Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | NasdaqGS
134.32 USD
+2.62
(1.989%)
⇧
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 6:03 a.m. EDT
Check Point offers a compelling value case where exceptional profitability meets a significant price dislocation. The company boasts fortress-like margins and a 38 percent return on equity, yet the stock trades at a discount relative to its 2025 highs, likely reflecting concerns over older security fallout and softer product momentum. While the statistical model predicts a slight dip over the next 45 days, the options market is aggressively betting on a rebound, with heavy call positioning at the 140 and 160 strikes. The lack of a dividend is a drawback for income seekers, but the capital return comes through growth and balance sheet strength. The insider selling adds a layer of caution, though the analyst consensus remains bullish with a 12 percent upside target. This is a solid long-term buy waiting for the dust to settle on the recent volatility. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.110666 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.114063 |
| MSTL | 0.132590 |
| AutoTheta | 0.180863 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 2.30 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.358 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.89 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 70.124 |
| Revenue per Share | 25.887 |
| Market Cap | 13,973,015,552 |
| Trailing P/E | 13.55 |
| Forward P/E | 11.76 |
| Beta | 0.49 |
| Profit Margins | 38.37% |
| Website | https://www.checkpoint.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 6:03 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for near-term upside with heavy call open interest at the 140 and 160 strikes for July and August expirations, indicating a target range above current levels. However, deep out-of-the-money puts for January 2027 suggest a hedge against a potential long-term crash, creating a divergence between immediate optimism and distant caution.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.38604993 |
| Address1 | 5 Shlomo Kaplan Street |
| All Time High | 234.36 |
| All Time Low | 1.8125 |
| Ask | 153.57 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.2 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,134,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,585,067 |
| Average Volume | 1,585,067 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,134,090 |
| Beta | 0.492 |
| Bid | 113.64 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 26.88 |
| City | Tel Aviv-Yafo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | Israel |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 134.32 |
| Current Ratio | 1.853 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 135.555 |
| Day Low | 131.405 |
| Debt To Equity | 70.124 |
| Display Name | Check Point Software |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,441,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,441,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.058 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.004 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,414,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,414,600 |
| Ebitda | 873,299,968 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.31687 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 15.193 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.814 |
| Enterprise Value | 13,268,003,840 |
| Eps Current Year | 10.42733 |
| Eps Forward | 11.42079 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 9.91 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 126.9676 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 7.3524094 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.05790776 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.604992 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 225.23 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -90.90999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4036318 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 112.23 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 22.090004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.19682798 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 112.23 - 225.23 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 835,968,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 79,555,248 |
| Forward Eps | 11.42079 |
| Forward P E | 11.761008 |
| Free Cashflow | 730,287,488 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 6,825 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.87663 |
| Gross Profits | 2,416,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.23913 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.78306 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 104,027,807 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ir Website | http://www.checkpoint.com/corporate/investor-relations/index.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 982,022,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. The company offers Mesh Network Security, which comprises Firewall, Maestro Hyperscale Firewall, Firewall Software R82.10, Spark Firewall, and AI Powered Security Management for hybrid cloud, internet and perimeter gateways, and branch locations. It also provides Workspace Security Platform, including email, endpoint, mobile, browser, and XDR security solutions across devices, browsers, SaaS apps, and remote access. In addition, the company offers Threat Exposure Management platforms comprising threat intelligence, vulnerability detection and prioritization, and safe remediation. Further, it offers AI Security platforms comprising workforce and agent security, and red teaming solutions. Additionally, the company offers cyber security services, including managed detection and response, incident response, security consulting and managed, security consulting, professional, and training services. The company also provides technical customer support programs and plans; professional services in implementing, upgrading, and optimizing its products comprising design planning and security implementation; and certification and educational training services on its products. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. |
| Long Name | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 13,973,015,552 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_26399 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 1,057,600,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 13,969,894,202 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 32 |
| Open | 134.58 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,223,600,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.27693 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.26 |
| Phone | 972 3 753 4555 |
| Pre Market Change | -2.6200104 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.9505734 |
| Pre Market Price | 131.7 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,032,220 |
| Previous Close | 131.7 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 12.881535 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.997024 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 5.0700345 |
| Profit Margins | 0.38374 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.754 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.18421 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.62001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.98938 |
| Regular Market Day High | 135.555 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 131.405 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 131.405 - 135.555 |
| Regular Market Open | 134.58 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 131.7 |
| Regular Market Price | 134.32 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,005,840 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07789 |
| Return On Equity | 0.38024 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.048 |
| Revenue Per Share | 25.887 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 104,027,807 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.051999997 |
| Shares Short | 5,414,021 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,413,029 |
| Short Name | Check Point Software Technologi |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0685 |
| Short Ratio | 4.08 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | CHKP |
| Target High Price | 201.0 |
| Target Low Price | 120.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 147.9375 |
| Target Median Price | 143.5 |
| Total Cash | 2,768,800,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 26.445 |
| Total Debt | 1,973,500,032 |
| Total Revenue | 2,756,000,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 9.91 |
| Trailing P E | 13.553987 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.2869 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 163.8246 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -29.504593 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.18009867 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,005,840 |
| Website | https://www.checkpoint.com |
| Zip | 6,789,159 |