Somewhat Positive News Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Share Price
- by Xavier Trudeau
- in Financer
- — Jan 14, 2018
CHKP's SI was 6.98M shares in January as released by FINRA. With 1.00M avg volume, 7 days are for Check Point Software Tech Limited (NASDAQ:CHKP)'s short sellers to cover CHKP's short positions. The SI to Check Point Software Tech Limited's float is 5.26%. About 999,049 shares traded. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) has risen 31.64% since January 14, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 14.94% the S&P500.
Baldwin Brothers Inc decreased Check Point Software (CHKP) stake by 4.53% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Westport Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,300 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,887,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. The institutional investor held 1.45M shares of the prepackaged software company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $164.77M, up from 841,975 at the end of the previous reported quarter. The stock increased 2.10% or $1.83 during the last trading session, reaching $88.8. About 1.87M shares traded. Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) has risen 11.28% since January 14, 2017 and is uptrending. Check Point Software Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Therefore 19% are positive. Vetr downgraded shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $103.86 target price for the company.in a research report on Tuesday. Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $113.60. Evercore maintained Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) on Thursday, July 20 with "Hold" rating. Azimuth Capital Management Llc sold 18,876 shares as Check Point Software (CHKP)'s stock rose 7.13%. The rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets with "Hold" on Wednesday, September 20. Evercore initiated the shares of CHKP in report on Tuesday, December 15 with "Hold" rating. BTIG Research raised shares of Check Point Software Technologies from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $118.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday. UBS Group upped their price objective on Check Point Software Technologies from $108.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 1st. The firm earned "Underperform" rating on Friday, March 11 by Bernstein. (Check point) develops, markets and supports a range of products and services for information technology (IT) security. The fund owned 4,332,058 shares of the company's stock after selling 561,628 shares during the period. The firm offers a portfolio of network security, endpoint security, data security, and management solutions. It has a 23.05 P/E ratio.
Since September 28, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 1 insider sale for $104,000 activity. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was reduced too.
Investors sentiment decreased to 0.78 in Q3 2017. The stock has a market capitalization of $16,824.81, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.06, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.62. 15 funds opened positions while 55 raised stakes. 262.04 million shares or 0.29% more from 261.28 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Keybank Association Oh reported 2,751 shares.
Gratia Capital Llc, which manages about $521.00M and $253.04M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Forterra Inc by 215,687 shares to 42,305 shares, valued at $190,000 in 2017Q3, according to the filing. (NYSE:HCA) for 197,804 shares. Moreover, Hanseatic has 0% invested in MiMedx Group, Inc. Fmr Ltd Liability Co invested in 4.92 million shares. Ct Mason has 0.71% invested in ONE Gas, Inc. 2,015 are held by Advisory Net Ltd Limited Liability Company. Albion Fin Gru Ut stated it has 27,963 shares or 0.05% of all its holdings. Affinity Wealth Management has invested 0.23% of its portfolio in ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) for 2,350 shares. Oberweis Asset Mgmt Incorporated reported 0.22% of its portfolio in Almost Family, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) for 3,894 shares. Voloridge Ltd Liability Corp holds 0.11% or 417,278 shares in its portfolio. Therefore 53% are positive. National CineMedia Inc had 24 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Monday, October 9, the company rating was initiated by J.P. Morgan. The stock of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP) has "Market Perform" rating given on Thursday, April 21 by Raymond James. Cowen & Co maintained it with "Buy" rating and $11300 target in Thursday, July 20 report. The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with "Outperform" on Thursday, October 15. The rating was maintained by Leerink Swann on Wednesday, October 28 with "Outperform". The rating was downgraded by Wells Fargo on Monday, January 4 to "Market Perform". The firm has "Buy" rating given on Tuesday, July 25 by RBC Capital Markets. The stock of ONE Gas, Inc. Barclays Capital maintained the stock with "Equal-Weight" rating in Wednesday, November 1 report. As per Friday, July 21, the company rating was maintained by Citigroup. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Sunday, August 27 with "Buy".
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