Union Square Park Capital Management LLC Acquires 5,000 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Union Square Park Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 100.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 10,000 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares during the period. Check Point Software Technologies makes up about 0.8% of Union Square Park Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th biggest position. Union Square Park Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $2,069,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Louisbourg Investments Inc. acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter worth about $29,000. First Horizon Corp bought a new position in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 63.2% in the 3rd quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 204 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Finally, AlphaCore Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of CHKP opened at $153.65 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $172.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $186.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.05. 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 market cap of $16.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.94, a PEG ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.63.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last posted 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. The company 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 firm earned $2.70 earnings per share. 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 8.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CHKP has been the subject of several analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group cut 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. Evercore set a $185.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price objective on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $212.40.

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).