Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) will likely be posting its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Thursday, July 30th. Analysts expect the company to post earnings of $2.45 per share and revenue of $675.4540 million for the quarter. 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. Investors are encouraged to explore the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) last announced 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. The company had revenue of $668.40 million for 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%. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.21 EPS. On average, analysts expect Check Point Software Technologies to post $8 EPS for the current fiscal year and $9 EPS for the next fiscal year.
Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 3.7%
NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $137.64 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $14.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.13, a P/E/G ratio of 3.92 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 1.85. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $112.23 and a fifty-two week high of $220.53. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $131.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $146.17.
Insider Activity
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 26,561.6% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,233,899 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $228,962,000 after purchasing an additional 1,229,271 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 548.4% in the 3rd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 328,647 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $68,000,000 after purchasing an additional 277,958 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $53,202,000. ION Fund Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $47,155,000. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 9.3% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,001,247 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $442,733,000 after buying an additional 170,373 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Compass Point set a $135.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Monday. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $133.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. Scotiabank raised Check Point Software Technologies from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $185.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Citigroup cut their target price on 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. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced 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 report on Friday, May 1st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seventeen have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $151.81.
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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).
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