Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Hits New 1-Year Low – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) reached a new 52-week low on Thursday . The company traded as low as $159.66 and last traded at $160.04, with a volume of 696674 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $164.01.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CHKP has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Monday, October 27th. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $211.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $17.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.66, a PEG ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.58. 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 business has a 50-day moving average price of $183.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $190.03.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The business had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.70 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the second quarter worth $25,000. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Ossiam increased its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during 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.

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).