HF Advisory Group LLC Acquires 58,841 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

HF Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 1,463.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 62,862 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 58,841 shares during the quarter. HF Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $11,665,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of CHKP. HUB Investment Partners LLC lifted 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 valued at $736,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC raised its position in 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 worth $313,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Trust Point Inc. raised its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 2,420 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $501,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC now owns 4,780 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $989,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $145.76 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $162.28 and its 200 day moving average is $182.27. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a one year low of $135.82 and a one year high of $233.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05. The stock has a market cap of $16.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.12, a P/E/G ratio of 3.16 and a beta of 0.65.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.70 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on CHKP. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Stephens dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Mizuho cut their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Evercore set a $185.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $208.26.

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).