Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $133.63 +1.90 (+1.44%) Closing price 05/22/2026 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$130.50 -3.13 (-2.34%) As of 05/22/2026 07:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Check Point Software Technologies Short Interest OverviewAs of April 30, 2026, Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) had a short interest of 4.15 million shares sold short, representing 5.54% of the public float. This marks a -17.04% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.4, meaning it would take 2.4 days of the average trading volume of 2.16 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,150,601 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,003,081 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-17.04%Dollar Volume Sold Short$466.82 millionShort Interest Ratio2.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2026Outstanding Shares105,600,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.54%Today's Trading Volume1,330,130 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,159,299 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average62% Short Selling Check Point Software Technologies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Check Point Software Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCHKP Short Interest Over TimeCHKP Days to Cover Over TimeCHKP Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Check Point Software Technologies Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20264,150,601 shares $466.82 million -17.0%5.5%2.37 $112.47 4/15/20265,003,081 shares $673.86 million -1.1%6.7%4.28 $134.69 3/31/20265,059,319 shares $722.72 million +1.8%6.7%6.24 $142.85 3/13/20264,971,914 shares $763.93 million +1.6%6.4%4.7 $153.65 2/27/20264,893,463 shares $744.15 million -10.9%6.3%2.85 $152.07 2/13/20265,489,640 shares $943.15 million -10.1%7.0%3.3 $171.81 1/30/20266,105,000 shares $1.10 billion -1.7%7.8%5.39 $179.51 1/15/20266,207,996 shares $1.17 billion +11.5%8.0%4.63 $188.54 12/31/20255,569,892 shares $1.03 billion +2.6%7.1%10.58 $185.56 12/15/20255,428,778 shares $1.02 billion +26.0%7.0%3.97 $187.29 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CHKP and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Check Point Software Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/28/20254,309,715 shares $825.29 million +7.1%5.5%7.27 $191.50 11/14/20254,022,902 shares $794.60 million +9.9%5.2%5.59 $197.52 10/31/20253,659,599 shares $716.11 million +31.5%4.7%3.66 $195.68 10/15/20252,780,000 shares $528.87 million -11.2%3.3%3 $190.24 9/30/20253,130,000 shares $647.63 million +13.0%3.7%3.4 $206.91 9/15/20252,770,000 shares $548.46 million -14.8%3.3%3.1 $198.00 8/31/20253,250,000 shares $627.71 million +5.9%3.9%3.7 $193.14 8/15/20253,070,000 shares $579.98 million +17.2%3.7%3.5 $188.92 7/31/20252,620,000 shares $487.84 million -24.9%3.1%3.1 $186.20 7/15/20253,490,000 shares $763.54 million -1.4%4.2%4.6 $218.78 6/30/20253,540,000 shares $783.23 million -4.8%4.2%4.2 $221.25 6/15/20253,720,000 shares $814.42 million -1.3%4.4%4.3 $218.93 5/31/20253,770,000 shares $855.75 million +15.3%4.5%4.1 $226.99 5/15/20253,270,000 shares $706.65 million -2.4%3.9%3.3 $216.10 4/30/20253,350,000 shares $735.53 million +19.2%4.0%3.3 $219.56 4/15/20252,810,000 shares $630.76 million -6.3%3.4%2.6 $224.47 3/31/20253,000,000 shares $683.76 million +8.7%3.6%2.9 $227.92 3/15/20252,760,000 shares $620.56 million -8.9%3.3%3 $224.84 2/28/20253,030,000 shares $667.39 million -2.9%3.6%3.5 $220.26 2/15/20253,120,000 shares $692.92 million -9.0%3.7%4.1 $222.09 1/31/20253,430,000 shares $747.81 million +6.9%4.0%4.6 $218.02 1/15/20253,210,000 shares $588.71 million -1.8%3.8%4.5 $183.40 12/31/20243,270,000 shares $610.51 million +8.3%3.8%4.4 $186.70 12/15/20243,020,000 shares $567.07 million -6.8%3.6%4.3 $187.77 11/30/20243,240,000 shares $589.68 million +1.9%3.8%4.6 $182.00 11/15/20243,180,000 shares $554.12 million +12.0%3.7%4.6 $174.25 10/31/20242,840,000 shares $491.92 million -14.5%3.3%4.3 $173.21 10/15/20243,320,000 shares $690.00 million No Change3.9%5.5 $207.83 9/30/20243,320,000 shares $640.13 million +1.2%3.9%5.5 $192.81 9/15/20243,280,000 shares $640.16 million +7.2%3.8%5.2 $195.17Read this warning immediately (Ad)Porter Stansberry, founder of one of the world's largest financial research firms, says he's breaking the biggest story of his 26-year career. 