Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Has $17.62 Million Stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 63.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 123,353 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 47,900 shares during the period. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $17,621,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares 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. Abound Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Ossiam increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 139.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ossiam now owns 165 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $136.58 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $127.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $152.76. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12-month low of $112.23 and a 12-month high of $232.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.02, a P/E/G ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 0.49.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The firm had revenue of $668.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.21 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Check Point Software Technologies

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 4,008 shares in the company, valued at approximately $562,242.24. This represents a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHKP has been the subject of several analyst reports. Susquehanna cut their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $255.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 1st. Citigroup decreased 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. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, May 1st. Roth Mkm set a $160.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $185.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 1st. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $148.04.

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).