Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP):

• 8/7/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d+)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 8/3/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $125.00 to $130.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 8/1/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $168.00 to $150.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was given a new $105.00 price target by Roth Capital.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $130.00 to $135.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $120.00 to $130.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $145.00 to $140.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $140.00 to $130.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $140.00 to $150.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 7/30/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen.
• 7/27/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was given a new $135.00 price target by Compass Point.
• 7/27/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Bank of America Corporation from $120.00 to $140.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/27/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies was downgraded by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from “overweight” to “neutral”. They now have a $135.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/24/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 7/23/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $150.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/20/2026 – Check Point Software Technologies had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $120.00 to $140.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 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 Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Yoav Chelouche sold 25,000 shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.28, for a total value of $3,507,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Sherif Seddik sold 10,272 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $123.59, for a total transaction of $1,269,516.48. Following the sale, the executive owned 24,675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,049,583.25. This represents a 29.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 29.00% of the company’s stock.

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).