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

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the twenty-eight brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $149.6667.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $168.00 to $150.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Compass Point set a $135.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Guggenheim upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $188.00 target price for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $145.00 to $140.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $157.00 to $135.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $129.12 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.87 and a beta of 0.49. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1-year low of $112.23 and a 1-year high of $210.66. The company’s 50-day moving average is $130.05 and its 200 day moving average is $142.08.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.45 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $673.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $675.45 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.80% and a net margin of 37.93%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.37 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.530 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.46 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CRO Sherif Seddik sold 10,272 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.59, for a total transaction of $1,269,516.48. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 24,675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,049,583.25. This trade represents a 29.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total transaction of $3,507,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Westport Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth $4,245,000. Flossbach Von Storch SE purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth $757,000. Plato Investment Management Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth $418,000. Kentucky Trust Co grew its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. Kentucky Trust Co now owns 2,340 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $308,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB increased its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 18.8% during the second quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 28,156 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,701,000 after buying an additional 4,462 shares during the period. Institutional investors 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).