UBS Group AG Raises Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

UBS Group AG grew its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 122.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 616,341 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 338,831 shares during the quarter. UBS Group AG’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $114,368,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Ossiam lifted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Hilltop National Bank purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CHKP has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group reduced their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Stephens reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $145.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $165.00 to $120.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $154.96.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 1.8%

CHKP stock opened at $114.51 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $12.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.88, a PEG ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $146.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $173.36. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $233.78.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.40% and a net margin of 38.37%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior 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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.58 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Check Point Software Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 earnings beat — CHKP reported $2.50 EPS vs. $2.42 consensus and strong margins, showing profitability strength despite softer top‑line metrics. Q1 earnings transcript
• Positive Sentiment: Product/government win — Check Point’s Infinity platform achieved GovRAMP authorization, which can help expand federal/state contracts over time. GovRAMP announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed quarter — revenue ($668.4M) slightly missed Street estimates even as subscription growth remained healthy; billings also disappointed, which clouds durability of top‑line momentum. Key metrics analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Weaker guidance — CHKP trimmed Q2 revenue and narrowed FY outlook (FY revenue range below consensus), a primary catalyst for the recent negative reaction as investors re‑price growth expectations. Reuters: guidance and results
• Negative Sentiment: Law‑firm investigations — multiple firms (Block & Leviton, Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz and others) have announced securities‑fraud probes into Check Point’s disclosures, increasing legal/ reputational risk and adding selling pressure. Block & Leviton alert Frank R. Cruz notice
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrades & price‑target cuts — several firms trimmed targets (Wells Fargo, RBC, JPMorgan, Piper Sandler) or reduced ratings; while some remain constructive, the clustered cuts pressure the stock near term. Piper Sandler coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Options flow turned bearish — a notable increase in put purchases suggests traders hedging or speculating on further weakness. (Market data entry)

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).