On July 30, Check Point declined 10.13% in regular trading, trading at approximately $125.71/share, with turnover of $151 million. The decline was driven by a combination of a Q2 revenue miss and broader tech sector weakness.
Check Point reported Q2 non-GAAP earnings of $2.55 per diluted share, up from $2.37 a year earlier and beating the analyst consensus estimate of $2.45. However, revenue for the quarter ended June 30 came in at $673.6 million, up just 1.4% year-over-year, falling short of the FactSet consensus estimate of approximately $675.5-$676 million. The company maintained its full-year guidance of $2.77-$2.85 billion in revenue and non-GAAP EPS of $10.05-$10.85.
Compounding the revenue miss, SK Hynix's weaker-than-expected Q2 results triggered a global tech selloff, with risk-off sentiment spreading from semiconductors into the software sector and amplifying the negative reaction to Check Point's shortfall. Notably, within the Systems Software sector, performance diverged sharply, with Microsoft up 16.48% and Palo Alto Networks up 1.58%, while ServiceNow fell 5.98%.
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