Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Check Point Software Technologies' Operating Expenses was $488.5 million in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 5.8% from $461.6 million a year earlier and up 1.1% from the prior quarter.
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Check Point Software Technologies' Operating Expenses was $1.96 billion through Jun 30, 2026, up 10.9% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at $1.89 billion, up 12.2% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses has now increased for 13 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.3% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Expenses was $1.69 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+11.4%), $1.52 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+4.8%), $1.45 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+14.8%) and $1.26 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+8.5%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has moved between $309.5 million (the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021) and $512 million (the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Expenses has increased for 34 straight quarters, with growth averaging 10.6% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Operating Expenses ran from 1.4% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023 to 19.3% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022.
- Per Business Quant data, CHKP's Operating Expenses in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was $483.3 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $512 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $478.4 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 319.55 Bn | 304.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 2.13 Bn |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 265.46 Bn | 245.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 1.13 Bn |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.36 Bn | 115.29 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 953.90 Mn |
| 4 | Snowflake | 115.65 Bn | 102.97 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.45 Bn | 78.09 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 875.89 Mn |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 34.50 Bn | 29.03 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 499.67 Mn |
| 7 | Okta | 33.79 Bn | 23.89 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 534.00 Mn |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.51 Bn | 18.63 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.59 Bn | -44.04 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 4.17 Bn |
| 10 | Check Point Software Technologies | 13.65 Bn | -2.36 Bn | 574.10 Mn | 488.50 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 488.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 483.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 512.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 478.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 461.60 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 442.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 449.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 416.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 418.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 404.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 411.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 370.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 367.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 366.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 384.50 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 356.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 362.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 342.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 353.20 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 309.50 Mn |
Check Point Software Technologies Operating Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CHKP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "CHKP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CHKP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();