Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Sells 26,096 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC cut its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 82.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,623 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 26,096 shares during the period. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $1,163,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $262,000. Metis Global Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.4% in the second quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 1,671 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $370,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Aviva PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 70.1% in the second quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 5,602 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,239,000 after buying an additional 2,309 shares in the last quarter. PFG Advisors bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the second quarter worth $279,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 6.2% during the second quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,083 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $240,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $154.04 on Thursday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 52-week low of $150.17 and a 52-week high of $234.35. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $173.52 and its 200 day moving average is $186.90. The company has a market cap of $16.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.98, a PEG ratio of 3.48 and a beta of 0.63.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The business had revenue of $744.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $746.40 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.70 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Sell-side analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. UBS Group set a $200.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Stephens cut their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $215.00 to $195.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Argus upgraded Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $212.40.

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).