Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

NasdaqGS:CHKP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$20.7b

Check Point Software Technologies Valuation

Is CHKP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CHKP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CHKP ($187.26) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($200.74)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CHKP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CHKP?

Key metric: As CHKP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CHKP. This is calculated by dividing CHKP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CHKP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.6x
EarningsUS$837.40m
Market CapUS$20.67b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CHKP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CHKP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.7x
GEN Gen Digital
27x15.1%US$17.0b
CVLT Commvault Systems
37.3x-15.3%US$6.7b
DLB Dolby Laboratories
28.5x8.3%US$7.5b
QLYS Qualys
30x3.4%US$5.1b
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
24.6x5.0%US$20.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CHKP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x) compared to the peer average (30.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CHKP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
2.3xn/aUS$156.80m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
2xn/aUS$28.38m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.7xn/aUS$18.00m
ULY Urgent.ly
0.07x-13.0%US$6.48m
CHKP 24.6xIndustry Avg. 40.7xNo. of Companies10PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CHKP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x) compared to the US Software industry average (40.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CHKP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CHKP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.6x
Fair PE Ratio35.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CHKP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CHKP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$187.26
US$194.10
+3.7%
11.6%US$230.00US$110.00n/a29
Dec ’25US$182.00
US$192.72
+5.9%
11.5%US$230.00US$110.00n/a29
Nov ’25US$170.50
US$194.12
+13.9%
11.1%US$230.00US$110.00n/a29
Oct ’25US$188.99
US$190.42
+0.8%
11.0%US$225.00US$110.00n/a30
Sep ’25US$192.50
US$189.35
-1.6%
10.7%US$215.00US$110.00n/a30
Aug ’25US$181.82
US$187.71
+3.2%
10.8%US$215.00US$110.00n/a30
Jul ’25US$165.00
US$171.78
+4.1%
9.9%US$205.00US$110.00n/a30
Jun ’25US$150.50
US$171.76
+14.1%
10.2%US$205.00US$110.00n/a29
May ’25US$148.97
US$172.01
+15.5%
10.1%US$205.00US$110.00n/a30
Apr ’25US$164.28
US$172.54
+5.0%
10.2%US$205.00US$110.00n/a30
Mar ’25US$158.05
US$170.44
+7.8%
9.6%US$200.00US$110.00n/a30
Feb ’25US$161.99
US$159.07
-1.8%
10.2%US$190.00US$110.00n/a28
Jan ’25US$152.79
US$148.96
-2.5%
9.5%US$190.00US$132.00n/a27
Dec ’24US$145.83
US$141.62
-2.9%
8.6%US$161.00US$103.00US$182.0026
Nov ’24US$136.26
US$140.65
+3.2%
8.3%US$161.00US$103.00US$170.5026
Oct ’24US$133.28
US$138.44
+3.9%
8.7%US$161.00US$103.00US$188.9927
Sep ’24US$133.14
US$138.22
+3.8%
8.6%US$161.00US$103.00US$192.5027
Aug ’24US$132.31
US$137.85
+4.2%
8.8%US$161.00US$103.00US$181.8227
Jul ’24US$125.62
US$133.69
+6.4%
8.9%US$164.00US$103.00US$165.0026
Jun ’24US$124.18
US$133.04
+7.1%
8.7%US$164.00US$103.00US$150.5025
May ’24US$118.52
US$135.19
+14.1%
9.9%US$164.00US$103.00US$148.9727
Apr ’24US$130.00
US$138.04
+6.2%
10.0%US$164.00US$103.00US$164.2828
Mar ’24US$123.78
US$138.45
+11.9%
9.9%US$164.00US$103.00US$158.0529
Feb ’24US$129.56
US$139.00
+7.3%
10.1%US$164.00US$103.00US$161.9928
Jan ’24US$126.16
US$137.23
+8.8%
10.9%US$164.00US$103.00US$152.7926
Dec ’23US$134.50
US$137.23
+2.0%
10.9%US$164.00US$103.00US$145.8326

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 22:31
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is covered by 73 analysts. 34 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jamie SheltonArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
Shrenik KothariBaird