Check Point Software Technologies is a software - infrastructure business based in the US. Check Point Software Technologies shares (CHKP.US) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $152.95 – a decrease of 5% over the previous day. Check Point Software Technologies employs 6,450 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.4 billion.
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Over the last 12 months, Check Point Software Technologies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $117.18 up to $168.82. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Check Point Software Technologies's is 0.622. This would suggest that Check Point Software Technologies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $152.95
| 1 week (2024-04-18) | -3.17% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-25) | -6.82% |
| 3 months (2024-01-25) | -4.15% |
| 6 months (2023-10-25) | 15.45% |
| 1 year (2023-04-25) | 21.41% |
| 2 years (2022-04-25) | 12.87% |
| 3 years (2021-04-25) | 30.33% |
| 5 years (2019-04-25) | 27.83% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Check Point Software Technologies P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Check Point Software Technologies's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Check Point Software Technologies stocks trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Check Point Software Technologies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7701. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Check Point Software Technologies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Check Point Software Technologies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $932.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Check Point Software Technologies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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