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

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-four brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, fourteen have issued a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $154.9583.

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Roth Mkm set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wedbush dropped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Susquehanna dropped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $255.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $180.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Penserra Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 14.1% in the 3rd 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 bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd increased its holdings 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 period. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,106,298 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $205,827,000 after purchasing an additional 35,448 shares during the period. Finally, M&G PLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 48.8% during the 3rd quarter. M&G PLC now owns 119,834 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $24,806,000 after purchasing an additional 39,292 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 earnings beat — CHKP reported $2.50 EPS vs. $2.42 consensus and strong margins, showing profitability strength despite softer top?line metrics. Q1 earnings transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Product/government win — Check Point’s Infinity platform achieved GovRAMP authorization, which can help expand federal/state contracts over time. GovRAMP announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed quarter — revenue ($668.4M) slightly missed Street estimates even as subscription growth remained healthy; billings also disappointed, which clouds durability of top?line momentum. Key metrics analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Weaker guidance — CHKP trimmed Q2 revenue and narrowed FY outlook (FY revenue range below consensus), a primary catalyst for the recent negative reaction as investors re?price growth expectations. Reuters: guidance and results
• Negative Sentiment: Law?firm investigations — multiple firms (Block & Leviton, Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz and others) have announced securities?fraud probes into Check Point’s disclosures, increasing legal/ reputational risk and adding selling pressure. Block & Leviton alert Frank R. Cruz notice
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades & price?target cuts — several firms trimmed targets (Wells Fargo, RBC, JPMorgan, Piper Sandler) or reduced ratings; while some remain constructive, the clustered cuts pressure the stock near term. Piper Sandler coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Options flow turned bearish — a notable increase in put purchases suggests traders hedging or speculating on further weakness. (Market data entry)

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

CHKP stock opened at $114.51 on Wednesday. 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 $112.23 and a 1 year high of $233.78. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $146.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $173.06. The firm has a market cap of $12.09 billion, a PE ratio of 11.76, a PEG ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.43.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.40%. The business had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.21 EPS. Check Point Software Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.400-2.500 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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).