Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Given New $186.00 Price Target at The Goldman Sachs Group

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its price target lowered by research analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $208.00 to $186.00 in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the technology company’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s target price suggests a potential upside of 12.46% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday. Weiss Ratings upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Barclays cut their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 3.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP traded down $6.09 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $165.39. 586,307 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,376,664. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $184.29 and a 200-day moving average price of $190.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1 year low of $161.00 and a 1 year high of $234.35.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The business had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The business’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior 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 expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Ossiam grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).