Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Upgraded to Hold at Argus

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) was upgraded by research analysts at Argus to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on CHKP. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced 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. Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Wedbush decreased their price target 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, February 13th. Mizuho lowered their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and thirteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $152.07 on Thursday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52 week low of $150.17 and a 52 week high of $234.35. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $178.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $188.47. The firm has a market cap of $16.72 billion, a PE ratio of 15.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share 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 analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The company’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. 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. Equities analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth about $731,276,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew 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 buying an additional 1,766,774 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 26,561.6% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,233,899 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $228,962,000 after buying an additional 1,229,271 shares during the period. DNB Asset Management AS increased its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 105.0% during the fourth quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 1,820,339 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $337,782,000 after buying an additional 932,485 shares during the period. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group raised its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 2,413.2% in the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 628,858 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $139,135,000 after acquiring an additional 603,836 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).