Cetera Investment Advisers Sells 6,945 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Cetera Investment Advisers cut its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 8.1% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 78,727 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 6,945 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers’ holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $11,246,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Horizon Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% during the 3rd quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. RIA Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. RIA Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,258 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $233,000 after acquiring an additional 61 shares during the period. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 9.4% during the 4th quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors LLC now owns 745 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $138,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC boosted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 5,109 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $948,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 18.2% in the fourth quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 525 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Check Point Software Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Piper Sandler lowered shares of Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. Morgan Stanley set a $133.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $120.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $151.81.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total transaction of $3,507,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This trade represents a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Down 8.2%

CHKP opened at $128.23 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $131.24 and a 200-day moving average of $145.36. The company has a market capitalization of $13.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.17, a P/E/G ratio of 4.13 and a beta of 0.49. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $112.23 and a fifty-two week high of $210.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.45 by $0.10. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The business had revenue of $673.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $675.45 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.37 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.430-2.530 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.44 EPS for the current year.

More Check Point Software Technologies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q2 earnings surpassed expectations: Check Point reported adjusted earnings of $2.55 per share, above the $2.45 consensus estimate and up from $2.37 a year earlier. Revenue increased 1.3% year over year. Check Point Software Q2 Earnings Surpass Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Full-year earnings outlook was slightly raised relative to expectations: FY 2026 EPS guidance of $10.05-$10.85 brackets the $10.03 consensus estimate, while revenue guidance of $2.8 billion-$2.9 billion is broadly in line with forecasts.
• Positive Sentiment: New AI security offering: The company introduced an AI Network Firewall designed to give organizations visibility and control over employee, application, and agent use of AI through existing firewall infrastructure. The product could strengthen Check Point’s competitive position in the expanding AI cybersecurity market. Check Point AI Network Firewall Announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong profitability remains a support: Check Point reported a 38.37% net margin and 38.79% return on equity, but the modest revenue growth rate indicates a mature growth profile.
• Negative Sentiment: Q3 revenue guidance missed expectations: The company forecast revenue of $655 million-$685 million, below the $696.5 million consensus estimate. Q3 EPS guidance of $2.43-$2.53 was centered near the $2.49 consensus, making the revenue shortfall the primary concern.

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).