Nutshell Asset Management Ltd Purchases New Shares in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Nutshell Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 9,000 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,862,000. Check Point Software Technologies accounts for about 0.9% of Nutshell Asset Management Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of CHKP. Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 14.1% during the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 468,954 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $97,030,000 after purchasing an additional 57,817 shares during the period. Davis Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% in the third quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $538,295,000 after buying an additional 8,814 shares during the period. M&G PLC grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 48.8% during the third quarter. M&G PLC now owns 119,834 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $24,806,000 after buying an additional 39,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meyer Handelman Co. grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% during the third quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,820,000 after buying an additional 5,552 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of CHKP opened at $165.22 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $175.31 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $187.56. 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 Ltd. has a one year low of $150.17 and a one year high of $234.35. The company has a market cap of $18.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.14, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.63.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued 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. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The firm had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CHKP has been the subject of several analyst reports. UBS Group set a $200.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $212.40.

Check Point Software Technologies 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).