Public Sector Pension Investment Board Has $10.04 Million Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 12.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 48,536 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 5,200 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $10,043,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth about $714,801,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 27.1% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,170,455 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,276,729,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317,167 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in shares of 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 worth $139,135,000 after purchasing an additional 603,836 shares in the last quarter. Sound Shore Management Inc CT purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter worth approximately $73,104,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 1,886.1% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 253,003 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $55,977,000 after purchasing an additional 240,264 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

CHKP opened at $171.81 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05. The company has a market cap of $18.90 billion, a PE ratio of 17.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $184.29 and a 200-day moving average of $190.38. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52-week low of $161.00 and a 52-week high of $234.35.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 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 firm’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CHKP has been the subject of a number of research reports. Roth Mkm reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday, October 27th. UBS Group set a $200.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday. KeyCorp raised Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and thirteen have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $216.00.

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).