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

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.130-2.230 for the period, compared to the consensus 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 Stock Up 7.4 %

Check Point Software Technologies stock opened at $218.99 on Friday. Check Point Software Technologies has a twelve month low of $145.75 and a twelve month high of $226.03. The stock has a market cap of $24.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 0.63. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $187.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $187.22.

Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $2.25. Check Point Software Technologies had a return on equity of 31.84% and a net margin of 33.17%. The business had revenue of $635.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $634.96 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.80 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that Check Point Software Technologies will post 7.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Mizuho lifted their target price on Check Point Software Technologies from $178.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective 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. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $185.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Check Point Software Technologies from $185.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $180.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, October 28th. Seventeen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently 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.