Novem Group Invests $1.07 Million in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Novem Group acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 5,747 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,066,000.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of CHKP. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $262,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 24.3% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 598 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $132,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 20.9% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 26,464 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,855,000 after purchasing an additional 4,577 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 6.5% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 36,240 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $8,018,000 after buying an additional 2,198 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 17.3% in the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $476,000 after buying an additional 317 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on CHKP. UBS Group set a $175.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Scotiabank lowered their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $208.00 to $186.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Wedbush cut their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $202.17.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $140.08 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $14.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.53, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12-month low of $132.43 and a 12-month high of $233.78. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $151.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of $176.19.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The firm had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.The business’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.70 EPS. 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 predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.57 earnings per share for the current year.

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).