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CHKP: CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LTD - Stock Quote Enter Ticker:
 

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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LTD (NASD)
CHKP 58.60 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Zacks Rank: 2 - Buy

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
# 1Strong Buy26.83%
# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
S&P5009.43%
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Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 47.11 - 61.60
Avg Volume 1,909,255
Industry COMP-SOFTWARE
Market Cap 12.06 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 19.32
PEG Ratio 1.57
Current Year Est. 3.01
EPS Last Year 2.70
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# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
S&P5009.43%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LTD CHKP 2
CA INC CA 1
MANHATTAN ASOC MANH 1
CONSTELLATN-TS T.CSU 1
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 1.68
ABR (Last Week) 1.68
# of Recs in ABR 22
Average Target Price 65.42
Rank in Industry 38 out of 93
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3 stars Hold 40%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR CHKP
Zacks Blog: Stock Market News for February 2, 2012
Feb 02, 2012
Zacks Equity Research: Report for CHKP
Jan 20, 2012
Zacks Blog: Check Point Breezes Through in 4Q
Jan 18, 2012
Zacks Blog: Earnings Preview: Check Point
Jan 16, 2012
Zacks Blog: Check Point Secures Through Amazon
Jan 06, 2012
Zacks Blog: Check Point Initiated at Neutral
Dec 30, 2011
Zacks Blog: Steady Performance by Check Point
Oct 19, 2011
Zacks Blog: Earnings Preview: Check Point
Oct 17, 2011
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NEWS
Analysis of Relative Performance in the Systems Software Industry for Shares of Opnet Technologies (OPNT, VMW, ROVI, ORCL, CHKP) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 09, 2012
Check Point Software Technologies has the Highest Revenue Per Employee in the Systems Software Industry (CHKP, MSFT, ROVI) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 08, 2012
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Showing Bullish Technicals But Could Fall Through $57.37 Support - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
Fortinet Secures Another Beat (FTNT, CSCO, CHKP, JNPR) - Investopedia
Feb 02, 2012
Hussman Fund Q4 Portfolio Overview - GuruFocus
Feb 02, 2012
Wave Systems has the Highest Gross Margin in the Systems Software Industry (WAVX, CHKP, CA) - February 02, 2012 - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 02, 2012
CommVault Systems has Relatively Underperformed its Peers in the Systems Software Industry (CVLT, ORCL, MCRS, RHT, CHKP) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 01, 2012
Fortinet Stock Jumps 10% Day After Q4 Earnings Report - Investors Business Daily
Feb 01, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
03/2012
Next Quarter
06/2012
This Year
12/2012
Next Year
12/2013
Average Estimate 0.68 0.72 3.01 3.32
Number of Estimates 10 10 12 10
Low Estimates 0.67 0.71 2.96 3.19
High Estimate 0.69 0.73 3.05 3.41
Year Ago EPS 0.60 0.63 2.68 3.01
EPS Growth 12.50% 13.81% 12.22% 10.22%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of policy-based enterprise security and traffic management solutions. Through its patented Stateful Inspection technology, the company delivers Secure Enterprise Connectivity solutions that protect information assets and enhance the performance of enterprise networks. The company's products include the world's leading enterprise security suite, FireWall-1r, the industry's leading family of virtual private network solutions, VPN-1T, and the industry's premier bandwidth management solution, FloodGate-1T.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 2.7
Sales 1246.99
Net Income 543.97
Price/Earnings 21.51
Price/Book 3.92
Price/Cash Flow 19.28
Price/Sales 9.67


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