Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP):

• 7/15/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was downgraded by Raymond James Financial, Inc. from “outperform” to “market perform”.
• 7/13/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $133.00 to $145.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/6/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was upgraded by Scotiabank from “sector perform” to “outperform”. They now have a $185.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/1/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was upgraded by Guggenheim from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $188.00 price target on the stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 4,008 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $562,242.24. The trade was a 86.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 29.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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).