HF Advisory Group LLC Grows Stake in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Key Points

• HF Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 1,463.3% in Q4, buying 58,841 shares to hold 62,862 shares worth about $11.67 million (roughly 0.06% of the company).
• Check Point beat Q4 EPS expectations with $3.40 vs. $2.77 consensus while reporting $744.9M revenue, and issued Q1 2026 EPS guidance of 2.350–2.450 and FY2026 guidance of 10.050–10.850.
• The stock trades around $145.76 with a $16.03B market cap and a 15.1 P/E, yet analysts' consensus rating is a "Hold" with a $208.26 average target after several recent price-target cuts.

HF Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - Free Report) by 1,463.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 62,862 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 58,841 shares during the quarter. HF Advisory Group LLC owned about 0.06% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $11,665,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in CHKP. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 27.1% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,170,455 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,276,729,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317,167 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd increased its position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 0.3% during the third quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,601,592 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $538,295,000 after buying an additional 8,814 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 31.4% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,497,275 shares of the technology company's stock worth $516,711,000 after buying an additional 597,413 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 8.5% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,171,322 shares of the technology company's stock worth $449,274,000 after buying an additional 170,075 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 5.8% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,362,148 shares of the technology company's stock worth $281,842,000 after buying an additional 75,056 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.51% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have weighed in on CHKP shares. UBS Group set a $200.00 target price on Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price target on Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Stephens decreased their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 13th. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $240.00 to $210.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $208.26.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Up 2.0%

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $145.76 on Thursday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 12 month low of $135.82 and a 12 month high of $233.78. The company has a market capitalization of $16.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.16 and a beta of 0.65. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $162.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.27. The company has a current ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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 company had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. Check Point Software Technologies's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.70 EPS. 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. As a group, equities analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Check Point Software Technologies Company Profile

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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