Bruni J V & Co. Co. Grows Stock Holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Bruni J V & Co. Co. raised its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) by 24.3% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 173,336 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 33,898 shares during the period. Check Point Software Technologies makes up approximately 3.2% of Bruni J V & Co. Co.’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. Bruni J V & Co. Co.’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $32,164,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of CHKP. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the first quarter valued at about $262,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 24.3% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 598 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 20.9% during the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 26,464 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,855,000 after buying an additional 4,577 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 6.5% during 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 17.3% during 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 during the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Up 2.8%

NASDAQ CHKP opened at $135.05 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 1.85 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.26 billion, a PE ratio of 13.87, a PEG ratio of 3.98 and a beta of 0.43. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1 year low of $112.23 and a 1 year high of $233.78. The business’s 50-day moving average is $134.74 and its 200 day moving average is $163.84.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.42 by $0.08. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.37% and a return on equity of 38.79%. The business had revenue of $668.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $672.55 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.21 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Check Point Software Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.400-2.500 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on CHKP. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $255.00 to $140.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Piper Sandler cut Check Point Software Technologies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $120.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Argus raised Check Point Software Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup cut their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $190.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $146.50.

Check Point Software Technologies Company 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).