Company Analysis

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP)

Nasdaq: CHKP · Services-Prepackaged Software · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade6.4
◀ Past 7.6● Present 6.3▶ Future 5.7
1 est.

The grade of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past7.625% of the headline
● Present6.335% of the headline
▶ Future5.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.1%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.5% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 94th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (7 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-26 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.3/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 37%: 37¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. earned about 37 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 29% of 218 in its family; net margin 38.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 38.8% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of 5.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.73Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin38.8%top 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.4%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 157 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 157 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s leadership is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 157 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 27% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.8 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 23.1% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 43% of revenue (top 3%); a gross margin of 86.7% (top 7%); research spending of 16.8% of revenue (bottom 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets23.1%top 32% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue43.0%top 3% of its family
  • gross margin86.7%top 7% of its family
  • research spending against revenue16.8%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.4% a year over the last three filed years against 5.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 6.3% (bottom 30%); research spending grew 9.3% a year (top 46%); capital spending grew 6.4% a year (top 43%) (its annual reports). Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Security Subscriptions at $1.2 billion (45%), Software Updates and Maintenance at $958 million (35%), Network Security Gateways at $506 million (19%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.3 points a yeartop 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.3%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending9.3%top 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.4%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 48% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.3% above the $2.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 41% of its family); net income of $1.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $828 million (bottom 43%); a net margin of 38.8% against 34% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.3%top 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+28%bottom 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.8 pointsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CHKP · research, not advice