The Goldman Sachs Group Cuts Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target to $186.00

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its target price lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group from $208.00 to $186.00 in a research note released on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the technology company’s stock.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Wedbush dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. One 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, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $159.05 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies has a twelve month low of $158.84 and a twelve month high of $234.35. The company has a fifty day moving average of $182.25 and a 200-day moving average of $189.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.50, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 0.58.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share 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 firm had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.70 earnings per share. The business’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. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Abound Financial LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Finally, Ossiam increased 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 last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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).