Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Sells 26,096 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC reduced its position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 82.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 5,623 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 26,096 shares during the period. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $1,163,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $262,000. Metis Global Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 1,671 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $370,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Aviva PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 70.1% in the second quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 5,602 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,239,000 after buying an additional 2,309 shares during the last quarter. PFG Advisors bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the second quarter valued at approximately $279,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 6.2% during the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,083 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $240,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on CHKP. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. KeyCorp upgraded Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Stephens lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $212.40.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $154.04 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $16.94 billion, a PE ratio of 15.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.48 and a beta of 0.63. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1 year low of $150.17 and a 1 year high of $234.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $173.52 and a 200-day moving average price of $186.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $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 anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Check Point Software Technologies

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).