Sculptor Capital LP Acquires Shares of 36,630 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Sculptor Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 36,630 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,797,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of CHKP. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Ossiam raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $38,000. Hilltop National Bank bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 100.9% during the 4th quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 215 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This trade represents a 86.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on CHKP. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $165.00 to $120.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. UBS Group lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. TD Cowen set a $180.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Argus upgraded Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Compass Point set a $120.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of CHKP opened at $123.46 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $131.44 and a 200 day moving average of $158.84. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $112.23 and a fifty-two week high of $232.07. The firm has a market cap of $13.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.49. 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.The company had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.21 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 EPS 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).