Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP Stake Lifted by Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC

Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 54.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 838,360 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 295,288 shares during the quarter. Check Point Software Technologies accounts for 6.4% of Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Altrinsic Global Advisors LLC owned 0.76% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $173,465,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $714,801,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 27.1% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,170,455 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,276,729,000 after acquiring an additional 1,317,167 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 2,413.2% in the 2nd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 628,858 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $139,135,000 after acquiring an additional 603,836 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 31.4% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,497,275 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $516,711,000 after acquiring an additional 597,413 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $80,084,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on CHKP. KeyCorp upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped 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 research note on Monday, January 5th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $212.40.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $153.65 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52 week low of $150.17 and a 52 week high of $234.35. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The stock has a market cap of $16.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.40 and a beta of 0.63. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $172.38 and a 200-day moving average of $186.44.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The business 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%. The business’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. On average, analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal 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).