Gateway Wealth Partners LLC Takes Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Gateway Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 4,549 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $650,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Abound Financial LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Ascentis Independent Advisors acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Ossiam grew its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Check Point Software Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q2 earnings surpassed expectations: Check Point reported adjusted earnings of $2.55 per share, above the $2.45 consensus estimate and up from $2.37 a year earlier. Revenue increased 1.3% year over year. Check Point Software Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Full-year earnings outlook was slightly raised relative to expectations: FY 2026 EPS guidance of $10.05-$10.85 brackets the $10.03 consensus estimate, while revenue guidance of $2.8 billion-$2.9 billion is broadly in line with forecasts.
• Positive Sentiment: New AI security offering: The company introduced an AI Network Firewall designed to give organizations visibility and control over employee, application, and agent use of AI through existing firewall infrastructure. The product could strengthen Check Point’s competitive position in the expanding AI cybersecurity market. Check Point AI Network Firewall Announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong profitability remains a support: Check Point reported a 38.37% net margin and 38.79% return on equity, but the modest revenue growth rate indicates a mature growth profile.
• Negative Sentiment: Q3 revenue guidance missed expectations: The company forecast revenue of $655 million-$685 million, below the $696.5 million consensus estimate. Q3 EPS guidance of $2.43-$2.53 was centered near the $2.49 consensus, making the revenue shortfall the primary concern.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 8.2%

NASDAQ CHKP opened at $128.23 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.17, a PEG ratio of 4.13 and a beta of 0.49. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $131.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $145.36. 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 $210.66.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.45 by $0.10. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The company had revenue of $673.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $675.45 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.37 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. As a group, analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total transaction of $3,507,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,008 shares in the company, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CHKP has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $150.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. UBS Group decreased their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Raymond James Financial downgraded Check Point Software Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $135.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Monday. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $151.81.

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).