Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Check Point Software Technologies has updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance, projecting earnings per share between 9.600-10.200, compared to a consensus estimate of 9.893.
• The company also forecasts revenue between $2.7 billion-$2.8 billion, in line with the consensus revenue estimate of $2.7 billion.
• In its latest quarterly report, Check Point Software Technologies achieved earnings of $2.37 per share, slightly above the consensus estimate of $2.36 per share.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 9.600-10.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 9.893. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.7 billion-$2.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.7 billion. Check Point Software Technologies also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 2.400-2.500 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on CHKP. Barclays set a $215.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, April 24th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $210.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $230.00 price objective (down previously from $260.00) on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday. Fifteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $228.08.

Check Point Software Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of Check Point Software Technologies stock traded up $2.38 on Friday, hitting $188.58. 1,821,631 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 966,519. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $220.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $218.15. Check Point Software Technologies has a 52 week low of $169.01 and a 52 week high of $234.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.59.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.36 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $665.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $663.10 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 32.48% and a return on equity of 33.21%. Check Point Software Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.17 earnings per share. Research analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Check Point Software Technologies

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies stock. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 1,151 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $262,000. 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.