Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA Invests $3.45 Million in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,680 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,451,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of CHKP. Penserra Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 14.1% in the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 468,954 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $97,030,000 after purchasing an additional 57,817 shares during the last quarter. Davis Capital Management purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd increased its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $538,295,000 after purchasing an additional 8,814 shares during the last quarter. M&G PLC raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 48.8% in the 3rd quarter. M&G PLC now owns 119,834 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $24,806,000 after purchasing an additional 39,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meyer Handelman Co. boosted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% during the 3rd quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,820,000 after buying an additional 5,552 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of CHKP opened at $157.32 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.30 billion, a PE ratio of 16.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.63. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $174.15 and its 200 day moving average price is $187.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12-month low of $150.17 and a 12-month high of $234.35.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its 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. The firm had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.70 earnings per share. 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 forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CHKP has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Mizuho decreased their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price 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 report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their target price 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. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $212.40.

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).