Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Hits New 52-Week Low – Here’s What Happened

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $132.18 and last traded at $132.58, with a volume of 474115 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $141.68.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on CHKP. Stephens lowered their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald lowered their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, KeyCorp upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $201.59.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $150.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $175.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 2.05.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. The company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The company’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.70 earnings per share. 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. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.57 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Abound Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Ossiam grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the third quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop National Bank acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $36,000. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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).