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Stansberry outlines the stocks to buy, the stocks to sell, and three money moves to position yourself on the right side of this shift.Read Porter Stansberry's full breakdown and protect your wealth now 8/31/20243,060,000 shares $589.05 million +5.2%3.6%4.8 $192.50 8/15/20242,910,000 shares $540.33 million +13.7%3.4%4.3 $185.68 7/31/20242,560,000 shares $469.63 million -1.2%3.0%3.6 $183.45 7/15/20242,590,000 shares $445.61 million +4.4%3.0%3.6 $172.05 6/30/20242,480,000 shares $409.20 million -3.5%2.8%3.7 $165.00 6/15/20242,570,000 shares $402.18 million +2.4%2.9%4 $156.49 5/31/20242,510,000 shares $377.76 million +2.0%2.9%3.9 $150.50 5/15/20242,460,000 shares $366.54 million +9.3%2.8%3.7 $149.00 4/30/20242,250,000 shares $336.20 million -25.3%2.5%3.3 $149.42 4/15/20243,010,000 shares $474.47 million -2.3%3.4%4.2 $157.63 3/31/20243,080,000 shares $505.15 million -7.2%3.2%4.3 $164.01 3/15/20243,320,000 shares $546.44 million +17.7%3.5%4.5 $164.59 2/29/20242,820,000 shares $452.38 million +74.1%2.9%3.7 $160.42 2/15/20241,620,000 shares $266.07 million -40.2%1.7%2.2 $164.24 1/31/20242,710,000 shares $430.70 million -17.4%2.8%3.7 $158.93 1/15/20243,280,000 shares $520.63 million -3.8%3.4%4.3 $158.73 12/31/20233,410,000 shares $521.01 million -15.0%3.6%4.2 $152.79 12/15/20234,010,000 shares $585.54 million -4.3%4.2%4.8 $146.02 11/30/20234,190,000 shares $611.74 million +7.2%4.4%5.1 $146.00 11/15/20233,910,000 shares $551.70 million +9.8%4.1%4.8 $141.10 10/31/20233,560,000 shares $477.93 million -39.6%3.7%4.3 $134.25 10/15/20235,890,000 shares $791.09 million -5.2%6.2%7.3 $134.31 9/30/20236,210,000 shares $827.67 million +1.0%6.5%7.7 $133.28 9/15/20236,150,000 shares $836.52 million +5.9%6.4%7.7 $136.02 8/31/20235,810,000 shares $781.97 million +1.2%6.1%6.9 $134.59 8/15/20235,740,000 shares $738.05 million -3.5%6.0%6.3 $128.58 7/31/20235,950,000 shares $786.65 million +2.1%6.2%6.4 $132.21 7/15/20235,830,000 shares $731.78 million -2.0%6.1%6 $125.52 6/30/20235,950,000 shares $747.44 million +15.3%6.2%6.3 $125.62 6/15/20235,160,000 shares $673.12 million -3.4%5.4%5.6 $130.45 5/31/20235,340,000 shares $666.49 million +10.8%5.5%5.9 $124.81 5/15/20234,820,000 shares $578.74 million +23.9%5.0%5.7 $120.07 4/30/20233,890,000 shares $495.43 million +2.6%4.0%4.5 $127.36 4/15/20233,790,000 shares $501.83 million -0.3%3.8%4.8 $132.41 3/31/20233,800,000 shares $494 million +18.8%3.8%4.5 $130.00 3/15/20233,200,000 shares $401.34 million +2.6%3.2%4 $125.42 2/28/20233,120,000 shares $386.01 million -10.6%3.1%4 $123.72 2/15/20233,490,000 shares $445.25 million +11.5%3.5%4.4 $127.58 1/31/20233,130,000 shares $398.14 million +18.6%3.1%4.1 $127.20 1/15/20232,640,000 shares $340.53 million +16.3%2.6%3.2 $128.99 12/30/20222,270,000 shares $286.38 million +1.3%2.3%2.8 $126.16 12/15/20222,240,000 shares $291.02 million +8.7%2.2%2.7 $129.92 11/30/20222,060,000 shares $273.63 million -7.2%2.1%2.4 $132.83 11/15/20222,220,000 shares $286.49 million -12.9%2.2%2.7 $129.05 10/31/20222,550,000 shares $329.54 million +1.6%2.5%3.1 $129.23 10/15/20222,510,000 shares $280.74 million +8.2%2.5%3 $111.85 9/30/20222,320,000 shares $259.89 million +16.6%2.3%2.8 $112.02 9/15/20221,990,000 shares $237.81 million -2.9%2.0%2.4 $119.50 8/31/20222,050,000 shares $246.49 million -0.5%2.0%2.4 $120.24 8/15/20222,060,000 shares $252.58 million +5.1%2.0%2.3 $122.61The SpaceX filing is public. 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Short interest is the volume of Check Point Software Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 4,150,601 shares of CHKP short. 5.54% of Check Point Software Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Check Point Software Technologies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Check Point Software Technologies? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CHKP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.4. Learn More on Check Point Software Technologies's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Check Point Software Technologies? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.54% of Check Point Software Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Check Point Software Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Check Point Software Technologies saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,150,601 shares, a decline of 17.0% from the previous total of 5,003,081 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Check Point Software Technologies' short interest compare to its competitors? 5.54% of Check Point Software Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Check Point Software Technologies: CrowdStrike (2.99%), Fortinet, Inc. (3.16%), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (3.13%), Zscaler, Inc. (7.64%), Electronic Arts Inc. (4.11%), Infosys Ltd. (5.03%), CoreWeave Inc. (13.82%), Baidu, Inc. (2.50%), Block, Inc. (3.77%), Twilio Inc. (4.05%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Check Point Software Technologies stock? Short selling CHKP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Check Point Software Technologies as its price is falling. CHKP shares are trading up $1.90 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Check Point Software Technologies? A short squeeze for Check Point Software Technologies occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of CHKP, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Check Point Software Technologies' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CHKP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026. What do CHKP's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like CHKP:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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