BCGM Wealth Management LLC cut its stake in shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP – Free Report) by 2.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,259 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 173 shares during the quarter. BCGM Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Check Point Software Technologies were worth $1,542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in CHKP. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 73.8% during 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 worth $211,105,000 after buying an additional 464,821 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Check Point Software Technologies during the third quarter worth about $51,922,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of Check Point Software Technologies by 28.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,133,175 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $218,488,000 after acquiring an additional 252,581 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in Check Point Software Technologies by 10.7% in the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,836,799 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $354,153,000 after purchasing an additional 177,104 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Trust Walden Corp boosted its stake in Check Point Software Technologies by 26.9% during the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 487,283 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $90,976,000 after purchasing an additional 103,388 shares during the period. 98.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several brokerages have commented on CHKP. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $200.00 price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday, January 27th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, January 31st. UBS Group increased their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Truist Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective (up from $220.00) on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $200.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Nineteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $216.95.
Check Point Software Technologies Stock Down 1.0 %
NASDAQ:CHKP opened at $216.80 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $198.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $192.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 0.65. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has a 1-year low of $145.75 and a 1-year high of $226.02.
About Check Point Software Technologies
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.
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