Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 10.050-10.850 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 9.800. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.8 billion-$3.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.8 billion. Check Point Software Technologies also updated its Q1 2026 guidance to 2.350-2.450 EPS.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 4.5%

CHKP stock opened at $171.81 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $184.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $190.65. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12-month low of $161.00 and a 12-month high of $234.35. The firm has a market cap of $18.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.82, a P/E/G ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 0.58.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. The firm 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 38.96%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on CHKP shares. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective 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. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $216.00.

Trending Headlines about Check Point Software Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results beat and upside FY EPS guide — CHKP posted stronger-than-expected Q4 non-GAAP EPS ($3.40 vs. $2.77 consensus) with revenue roughly in line; management raised FY?2026 EPS guidance to $10.05–$10.85 (above consensus), supporting a constructive near?term outlook. Check Point Software Reports Fourth Quarter and 2025 Full Year Results
• Positive Sentiment: AI/security M&A and product momentum — Check Point announced multiple AI/security acquisitions (Cyata, Cyclops, Rotate and earlier Lakera AI) to bolster its AI-security and exposure-management stack, which investors view as strategically important given enterprise AI adoption. Acquisitions / Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Strong cash position and buybacks — large cash balance (~$4.34B after convertible notes) and substantial share repurchases (~$1.4B in 2025, $425M in Q4) support shareholder returns and reduce float concerns. Financial Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Market reaction to detailed metrics and call — analysts and investors are parsing billings/RPO growth and management’s AI narrative; multiple earnings-call transcripts and recaps provide context but are not single drivers. Earnings Call Highlights
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data appears inconsistent — reports show a spike but the published short-volume figures are malformed (zeros/NaN); nothing actionable from short-interest filings at this time.
• Negative Sentiment: Mixed near-term guidance: Q1 revenue guide below Street — CHKP set Q1 FY26 revenue guidance ($655M–$685M) well below consensus (~$746M), which is a potential near-term headwind and explains some analyst caution. Q1 Guidance / Press Release
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts trimmed price targets — several firms (TD Cowen, Wedbush, Barclays, Mizuho, BMO) lowered targets today (though many kept positive ratings), which can cap upside or add caution for traders despite the earnings beat. Analyst Price Target Moves

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FORA Capital LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,654,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 12.7% in the 4th quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,250 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $974,000 after buying an additional 590 shares in the last quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 745 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $138,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. Inspire Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 2,783 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $516,000 after buying an additional 188 shares during the period. Finally, Fayez Sarofim & Co boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 44.4% during the fourth quarter. Fayez Sarofim & Co now owns 35,569 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $6,600,000 after buying an additional 10,930 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

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).