Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd Has $24.20 Million Stock Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 328.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 130,411 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 100,000 shares during the quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $24,199,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $262,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 24.3% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 598 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $132,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 20.9% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 26,464 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $5,855,000 after purchasing an additional 4,577 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 36,240 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,018,000 after purchasing an additional 2,198 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 17.3% in the 2nd quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,153 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $476,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $124.06 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $131.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $159.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.74, a PEG ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 0.49. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $232.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85.

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 the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.21 EPS. 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Check Point Software Technologies

In related news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 4,008 shares in the company, valued at $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler cut shares of Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. TD Cowen set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $165.00 to $133.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $146.50.

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).