Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 80.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,748 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,352 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $2,017,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Penserra Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 14.1% in the 3rd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 468,954 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $97,030,000 after acquiring an additional 57,817 shares during the period. Davis Capital Management acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $538,295,000 after purchasing an additional 8,814 shares in the last quarter. M&G PLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 48.8% in the 3rd quarter. M&G PLC now owns 119,834 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $24,806,000 after purchasing an additional 39,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meyer Handelman Co. increased its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% during the 3rd quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,820,000 after purchasing an additional 5,552 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of CHKP opened at $152.44 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $152.27 and a 1-year high of $234.35. The stock has a market cap of $16.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.58. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $180.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $189.16.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings raised Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $180.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $214.80.

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).