. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1-year low of $130.93 and a 1-year high of $233.78. The company has a market cap of $14.22 billion, a PE ratio of 13.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.96 and a beta of 0.65.

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 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 firm had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.70 earnings per share. The company’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. Sell-side analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.58 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the first quarter valued at $262,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 24.3% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 598 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 117 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 20.9% in the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 26,464 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,855,000 after buying an additional 4,577 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 6.5% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 36,240 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $8,018,000 after buying an additional 2,198 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 17.3% in the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $476,000 after buying an additional 317 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Check Point Software Technologies

Here are the key news stories impacting Check Point Software Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Frost & Sullivan awarded Check Point 2026 Technology Innovation Leadership recognition for its prevention‑first WAF and API security, validating its AI‑driven real‑time protection across web, API and AI applications — a product endorsement that can support win rates and long‑term revenue growth. Check Point Software Earns 2026 Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary (Zacks) highlights Check Point’s strong history of earnings surprises and says the company has the setup to potentially beat again next quarter — reinforcing optimism after its recent quarter beat and raised guidance. Will Check Point (CHKP) Beat Estimates Again?
• Neutral Sentiment: Truist cut its price target from $200 to $175 but kept a “buy” rating — the lower target tempers upside expectations but the maintained buy suggests confidence in medium‑term fundamentals. Truist Lowers Price Target
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent short‑interest data appears to contain errors (reports show 0 shares / NaN increase and 0 days‑to‑cover). That suggests no clear new short pressure signal — treat this as unreliable data until corrected.
• Negative Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald issued a pessimistic forecast for CHKP shares, which can add selling pressure or caution among investors despite the company’s product wins and earnings momentum. Cantor Fitzgerald Issues Pessimistic Forecast

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).