What is KeyCorp’s Forecast for CHKP Q1 Earnings?

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) – Investment analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research report issued on Thursday, December 19th. KeyCorp analyst J. Celino anticipates that the technology company will post earnings of $1.91 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Check Point Software Technologies’ current full-year earnings is $7.87 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Check Point Software Technologies’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.99 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.10 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.50 EPS.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.25. The company had revenue of $635.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $634.96 million. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 31.84% and a net margin of 33.17%. Check Point Software Technologies’s revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.80 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on CHKP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Wedbush upped their price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $220.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $200.00 to $238.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $200.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $199.05.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CHKP opened at $189.65 on Monday. Check Point Software Technologies has a 1 year low of $145.75 and a 1 year high of $210.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.91, a P/E/G ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 0.63. The company’s 50-day moving average is $186.20 and its 200 day moving average is $182.43.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 5,527,700 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $912,070,000 after acquiring an additional 114,938 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 10.5% in the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 4,108,685 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $677,869,000 after purchasing an additional 391,983 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 10.7% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,836,799 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $354,153,000 after buying an additional 177,104 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 28.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,133,175 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $218,488,000 after buying an additional 252,581 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its holdings in Check Point Software Technologies by 73.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,094,887 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $211,105,000 after buying an additional 464,821 shares in the last quarter. 98.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Check Point Software Technologies Company Profile

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. develops, markets, and supports a range of products and services for IT security worldwide. The company offers a multilevel security architecture, cloud, network, mobile devices, endpoints information, and IOT solutions. It provides Check Point Infinity Architecture, a cyber security architecture that protects against fifth generation cyber-attacks across various networks, endpoint, cloud, workloads, Internet of Things, and mobile.