Y.D. More Investments Ltd Purchases 16,553 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Y.D. More Investments Ltd grew its position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 3,805.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 16,988 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 16,553 shares during the period. Y.D. More Investments Ltd’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $3,152,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of CHKP. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 27.1% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,170,455 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,276,729,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317,167 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 31.4% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,497,275 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $516,711,000 after purchasing an additional 597,413 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $112,854,000. Capital World Investors bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $80,084,000. Finally, Sound Shore Management Inc CT bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $73,104,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently commented on CHKP. Truist Financial set a $225.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Wedbush dropped their price target on 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. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets decreased 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 report on Friday, February 13th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fifteen have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $208.26.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $148.23 on Monday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12 month low of $135.82 and a 12 month high of $233.78. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $161.03 and its 200-day moving average is $181.46. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The company has a market capitalization of $15.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.38, a PEG ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.65.

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 the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. The business 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 firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.70 EPS. 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 research analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

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).