William Abbey Sells 1,577 Shares of ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) insider William Abbey sold 1,577 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.00, for a total transaction of $313,823.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 54,240 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,793,760. The trade was a 2.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

William Abbey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 15th, William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total transaction of $1,487,850.00.

ARM Stock Up 15.0%

ARM opened at $256.73 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $271.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 305.63, a PEG ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 3.40. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $171.77 and a 200-day moving average price of $141.63. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a twelve month low of $100.02 and a twelve month high of $259.44.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $1.49 billion during the quarter. ARM had a net margin of 18.37% and a return on equity of 12.43%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on ARM shares. New Street Research upgraded shares of ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on shares of ARM in a research report on Monday. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $300.00 price objective for the company. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of ARM from $165.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Guggenheim raised their price objective on shares of ARM from $240.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $203.79.

Key ARM News

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an outperform rating and a $300 price target, highlighting upside tied to Arm’s AI infrastructure and CPU growth potential.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen also turned more constructive, raising its price target to $265 from $165 and reiterating a Buy, citing a stronger AGI CPU growth narrative.
• Positive Sentiment: Media coverage pointed to renewed enthusiasm for Arm as a key beneficiary of AI-driven semiconductor demand, helping extend the stock’s strong upward trend.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insider sales were disclosed, but they were described as pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 transactions tied to equity compensation tax withholding, which makes them less meaningful as a business signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reported that ARM fell on news of a possible U.S. antitrust probe, raising concerns about future scrutiny of Arm’s licensing model and creating some regulatory overhang. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ARM. Capital Research Global Investors bought a new stake in ARM during the third quarter valued at approximately $243,098,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 2,623.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,671,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $182,743,000 after acquiring an additional 1,610,403 shares during the last quarter. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of ARM in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $202,980,000. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in shares of ARM in the 4th quarter worth approximately $120,241,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 1,203.5% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 945,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,983,000 after acquiring an additional 872,644 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

ARM Company Profile

Arm Limited (NASDAQ: ARM) is a global semiconductor IP company best known for designing energy-efficient processor architectures and related technologies that underpin a wide range of computing devices. Founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple and VLSI Technology and headquartered in Cambridge, England, Arm develops the ARM instruction set architectures and core processor designs that chipmakers license and integrate into custom system-on-chip (SoC) products. The company operates a licensing and royalty business model rather than manufacturing chips itself.

Arm’s product portfolio includes CPU core families (such as Cortex and Neoverse lines), GPU and multimedia IP (Mali), neural processing units (Ethos) and a suite of system and physical IP blocks.