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CHKP vs. CRWD, FTNT, PANW, ZS, NTES, CRWV, INFY, SNOW, RBLX, and NET

Should you be buying Check Point Software Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Check Point Software Technologies include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Zscaler (ZS), NetEase (NTES), CoreWeave (CRWV), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), and Cloudflare (NET).

Check Point Software Technologies vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 50 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for CrowdStrike and 17 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat CrowdStrike's score of 1.00 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
43 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Check Point Software Technologies
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 32.75% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -4.17%. Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity of 32.88% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-4.17% 0.43% 0.17%
Check Point Software Technologies 32.75%32.88%16.43%

Check Point Software Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check Point Software Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B32.01-$19.27M-$0.69-735.81
Check Point Software Technologies$2.57B9.70$845.70M$7.5829.84

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus target price of $453.88, suggesting a potential downside of 10.60%. Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus target price of $232.44, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Check Point Software Technologies is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Check Point Software Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Check Point Software Technologies beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHKP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHKP vs. The Competition

MetricCheck Point Software TechnologiesSecurity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$24.53B$46.93B$27.50B$8.95B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.13%4.04%
P/E Ratio29.8475.1437.2920.11
Price / Sales9.7014.601,923.62119.81
Price / Cash24.88186.2638.4157.86
Price / Book8.9220.357.195.56
Net Income$845.70M$481.55M$763.56M$248.40M
7 Day Performance3.10%2.35%1.36%4.67%
1 Month Performance-0.71%2.53%4.79%6.64%
1 Year Performance33.14%28.32%52,367.74%21.31%

Check Point Software Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.4393 of 5 stars
$226.19
+1.4%
$232.44
+2.8%
+33.5%$24.53B$2.57B29.846,669Positive News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3484 of 5 stars
$509.31
+2.0%
$453.88
-10.9%
+29.9%$126.95B$3.95B-738.1310,118Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.4232 of 5 stars
$105.72
+2.5%
$105.62
-0.1%
+78.9%$80.92B$5.96B43.5112,600Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.4618 of 5 stars
$204.64
+2.0%
$208.00
+1.6%
+20.8%$136.45B$8.03B116.9415,289Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
3.7349 of 5 stars
$313.94
-0.4%
$295.50
-5.9%
+55.0%$48.88B$2.55B-1,207.464,980
NTES
NetEase
4.3385 of 5 stars
$134.58
+1.5%
$119.38
-11.3%
+45.3%$85.27B$14.43B19.3632,100News Coverage
Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$163.06
+1.9%
$65.00
-60.1%
N/A$78.27B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.2414 of 5 stars
$18.52
flat
$17.48
-5.6%
-3.1%$76.74B$19.28B24.37339,500Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8493 of 5 stars
$223.53
+0.4%
$225.22
+0.8%
+58.3%$74.63B$3.63B-53.093,990Trending News
Insider Trade
RBLX
Roblox
2.5403 of 5 stars
$105.11
-0.5%
$80.57
-23.4%
+163.5%$71.29B$3.60B-78.442,130Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.8397 of 5 stars
$195.67
+0.8%
$145.92
-25.4%
+127.4%$67.82B$1.67B-850.743,220Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CHKP) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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