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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 28th. The technology company reported $1.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.04. The technology company had revenue of $490.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $490.94 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 40.05% and a return on equity of 21.86%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.38 earnings per share. 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 1 year price objectives for Check Point Software Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect 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 on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 during 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 trading volume of 876,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 15.4 days. Currently, 11.1% of the company's stock 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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]