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Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Competitors

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$222.99 -0.64 (-0.29%)
As of 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CHKP vs. CRWD, FTNT, PANW, ZS, NTES, CRWV, INFY, 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), CoreWeave (CRWV), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), and Cloudflare (NET).

Check Point Software Technologies vs. Its Competitors

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

Check Point Software Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Check Point Software Technologies$2.57B9.56$845.70M$7.5829.42
CrowdStrike$3.95B31.87-$19.27M-$0.69-732.55

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

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
Check Point Software Technologies32.75% 32.88% 16.43%
CrowdStrike -4.17%0.43%0.17%

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 45 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for CrowdStrike and 16 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CrowdStrike's score of 1.05 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Check Point Software Technologies
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrowdStrike
40 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Check Point Software Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $232.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.24%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $453.88, indicating a potential downside of 10.20%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Check Point Software Technologies is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Check Point Software Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Summary

Check Point Software Technologies beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHKP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$24.60B$47.16B$27.79B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.13%4.07%
P/E Ratio29.4274.6136.8920.04
Price / Sales9.5614.721,962.8292.37
Price / Cash24.95186.0734.7728.59
Price / Book8.7920.287.235.55
Net Income$845.70M$481.55M$763.56M$248.49M
7 Day Performance0.86%1.77%1.58%4.87%
1 Month Performance-4.49%0.58%5.13%6.63%
1 Year Performance31.64%26.25%52,288.93%20.38%

Check Point Software Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.4254 of 5 stars
$222.99
-0.3%
$232.44
+4.2%
+31.6%$24.60B$2.57B29.426,669Positive News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3513 of 5 stars
$509.31
+2.0%
$453.88
-10.9%
+29.7%$126.95B$3.95B-738.1310,118Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.4208 of 5 stars
$105.72
+2.5%
$105.62
-0.1%
+74.6%$80.92B$5.96B43.5112,600Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.458 of 5 stars
$204.64
+2.0%
$208.00
+1.6%
+17.8%$136.45B$8.03B116.9415,289Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
3.7248 of 5 stars
$313.94
-0.4%
$295.50
-5.9%
+56.4%$48.88B$2.55B-1,207.464,980Positive News
Gap Down
NTES
NetEase
4.2417 of 5 stars
$134.58
+1.5%
$119.38
-11.3%
+44.7%$85.27B$14.43B19.3632,100Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$163.06
+1.9%
$65.00
-60.1%
N/A$78.27B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.2651 of 5 stars
$18.52
flat
$17.48
-5.6%
-3.1%$76.74B$19.28B24.37339,500Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.9428 of 5 stars
$223.53
+0.4%
$225.22
+0.8%
+57.8%$74.63B$3.63B-53.093,990Trending News
Insider Trade
RBLX
Roblox
2.5142 of 5 stars
$105.11
-0.5%
$80.57
-23.4%
+178.5%$71.29B$3.60B-78.442,130Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
3.8189 of 5 stars
$195.67
+0.8%
$145.92
-25.4%
+122.1%$67.82B$1.67B-850.743,220Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CHKP) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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