Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP Shares Sold by Martin Investment Management LLC

Martin Investment Management LLC decreased its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 3.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 126,966 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 4,121 shares during the quarter. Check Point Software Technologies accounts for about 6.1% of Martin Investment Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Martin Investment Management LLC owned approximately 0.12% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $23,560,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% during the third quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,558 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $736,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Modern Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,513 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $313,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC increased its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% in the third quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle West Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 4.6% in the third quarter. Pinnacle West Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,255 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $260,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Howe & Rusling Inc. raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 4.3% during the third quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 1,434 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $297,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho set a $135.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Wedbush dropped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st. Piper Sandler downgraded Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group cut their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Evercore set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

CHKP opened at $139.05 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $134.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $163.11. 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 Ltd. has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $233.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.68 billion, a PE ratio of 14.28, a P/E/G ratio of 3.98 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 business had revenue of $668.40 million for 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 firm’s revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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, analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 earnings per share 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).