Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target Lowered to $140.00 at Susquehanna

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its price target cut by equities research analysts at Susquehanna from $255.00 to $140.00 in a report released on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “positive” rating on the technology company’s stock. Susquehanna’s target price suggests a potential upside of 24.48% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial set a $150.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $205.00 to $165.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Argus raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, KeyCorp raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $182.74.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $112.47 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $146.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $173.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $233.78.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.71 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.21 earnings per share. 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 predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Penserra Capital Management LLC lifted its position 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 in the last quarter. Davis Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $1,276,000. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,106,298 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $205,827,000 after purchasing an additional 35,448 shares in the last quarter. M&G PLC lifted its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 39,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 162,807 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $30,210,000 after purchasing an additional 10,644 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

More Check Point Software Technologies News

Here are the key news stories impacting Check Point Software Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 earnings beat — Check Point reported $2.50 EPS vs. $2.42 consensus, helped by subscription growth and strong margins, showing operating profitability remains solid. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Government sales potential — The Check Point Infinity platform achieved GovRAMP authorization, which can expand federal/state government opportunities and recurring revenue prospects. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: FY EPS guidance roughly in line — Management set FY2026 EPS at $10.05–$10.85, essentially inline with consensus, which limits near‑term earnings downside but depends on revenue execution. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue guidance cut for Q2/FY — Q2 revenue was guided to $660M–$690M (consensus ~$705.6M) and FY revenue to $2.8B–$2.9B (below consensus), signaling slower top‑line growth and driving valuation re‑rating pressure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade — Piper Sandler cut Check Point from Overweight to Neutral with a $120 price target, reducing buy‑side conviction and likely contributing to selling pressure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity — Traders bought a large volume of puts (≈2,308) on the earnings day, about +126% vs. average, indicating elevated short‑term bearish sentiment and hedging. (reported market data)
• Negative Sentiment: Securities‑fraud investigation — Block & Leviton announced an investigation into possible securities law violations, which can increase uncertainty, legal risk and selling by risk‑sensitive holders. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue/billings miss commentary — Several outlets note revenue and billings missed consensus even as EPS beat, highlighting potential weakness in sales execution and subscription monetization. Read More.

Check Point Software Technologies Company 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).