NASDAQ:CHKP - Check Point Software Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News

Check Point Software Technologies trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CHKP."

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The technology company reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.99 by $0.03. The technology company had revenue of $544 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $542.59 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 41.39% and a return on equity of 23.10%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.68 earnings per share. View Check Point Software Technologies' Earnings History.

Check Point Software Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Check Point Software Technologies.

Check Point Software Technologies issued an update on its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, February, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.37-1.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $475-495 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $490.43 million.

18 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Check Point Software Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Check Point Software Technologies' share price to reach $119.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Check Point Software Technologies.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Check Point Software Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Check Point Software Technologies.

News coverage about CHKP stock has been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Check Point Software Technologies earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Check Point Software Technologies.

Check Point Software Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,280,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the January 15th total of 13,470,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 896,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 15.9 days. Currently, 11.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Check Point Software Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Check Point Software Technologies investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Adobe (ADBE), Starbucks (SBUX) and Costco Wholesale (COST).

Check Point Software Technologies' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (6.10%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (3.52%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.73%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.99%), Pendal Group Ltd (1.90%) and Investec Asset Management LTD (1.78%).

CHKP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Schroder Investment Management Group, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Meitav Dash Investments Ltd., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and Janus Henderson Group PLC.

CHKP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, Investec Asset Management LTD, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, TAM Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Marshall Wace LLP and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can.

Shares of CHKP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHKP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $111.65.

Check Point Software Technologies has a market capitalization of $17.00 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $825.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.51 on an earnings per share basis. Check Point Software Technologies employs 5,070 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Check Point Software Technologies.

The official website for Check Point Software Technologies is http://www.checkpoint.com/.

Check Point Software Technologies' mailing address is 5 HA` SOLELIM STREET, TEL AVIV L3, 94070. The technology company can be reached via phone at 972-3753-4555 or via email at [email protected]