Bricktown Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP – Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 4,600 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $657,000. Check Point Software Technologies comprises 0.1% of Bricktown Capital LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest position.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter worth $27,000. Abound Financial LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Ossiam raised 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 worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth $38,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $135.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 4th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 4th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $170.00 to $130.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $125.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $157.00 to $135.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $146.50.
Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance
CHKP stock opened at $122.33 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.56, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.49. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1 year low of $112.23 and a 1 year high of $232.07. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $129.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $157.23.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $672.55 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.21 earnings per share. 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, research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 EPS for the current year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Check Point Software Technologies news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $562,242.24. The trade was a 86.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Check Point Software Technologies 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).
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