Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-three research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $212.40.

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Scotiabank decreased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Evercore set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Stephens decreased their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Penserra Capital Management LLC raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 14.1% during the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 468,954 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $97,030,000 after acquiring an additional 57,817 shares during the period. Davis Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $538,295,000 after purchasing an additional 8,814 shares during the last quarter. M&G PLC lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 48.8% in the 3rd quarter. M&G PLC now owns 119,834 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $24,806,000 after buying an additional 39,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meyer Handelman Co. increased its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% during the 3rd quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,820,000 after buying an additional 5,552 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Down 2.6%

Shares of CHKP stock opened at $160.85 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $174.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $187.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.69 billion, a PE ratio of 16.69, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.63. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $150.17 and a fifty-two week high of $234.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted 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 company had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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. Equities analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

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).