Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. offers software and combined hardware products and services for IT security worldwide. The company offers a portfolio of network security, endpoint security, data security, and management solutions. Its solutions for data centers and enterprises include data center and enterprise network security appliances; integrated appliance solutions that provide integrated software and hardware bundles, and direct support; and vSEC public and private cloud solutions for integrated security. The company's solutions for small businesses and branch offices comprise turn-key appliances and a cloud managed security services; and consumer and home applications include ZoneAlarm products that provide integrated threat protection solutions for PCs and mobile devices. It also provides threat prevention solutions, such as Sandblast zero day protection, threat prevention appliances and software, threat intelligence, distributed denial-of-service, and Web security solutions; security management solution, such as policy management, operations and workflow, and monitoring and analysis solutions; mobile security solutions comprising mobile threat prevention and document protection solutions; and endpoint security solutions, such as secure data, devices, and policy solutions. In addition, the company offers technical services, such as technical customer support programs and plans; certification and educational training; and professional services in implementing, upgrading, and optimizing products comprising design planning and security implementation services. It sells its products and services to enterprises, service providers, small and medium sized businesses, and consumers through a network of channel partners, such as distributors, value-added resellers, retail and direct marketing partners, systems integrators, and managed service providers. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Check Point tops Street 4Q forecasts TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $222 million. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had profit of $1.31 per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to $1.46 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.25 per share. The data security company posted revenue of $486.7 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $477.5 million. For the year, the company reported profit of $724.8 million, or $4.18 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.74 billion. Check Point shares have climbed 6 percent since the beginning of the year. The stock has risen 18 percent in the last 12 months.
Breakout here, I said to buy to bad I didn't follow through the other day. No position and sorry I didn't take one,
Rejected in the gap Will take another look later, think it's a Wyckoff channel (either down with start at 6/9 or horizontal with start at 5/15). Big candles the last few months have been red.
