Q2 Earnings Estimate for CHKP Issued By KeyCorp

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) – Equities research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report issued on Monday, January 12th. KeyCorp analyst forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $2.03 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Check Point Software Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $8.61 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Check Point Software Technologies’ Q3 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.50 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Barclays cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $235.00 to $220.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Roth Capital reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Monday, October 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered 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. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $230.41.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 1.6%

CHKP opened at $185.54 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.32, a PEG ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.59. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $189.92 and a 200-day moving average price of $196.60. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12-month low of $178.68 and a 12-month high of $234.35.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The technology company reported $3.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.45 by $1.49. The company had revenue of $677.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $673.60 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 37.62% and a return on equity of 37.91%. The firm’s revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.25 EPS. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.220-11.320 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.700-2.800 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the first quarter worth $262,000. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 5.2% during the second quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,105 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $244,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 6.0% in the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 11,183 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,474,000 after purchasing an additional 629 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB raised its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% in the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 429,981 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $95,133,000 after buying an additional 1,335 shares during the period. Finally, Fulton Bank N.A. raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 1,493 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by 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).