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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : 2.30% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Check Point Software Technologies 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Check Point Software Technologies's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.02.

During the past 12 months, Check Point Software Technologies's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Check Point Software Technologies was 160.50% per year. The lowest was -6.00% per year. And the median was 9.90% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Check Point Software Technologies's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Check Point Software Technologies's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Check Point Software Technologies's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Check Point Software Technologies's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Check Point Software Technologies 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Check Point Software Technologies  (NAS:CHKP) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) Business Description

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5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6789159
Check Point Software Technologies is a pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The company offers solutions for network, endpoint, cloud, and mobile security in addition to security management. Check Point, a software specialist, sells to enterprises, businesses, and consumers. Around 50% of revenue is generated in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 40% from the Americas, and 10% from the Asia-Pacific region. The firm, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, was founded in 1993 and has about 5,000 employees.