# Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP) — Stock CV

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is a $14.0B technology company. Revenue grew 6.3% over the last year, it keeps 39¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 13.4× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

> Check Point Software Technologies is a pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The company offers solutions for network, endpoint, cloud, and mobile security in addition to security management.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: CHKP
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Software - Infrastructure
- **Employees**: 6 825
- **Website**: https://www.checkpoint.com
- **Market cap**: $14.0B
- **Last price**: $137.18
- **Financial profile**: Solid

## Vitals (FY2025)

- **Revenue**: $2.73B
- **Net income**: $1.06B
- **Free cash flow**: $1.10B
- **Net cash**: $305M
- **P/E**: 13.4
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 6.3%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 69 |
| Growth | 56 |
| Profitability | 100 |
| Health | 71 |
| Quality | 90 |
| Moat | 100 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 10 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +6.3% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $1.06B FY2025
- [x] Profit growing — +15.1% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $1.10B FY2025
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $14.0B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -18.1% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 5/5 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 5.7 — safe
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 13.4

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $1.06B net income
- **2025** — A partnership between Check Point and cloud security provider Wiz, announced in February 2025, replaces CloudGuard…
- **FY2021** — Profitable every year on record: 5 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2021** — Revenue already above $1B: $2.17B in first reported year
- **FY2021** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 5-year streak
- **2009** — Check Point acquired Nokia's network security business unit in 2009
- **1996** — Check Point raised $67 million from its initial public offering on NASDAQ
- **1993** — Check Point was established in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1993 by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer

## Strengths

- High gross margin (86.1%)
- Strongly profitable — 38.8% net margin
- Strong cash conversion — FCF is 40.5% of revenue
- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 43.4%)

## Watch-outs

- Thin interest coverage (1.0×)

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $2.17B | $816M | $1.08B |
| FY2022 | $2.33B | $797M | $1.02B |
| FY2023 | $2.41B | $840M | $1.03B |
| FY2024 | $2.56B | $846M | $1.17B |
| FY2025 | $2.73B | $1.06B | $1.10B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/CHKP — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.
