Q1 Earnings Forecast for CHKP Issued By Roth Capital

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, April 22nd. Roth Capital analyst I. Koujalgi anticipates that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.86 for the quarter. Roth Capital has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Check Point Software Technologies' current full-year earnings is $8.61 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Check Point Software Technologies' Q2 2025 earnings at $2.03 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.09 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.55 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.53 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.37 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.72 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.48 EPS.

CHKP has been the subject of a number of other reports. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Arete Research raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, February 24th. Truist Financial reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $250.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their target price for the company from $221.00 to $255.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Eighteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $232.04.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

CHKP traded up $5.86 during trading on Friday, reaching $212.41. 1,002,564 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 774,440. Check Point Software Technologies has a 12-month low of $145.75 and a 12-month high of $234.36. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $220.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $201.96. The company has a market cap of $23.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.44, a PEG ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 0.62.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 23rd. The technology company reported $2.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.19 by $0.02. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 32.97% and a return on equity of 32.40%. The business had revenue of $637.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $635.80 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.04 EPS. The company's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CHKP. Barclays PLC lifted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 6.0% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 80,432 shares of the technology company's stock worth $15,507,000 after purchasing an additional 4,522 shares during the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 8.2% during the third quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 5,985 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,154,000 after purchasing an additional 455 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $5,546,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $187,000. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 3.1% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 40,686 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $7,845,000 after acquiring an additional 1,224 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Check Point Software Technologies Company Profile

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. develops, markets, and supports a range of products and services for IT security worldwide. The company offers a multilevel security architecture, cloud, network, mobile devices, endpoints information, and IOT solutions. It provides Check Point Infinity Architecture, a cyber security architecture that protects against fifth generation cyber-attacks across various networks, endpoint, cloud, workloads, Internet of Things, and mobile.