Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.130-2.230 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $619.0 million-$649.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $633.1 million. Check Point Software Technologies also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 9.600-10.200 EPS.

Check Point Software Technologies Price Performance

NASDAQ CHKP traded up $15.09 on Thursday, hitting $218.99. 2,068,479 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 813,371. The firm has a market cap of $24.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.63. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $187.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $187.22. Check Point Software Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $145.75 and a fifty-two week high of $226.03.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.25. Check Point Software Technologies had a net margin of 33.17% and a return on equity of 31.84%. The firm had revenue of $635.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $634.96 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.80 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Check Point Software Technologies will post 7.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Check Point Software Technologies from $182.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of Check Point Software Technologies in a research note on Monday. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $210.00 to $205.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $206.60.

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.