National Pension Service Sells 344,456 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

National Pension Service cut its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 85.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 59,479 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 344,456 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service owned about 0.05% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $11,037,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at $27,000. Ossiam increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the third quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop National Bank bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $36,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at $38,000. Finally, LRI Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 100.9% during the fourth quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 215 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CHKP has been the subject of several analyst reports. Roth Mkm set a $160.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $165.00 to $120.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 1st. Argus raised Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Barclays dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $165.00 to $133.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $125.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $135.05 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a one year low of $112.23 and a one year high of $233.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.26 billion, a PE ratio of 13.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.98 and a beta of 0.49. The business’s fifty day moving average is $134.74 and its 200 day moving average is $163.57.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.79% and a net margin of 38.37%.The company had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.55 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.21 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.400-2.500 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 EPS for the current year.

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).