Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP)’s stock price has dropped by -3.04 in relation to previous closing price of 229.65. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -3.57% in its stock price over the last five trading days. youtube.com reported 2025-06-05 that Brian Belski, Chief Investment Strategist at BMO Capital Markets, joins ‘Halftime Report’ to detail his latest portfolio moves.
Is It Worth Investing in Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP) Right Now?
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 29.40x compared to its average ratio. CHKP has 36-month beta value of 0.66. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 11 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 22 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CHKP is 83.79M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.50% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CHKP on June 12, 2025 was 894.58K shares.
CHKP’s Market Performance
CHKP stock saw an increase of -3.57% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 2.50% and a quarterly increase of 2.15%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.14%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.37% for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.12% for CHKP’s stock, with a 9.29% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CHKP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CHKP stocks, with Roth Capital repeating the rating for CHKP by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for CHKP in the upcoming period, according to Roth Capital is $215 based on the research report published on April 23, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Stephens, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CHKP reach a price target of $255. The rating they have provided for CHKP stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on April 01st, 2025.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to CHKP, setting the target price at $260 in the report published on March 27th of the current year.
CHKP Trading at 1.18% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CHKP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.99% of loss for the given period.
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Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CHKP starting from Dor Dorit, who proposed sale 141,288 shares at the price of $227.80 back on Jun 10 ’25. After this action, Dor Dorit now owns shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, valued at $32,185,406 using the latest closing price.
Schusheim Sharon, the Officer of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, proposed sale 9,002 shares at $233.47 during a trade that took place back on Jun 09 ’25, which means that Schusheim Sharon is holding shares at $2,101,697 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CHKP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.34 for the present operating margin
- 0.87 for the gross margin
The net margin for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd stands at 0.33. The total capital return value is set at 0.23. Equity return is now at value 30.92, with 15.41 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.06 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.47. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.09. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.51for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.47. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.10.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
