The Goldman Sachs Group Lowers Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Price Target to $186.00

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) had its target price decreased by investment analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $208.00 to $186.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the technology company’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s price target suggests a potential upside of 13.41% from the company’s current price.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased 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. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. KeyCorp upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, TD Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $285.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of CHKP stock opened at $164.01 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $183.04 and a 200 day moving average price of $190.03. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $161.00 and a fifty-two week 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 (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.70 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. Equities research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Abound Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Ossiam increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

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).