Marshall Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 3,986 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,000.
Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth $29,000. Ossiam lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the third quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, First Horizon Corp purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at about $38,000. 98.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
CHKP has been the topic of several analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Citigroup reduced their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $212.40.
Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 1.0%
Shares of CHKP opened at $151.25 on Tuesday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $150.17 and a 1-year high of $234.35. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $168.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $184.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.69, a PEG ratio of 3.38 and a beta of 0.63.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The company had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.70 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.
Check Point Software Technologies 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).
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