Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP Position Raised by Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA

Key Points

• Massachusetts Financial Services raised its stake in Check Point by 28.6% in Q4 to 7,937,229 shares—about 7.22% of the company worth ~$1.47 billion, and institutional investors now own roughly 98.5% of the stock.
• Check Point beat EPS estimates with $3.40 in the quarter (revenue $744.9M vs. $746.4M est.), provided FY‑2026 EPS guidance of 10.05–10.85, and trades around $135 versus a MarketBeat consensus target of $206.96 and an average analyst rating of "Hold."

Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - Free Report) by 28.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 7,937,229 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 1,766,774 shares during the quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA owned approximately 7.22% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $1,472,832,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. HUB Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 1.5% in the third quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 3,558 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $736,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,513 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $313,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Trust Point Inc. boosted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 2,420 shares of the technology company's stock worth $501,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 1.1% in the third quarter. Philip James Wealth Mangement LLC now owns 4,780 shares of the technology company's stock worth $989,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.9% in the third quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the technology company's stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Argus upgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Scotiabank cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $195.00 to $180.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Wedbush cut their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fifteen have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $206.96.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $135.22 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $134.38 and a fifty-two week high of $233.78. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $157.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $179.80. The company has a quick ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 2.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The stock has a market cap of $14.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.03, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 0.65.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The firm had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 38.98% and a net margin of 38.78%.Check Point Software Technologies's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $2.70 earnings per share. Check Point Software Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.450 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 10.050-10.850 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

About Check Point Software Technologies

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).

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