Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-seven brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $149.6667.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on CHKP. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $168.00 to $150.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $125.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $140.00 to $130.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Raymond James Financial lowered Check Point Software Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 15th.

Insider Activity

In related news, CRO Sherif Seddik sold 10,272 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.59, for a total value of $1,269,516.48. Following the completion of the sale, the executive directly owned 24,675 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,049,583.25. The trade was a 29.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of CHKP. JNBA Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 90.0% during the second quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors now owns 190 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Ascentis Independent Advisors bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the first quarter valued at $30,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $137.05 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $132.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $136.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.03, a PEG ratio of 3.92 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $210.66.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.45 by $0.10. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.80% and a net margin of 37.93%.The company had revenue of $673.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $675.45 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.37 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.530 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.46 earnings per share for the current year.

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).