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CHKP

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The short version

A high-quality, profitable business with steady sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 13% in 3 years

Money moves

Insiders sold $478K in the last 30 days, all through pre-planned sales

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$159.63+0.4% that day

Company value: $16.9B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 15.9x; You pay about $16 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 6.2x; Company value is 6.2 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 11%; Cash as a share of company value

From CHKP's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CHKP. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+6% a yearRecently: +5.7% a yearProfit margin39%Last 12 months: 38.8%P/E at the end16xToday: 15.9x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-4% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$3.6B

Profit in 5 years$1.4B

Price these guesses point to$264.33+66% vs $159.63 todayAbout +11% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 39% margin and a 16x P/E, sales could shrink about 4.2% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

5/5Strong

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.37.3%
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.38.8%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$1.2B
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-13.0% in 3 years

Revenue: $2.7B; +6.3% vs prior year
5-year growth: +5.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Current ratio: 2.05x; short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow: $1.2B; 43.0% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.