What is KeyCorp’s Estimate for CHKP Q2 Earnings?

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) – Equities research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report issued on Monday, January 12th. KeyCorp analyst anticipates that the technology company will post earnings of $2.03 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Check Point Software Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $8.61 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Check Point Software Technologies’ Q3 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.50 EPS.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The technology company reported $3.94 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.45 by $1.49. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 37.62% and a return on equity of 37.91%. The company had revenue of $677.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $673.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.25 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2025 guidance at 11.220-11.320 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.700-2.800 EPS.

CHKP has been the topic of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded Check Point Software Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $212.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Stephens raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $225.00 to $240.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $257.00 to $251.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $230.41.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 0.9%

NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $188.17 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.69 billion, a PE ratio of 20.61, a PEG ratio of 3.27 and a beta of 0.59. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1 year low of $178.68 and a 1 year high of $234.35. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $190.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $196.91.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Check Point Software Technologies

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Davis Capital Management bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,276,000. Ninety One UK Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $538,295,000 after purchasing an additional 8,814 shares during the period. Triton Financial Group Inc acquired a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,296,000. Meyer Handelman Co. boosted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Meyer Handelman Co. now owns 52,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,820,000 after purchasing an additional 5,552 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 4.9% during the second quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 39,850 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,817,000 after purchasing an additional 1,848 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.51% of the company’s stock.

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).