Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) issued an update on its fourth quarter 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.710-2.830 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.810. The company issued revenue guidance of $720.0 million-$770.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $787.3 million. Check Point Software Technologies also updated its FY 2026 guidance to 10.250-10.370 EPS.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages have recently commented on CHKP. Raymond James Financial lowered Check Point Software Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $130.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $167.00 to $155.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and twenty have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $151.32.
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Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance
Shares of CHKP stock opened at $147.41 on Thursday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52 week low of $112.23 and a 52 week high of $206.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.67, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. The company has a market cap of $15.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.07 and a beta of 0.43. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $138.20 and a 200-day moving average of $141.09.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 2nd. The technology company reported $2.49 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $669.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.06 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 31.74% and a return on equity of 34.08%. Check Point Software Technologies’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.94 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.45 earnings per share for the current year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, insider Nataly Kremer sold 3,185 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.08, for a total transaction of $478,004.80. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 19,347 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,903,597.76. The trade was a 14.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Company insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.
Check Point Software Technologies Company Profile
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that develops products and services designed to protect organizations, governments and consumers from cyber threats. Its offerings help secure networks, cloud environments, endpoints, mobile devices, data and remote access, with capabilities including threat prevention, firewall protection, intrusion prevention, email security and security management.
The company organizes its portfolio under platforms that include Quantum for network security, CloudGuard for cloud security and Harmony for user, endpoint and remote-access protection.
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