Check Point Software Technologies Ltd

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is an American Israeli multinational provider of software and combined hardware and software products for IT security, including network security, endpoint security, cloud security, mobile security, data security and security management. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and San Carlos, California, has development centres in Israel and Belarus and previously held in United States (ZoneAlarm), Sweden (former Protect Data development centre) following acquisitions of companies who owned these centres.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has offices in more than 70 locations worldwide including main offices in North America, 10 in the United States (including in San Carlos, California and Dallas, Texas), 4 in Canada (including Ottawa, Ontario) as well as in Europe (London, Paris, Munich, Madrid) and in Asia Pacific (Singapore, Japan, Bengaluru, Sydney). Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has a rich history that dates to 1993 when Check Point was established in Ramat Gan, Israel, by Gil Shwed (CEO as of 2016), Marius Nacht (Chairman as of 2016) and Shlomo Kramer (who left Check Point in 2003).

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.’s initial funding of US$250,000 was provided by venture capital fund BRM Group. In 1994 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd signed an OEM agreement with Sun Microsystems, followed by a distribution agreement with HP in 1995 and the U.S. head office was established in Redwood City, California.

By February 1996, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd was named worldwide firewall market leader by IDC, with a market share of 40 percent and by June 1996 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd raised $67 million from its initial public offering on NASDAQ. In 1998, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd established a partnership with Nokia, which bundled its software with Nokia’s computer Network Security Appliances.

In 2003 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd opened a branch in India’s capital, Delhi with Eyal Desheh as the first director. During the first decade of the 21st century Check Point Software Technologies Ltd started acquiring other IT security companies, including Nokia’s network security business unit in 2009.

In July 2025, Aryaka confirmed an alliance with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd to optimize the SD-WAN system operated by Aryaka Cloud-First, and Check Point CloudGuard Link and CloudGuard Edge to provide optimized protection and SD-WAN as-a-Service. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd oversees a high-value product portfolio which includes Network Security, Software Defined Protection, Public and Private Cloud Security, Zero Trust Remote Access, Data Security, IoT Security, ThreatCloud, ThreatCloud IntelliStore, Virtual Systems, Endpoint Security, Mobile Security, Security Management and more.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd also offers Check Point CloudGuard cloud security product that delivers threat prevention security, cloud visibility, cloud security posture management, and workload protection solutions for enterprise cloud networks, data, and applications. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd also provides technical customer support programmes and plans; professional services in implementing, upgrading, and optimizing Check Point products and certification and educational training services on Check Point products.

Today, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is truly one of the most valuable software and infrastructure companies in the world with a market capitalization of US$ 16.719 billion recorded in July 2025.
In 2025 the total staff compliment for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd was more than 5 200.

In the 1990s, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd was growing rapidly (in 1999 its revenue soared 55% to nearly $220 million with a net profit margin of about 44% and between its 1996 IPO and October 2000, shares rose at a 119% average annual rate). Things were not as rosy coloured for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd in the 2010s, when its revenues grew at a 6.7% annual rate from 2010 to 2025 while its stock price declined at an average annual rate of 4.6%.

The current year also has damaged its stock value. As of May 12, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd shares had lost 9.4% of their value, while the S&P 500 was up 8.5% since the start of the year. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd’s top-line revenue growth has been decelerating as well. While revenues grew at a 7.7% three-year average rate in 2017, that three-year average growth rate was a mere 3.6% by the first quarter of 2025.

Currently however things are looking better since revenue grew 5% to nearly $508 million while earnings per share rose 9% to $1.54 in the first quarter of 2025. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd revenue beat expectations by $4.6 million while EPS was four cents more than the FactSet consensus.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd management is pleased with its first quarter 2025 financial results and believes it could lead to modest growth. They hope that Check Point Software Technologies Ltd revenue for the second quarter would range between $510 million and $535 million.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is seeing growth as it transitions to a subscription model and expects changes in the cybersecurity business due to the continuation of some WFH practices as the pandemic ends. Acquisitions can be a reliable source of growth for Check Point Software Technologies Ltd if they fit within its product architecture.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol CHKP. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd forms part of the NASDAQ-100 component. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$ 2,086,000,000 along with a gross profit of US$ 1,855,100,000 and EBITDA of US$ 945,700,000.

Despite its relatively slow growth, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd’s sturdy results, operating profile and opportunity might have made its stock slightly undervalued based on the strength of its consolidated approach to network, cloud, and user security. That could translate into consistent double-digit growth, making Check Point Software Technologies Ltd stock a worthwhile investment.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd’s fundamentals look decent and long-term financials are usually aligned with future market price movements. Over half a decade, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd managed to grow its earnings per share at 9.4% a year. The EPS growth is more impressive than the yearly share price gain of 8% over the same period.

Data from this analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

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