Caprock Group LLC Purchases New Position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Caprock Group LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 3,198 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $618,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies in the first quarter worth approximately $262,000. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $205,000. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $280,000. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC boosted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% in the second quarter. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC now owns 23,280 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $5,151,000 after purchasing an additional 334 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 3.6% during the second quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,613 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $799,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of CHKP stock opened at $171.81 on Tuesday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1 year low of $161.00 and a 1 year high of $234.35. 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 firm’s 50 day moving average is $184.29 and its 200-day moving average is $190.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.82, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.58.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.70 EPS. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Sell-side analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CHKP. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Monday, October 27th. TD Cowen cut their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $285.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Mizuho decreased their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. 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 thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $216.00.

About Check Point Software Technologies

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).