Systematic Financial Management LP Purchases 10,660 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Systematic Financial Management LP lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 45.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 33,907 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 10,660 shares during the period. Systematic Financial Management LP’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $4,844,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Phoenix Financial Ltd. acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,202,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.6% during the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 7,937,229 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,472,832,000 after purchasing an additional 1,766,774 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 30.5% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 639,967 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $118,752,000 after purchasing an additional 149,637 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 26.3% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 212,965 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $39,518,000 after purchasing an additional 44,366 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 16.2% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,684,756 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $312,623,000 after purchasing an additional 234,539 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup dropped their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $168.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Susquehanna lowered their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $255.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 1st. UBS Group dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $133.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $150.52.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of CHKP opened at $130.57 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.79 billion, a PE ratio of 13.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $112.23 and a 1-year high of $223.30. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $130.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $147.18.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its earnings results 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. The firm had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.The firm’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.21 EPS. 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. On average, equities research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.44 EPS for the current year.

Check Point Software Technologies 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).