Is Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP) Proving The Doubters Wrong?

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $181.55, with 0.44 million shares of worth about $80.23 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 23.68% during that period and on November 27, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.02%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 112.91M shares, out of which, 85.10M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 2.67% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 2.07%. Year-to-date (YTD), CHKP shares are showing a performance of 18.82% which increased to 24.61% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $143.28 but also hit the highest price of $210.70 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd shares is 688.61K. The stock is currently trading 2.81% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.28% for SMA50 and it goes to 5.25% higher than SMA200.

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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: CHKP) currently have 112.91M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 72.43% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $19.97B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.63. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 24.84, while it has posted earnings per share of $7.31 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.97 and has Quick Ratio of 1.14 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for CHKP, volatility over the week remained 2.03% while standing at 1.98% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 8.02% while it is estimated to increase by 9.27% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 5.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 6.25% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by BofA Securities on October 30, 2024 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $205 and $195 to it. Coverage by BMO Capital Markets stated Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP) stock as a Market perform in their note to investors on October 25, 2024, suggesting a price target of $238 for the stock. Stock get a Positive rating from Susquehanna on December 15, 2023.

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