Junto Capital Management LP Takes Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Junto Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 551,208 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $72,445,000. Check Point Software Technologies accounts for 1.3% of Junto Capital Management LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Abound Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Ossiam grew its position 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 buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at $38,000. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Guggenheim upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $188.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $125.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Compass Point set a $135.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Monday, July 27th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $120.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eighteen have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $149.67.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of CHKP stock opened at $135.06 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $132.59 and its 200 day moving average is $135.79. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $112.23 and a 1-year high of $210.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.67. The company has a market cap of $13.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.82, a PEG ratio of 3.80 and a beta of 0.50.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.45 by $0.10. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 37.93% and a return on equity of 38.80%. The business had revenue of $673.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $675.45 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.37 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Check Point Software Technologies

In related news, CRO Sherif Seddik sold 10,272 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.59, for a total transaction of $1,269,516.48. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 24,675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,049,583.25. This represents a 29.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, 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 company insiders.

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).