Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the twenty-five research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, ten have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $214.80.

Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Evercore set a $185.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $208.00 to $186.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Scotiabank decreased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $285.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Down 3.8%

CHKP opened at $165.02 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $161.00 and a fifty-two week high of $234.35. 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 company has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.12, a P/E/G ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $183.71 and a 200-day moving average of $190.21.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The business had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.70 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue 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. On average, equities analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $25,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $29,000. Abound Financial LLC bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, Ossiam raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the third quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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).