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

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-five analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, sixteen have given a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $146.50.

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Weiss Ratings lowered Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Roth Mkm set a $160.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Morgan Stanley set a $133.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Mizuho set a $135.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 2.0%

CHKP stock opened at $131.33 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.48, a PEG ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 0.43. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $135.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $164.04. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $112.23 and a fifty-two week high of $233.78.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Modern Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 3.6% during the third quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,513 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $313,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. HUB Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% during the third quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,558 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $736,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Horizon Investments LLC lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% during the third quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Pinnacle West Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 4.6% during the third quarter. Pinnacle West Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,255 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $260,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, Howe & Rusling Inc. lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 4.3% during the third quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 1,434 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $297,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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).