Schroder Investment Management Group Purchases 116,138 Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. $CHKP

Key Points

• Schroder Investment Management increased its stake in Check Point by 18.5%, buying 116,138 shares to own 744,996 shares (about 0.68% of the company) valued at roughly $154.15 million at quarter-end.
• Check Point beat quarterly EPS expectations (reported $3.40 vs. $2.77 est.), gave Q1 2026 guidance of $2.35–2.45 and FY2026 guidance of $10.05–10.85 EPS, while analysts hold a consensus "Hold" rating with an average price target of $212.40 (nine Buys, fourteen Holds).

Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP - Free Report) by 18.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 744,996 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 116,138 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owned 0.68% of Check Point Software Technologies worth $154,147,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Louisbourg Investments Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. First Horizon Corp purchased a new position in Check Point Software Technologies in the third quarter worth about $38,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $42,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 63.2% during the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 204 shares of the technology company's stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AlphaCore Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Check Point Software Technologies during the 2nd quarter valued at $43,000. Institutional investors own 98.51% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on CHKP. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. They set an "equal weight" rating and a $165.00 price objective for the company. Evercore set a $185.00 target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Truist Financial set a $225.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Morgan Stanley set a $197.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Mizuho dropped their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $225.00 to $205.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $212.40.

Check Point Software Technologies Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of CHKP opened at $160.85 on Tuesday. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $150.17 and a 1-year high of $234.35. The company has a 50-day moving average of $174.75 and a 200 day moving average of $187.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.69, a PEG ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.19.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The technology company reported $3.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.77 by $0.63. The business had revenue of $744.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $746.40 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 38.78% and a return on equity of 38.98%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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. On average, research analysts expect that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

Check Point Software Technologies 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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