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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The technology company reported $1.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.04. The technology company earned $490.91 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $490.94 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 21.86% and a net margin of 40.05%. Check Point Software Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.38 EPS. View Check Point Software Technologies' Earnings History.

Check Point Software Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Check Point Software Technologies.

Check Point Software Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

19 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Check Point Software Technologies' stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Check Point Software Technologies' stock price to reach $118.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Check Point Software Technologies.

19 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Check Point Software Technologies.

Headlines about CHKP stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Check Point Software Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Check Point Software Technologies.

Check Point Software Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,470,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the December 15th total of 12,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 876,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 15.4 days. Approximately 11.1% of the company's shares 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), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Adobe (ADBE), Costco Wholesale (COST) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Check Point Software Technologies' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.22%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.12%), Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. (0.06%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.06%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.06%) and Mcrae Capital Management Inc. (0.05%).

CHKP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A. and Welch & Forbes LLC.

CHKP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GPM Growth Investors Inc., Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., HBW Advisory Services LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Baxter Bros Inc. and Boston Trust Walden Corp.

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 $113.75.

Check Point Software Technologies has a market capitalization of $17.32 billion and generates $1.92 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $821.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.21 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]