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What Should Investors Make of These 3 Dividend Cuts?
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
CrowdStrike: Another Tech Stock to Buy on the Dip 
Trading Channel Breakout in Lululemon Brought by Earnings
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Constellation Brands Taps into Growth: Analysts Bullish on Stock
Salesforce: Time to Snap it Up as the Market Buys the Dip?
Why did Biden repeal Trump's Executive Order?! (Ad)
Zscaler: Analysts Raise the Bar for the AI Cloud Security Company
How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
What Should Investors Make of These 3 Dividend Cuts?
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
CrowdStrike: Another Tech Stock to Buy on the Dip 
Trading Channel Breakout in Lululemon Brought by Earnings
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Constellation Brands Taps into Growth: Analysts Bullish on Stock
Salesforce: Time to Snap it Up as the Market Buys the Dip?
Why did Biden repeal Trump's Executive Order?! (Ad)
Zscaler: Analysts Raise the Bar for the AI Cloud Security Company
How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
What Should Investors Make of These 3 Dividend Cuts?
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
CrowdStrike: Another Tech Stock to Buy on the Dip 
Trading Channel Breakout in Lululemon Brought by Earnings
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Constellation Brands Taps into Growth: Analysts Bullish on Stock
Salesforce: Time to Snap it Up as the Market Buys the Dip?
Why did Biden repeal Trump's Executive Order?! (Ad)
Zscaler: Analysts Raise the Bar for the AI Cloud Security Company
How major US stock indexes fared Friday 6/2/2023
NASDAQ:CHKP

Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Competitors

$124.03
-0.15 (-0.12%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$123.45
$124.72
50-Day Range
$118.46
$134.46
52-Week Range
$107.54
$135.93
Volume
1.27 million shs
Average Volume
893,009 shs
Market Capitalization
$14.98 billion
P/E Ratio
18.94
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$133.91

CHKP vs. DT, OKTA, PTC, SSNC, BSY, SPLK, TYL, PAYC, NICE, and TWLO

Should you be buying Check Point Software Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Check Point Software Technologies include Dynatrace (DT), Okta (OKTA), PTC (PTC), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Splunk (SPLK), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Paycom Software (PAYC), NICE (NICE), and Twilio (TWLO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Check Point Software Technologies vs.

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

Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $133.91, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $50.14, indicating a potential downside of 4.64%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Check Point Software Technologies is more favorable than Dynatrace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Check Point Software Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16
Dynatrace
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Check Point Software Technologies received 696 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.99% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote while only 66.39% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Check Point Software TechnologiesOutperform Votes
885
66.39%
Underperform Votes
448
33.61%
DynatraceOutperform Votes
189
67.99%
Underperform Votes
89
32.01%

Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.49% compared to Dynatrace's net margin of 9.32%. Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity of 28.35% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Check Point Software Technologies 34.49% 28.35% 14.89%
Dynatrace 9.32% 10.81% 6.27%

In the previous week, Dynatrace had 4 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dynatrace and 5 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Dynatrace's score of 0.50 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dynatrace
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

64.8% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Dynatrace shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Check Point Software Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. Check Point Software Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, 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$2.33 billion6.43$796.90 million$6.5518.94
Dynatrace$1.16 billion13.21$107.96 million$0.37142.11

Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Check Point Software Technologies beats Dynatrace on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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 TechnologiesPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.00B$18.40B$15.51B$6.24B
Dividend YieldN/A1.99%4.80%6.37%
P/E Ratio18.9427.10302.0311.09
Price / Sales6.436.68852.6788.82
Price / Cash16.9364.3428.40105.94
Price / Book5.2228.8517.826.89
Net Income$796.90M$270.08M$526.39M$193.33M
7 Day Performance0.14%2.84%1.62%2.28%
1 Month Performance3.65%12.00%6.53%5.08%
1 Year Performance-4.42%-5.97%-3.95%1.68%

Check Point Software Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DT
Dynatrace
2.2207 of 5 stars
$50.46
+1.5%
$50.14
-0.6%
+27.2%$14.58B$1.16B136.364,180Insider Selling
OKTA
Okta
2.3033 of 5 stars
$90.11
+2.3%
$86.71
-3.8%
-21.2%$14.53B$1.86B-17.436,013Analyst Report
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
PTC
PTC
2.4687 of 5 stars
$132.69
+1.3%
$155.50
+17.2%
+15.2%$15.70B$1.93B49.886,503Insider Selling
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
2.8332 of 5 stars
$54.94
-0.5%
$68.67
+25.0%
-13.6%$13.69B$5.28B23.5827,600
BSY
Bentley Systems
2.3034 of 5 stars
$48.49
+1.4%
$50.78
+4.7%
+39.9%$13.66B$1.10B95.085,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
SPLK
Splunk
1.932 of 5 stars
$99.15
-0.4%
$118.19
+19.2%
-5.1%$16.42B$3.65B-79.328,000
TYL
Tyler Technologies
2.7869 of 5 stars
$397.28
+0.9%
$435.38
+9.6%
+10.1%$16.65B$1.85B108.557,200
PAYC
Paycom Software
3.0319 of 5 stars
$279.82
-0.4%
$368.53
+31.7%
-3.2%$16.87B$1.38B52.506,349Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
NICE
NICE
2.1888 of 5 stars
$196.57
+4.5%
$252.25
+28.3%
+1.1%$12.51B$2.18B45.937,926Analyst Report
TWLO
Twilio
1.9427 of 5 stars
$62.74
+4.4%
$79.11
+26.1%
-38.5%$11.54B$3.83B-8.393,605Gap Up

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