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CHKP vs. CRWD, FTNT, PANW, ZS, NTES, INFY, CRWV, SNOW, RBLX, and NET

Should you be buying Check Point Software Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Check Point Software Technologies include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Zscaler (ZS), NetEase (NTES), American Noble Gas (INFY), CoreWeave (CRWV), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), and Cloudflare (NET).

Check Point Software Technologies vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Check Point Software Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check Point Software Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B30.01-$19.27M-$0.69-689.80
Check Point Software Technologies$2.57B9.24$845.70M$7.5828.43

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 32.75% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -4.17%. Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity of 32.88% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-4.17% 0.43% 0.17%
Check Point Software Technologies 32.75%32.88%16.43%

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $460.93, indicating a potential downside of 3.16%. Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus price target of $234.24, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Check Point Software Technologies is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
1 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Check Point Software Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 71 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 87 mentions for CrowdStrike and 16 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Check Point Software Technologies' score of 0.89 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
61 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Check Point Software Technologies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Check Point Software Technologies beats CrowdStrike on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHKP vs. The Competition

MetricCheck Point Software TechnologiesSecurity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.92B$45.11B$28.45B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.09%4.04%
P/E Ratio28.4372.7333.5919.84
Price / Sales9.2413.961,804.1499.59
Price / Cash24.27174.6737.8657.94
Price / Book8.5019.487.635.65
Net Income$845.70M$481.55M$779.03M$258.00M
7 Day Performance-0.01%2.75%2.35%2.09%
1 Month Performance-1.35%-0.34%7.48%11.13%
1 Year Performance25.21%26.02%52,761.55%18.40%

Check Point Software Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.2979 of 5 stars
$215.48
-0.9%
$234.24
+8.7%
+26.7%$23.92B$2.57B28.436,669Analyst Forecast
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4677 of 5 stars
$505.46
-1.7%
$453.88
-10.2%
+32.4%$125.99B$3.95B-732.5510,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.2052 of 5 stars
$106.65
+0.9%
$105.62
-1.0%
+77.5%$81.63B$5.96B43.8914,138Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.1367 of 5 stars
$201.42
-0.2%
$208.00
+3.3%
+18.2%$134.31B$8.03B115.1015,289Positive News
Analyst Revision
ZS
Zscaler
4.2218 of 5 stars
$315.45
+0.2%
$296.82
-5.9%
+46.9%$49.12B$2.17B-1,213.277,348Positive News
NTES
NetEase
4.2071 of 5 stars
$133.03
+0.1%
$119.38
-10.3%
+43.3%$84.29B$14.43B19.1426,028Positive News
Gap Up
INFY
American Noble Gas
2.3485 of 5 stars
$18.83
-0.7%
$17.48
-7.2%
-10.0%$78.02B$19.28B24.78323,578News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$159.70
-3.3%
$65.00
-59.3%
N/A$76.65BN/A0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8168 of 5 stars
$225.71
+1.9%
$225.36
-0.2%
+56.6%$75.36B$3.63B-53.617,834Analyst Forecast
RBLX
Roblox
2.4993 of 5 stars
$107.71
+4.0%
$83.52
-22.5%
+205.7%$73.06B$3.84B-80.382,474Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
3.9157 of 5 stars
$193.15
+1.0%
$145.92
-24.5%
+137.3%$66.95B$1.67B-839.784,263Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:CHKP) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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