Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP Shares Acquired by Portland Global Advisors LLC

Portland Global Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 12.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 43,395 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,949 shares during the quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $8,979,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $25,000. Louisbourg Investments Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. First Horizon Corp acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $38,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 63.2% during the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 204 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on CHKP shares. Stephens cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday. Wedbush lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $195.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $214.80.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $154.73 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $180.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is $189.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $153.66 and a 1-year high of $234.35. The company has a market cap of $17.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.53 and a beta of 0.58.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The business had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal 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).