Check Point Software Technologies Ltd CHKP

What the company does

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Infrastructure), with a market value of $15.5B, based in the USA.

It employs about 6,825 people and has been listed since Jun 28, 1996.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. develops, markets, and supports a range of products and services for IT security worldwide. It provides a multilevel security architecture that defends enterprises' cloud, network, mobile devices, endpoints information, and IOT solutions.

Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 15.6 versus 40.6 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (65 companies) — relatively cheap.

Revenue is growing 1% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 12.5 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 146.47, 4% below the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 40% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Quarterly report in 10 days (2026-11-02) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 29 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (6% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ More cash than debt.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (13 vs 0).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 10.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -1.0%, sector ETF XLK -3.6%).

This week's news

• Cequence Security Appoints Russ Schafer as CMO Amid Record Quarter, Expanding Customer Base, and Surging AI Security Demand finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Cequence Security Former Fortinet and Check Point cybersecurity marketing executive joins following a record quarter, global customer wins including NTT DOCOMO, and the expansion of Agentic AI Security and Governance SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cequence Security, the leader in application,… source ↗

• Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Stock Could Trade At A Discount To Fair Value finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-20
  What the article says

  Check Point Software Technologies has seen its share price fall sharply over the past year, which puts fresh attention on whether the current valuation still lines up with the cash the business can generate. With investors watching both cybersecurity headlines and shorter term returns, the question is how much of… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.

• Risk flag cleared: deep drawdown from the high.

• The price rose 10.8% since the last summary.