15,346 Shares in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM Purchased by CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.

CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. purchased a new stake in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 15,346 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,322,000. ARM makes up approximately 5.3% of CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Syntax Research Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of ARM during the first quarter worth approximately $30,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in ARM in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in ARM in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, FWL Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in ARM in the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on ARM. Benchmark started coverage on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, July 16th. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research report on Monday, July 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of ARM from $425.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, ARM presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $285.33.

ARM Stock Performance

NASDAQ ARM opened at $239.69 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $328.64 and its two-hundred day moving average is $212.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $256.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 247.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.51 and a beta of 3.76. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a fifty-two week low of $100.02 and a fifty-two week high of $452.70.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.05. ARM had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 20.25%.The business had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.26 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.35 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. ARM has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.430-0.510 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current year.

ARM News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $1.29 billion, up 22.4% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $0.45, beating analyst estimates. Management also issued second-quarter guidance above consensus, supported by rising AI and data-center demand. Arm shares jump after Q1 revenue, profit beat estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Data-center royalty revenue reportedly doubled, while demand for Arm’s AI-focused CPU and upcoming AGI CPU platform is strengthening. One report said customer demand for the AGI CPU has topped $2 billion, reinforcing the long-term AI infrastructure opportunity. ARM Q1 Earnings Call Highlights AI CPU Demand and Data Center Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reiterated its Buy rating and $300 price target, saying Arm remains well positioned for long-term AI infrastructure growth despite weaker handset conditions. Arm remains key AI infrastructure beneficiary despite softer handset outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Rosenblatt lowered its target to $250 while maintaining Buy; TD Cowen cut its target to $350 and RBC reduced its target to $340, although both retained positive ratings. Morgan Stanley raised its target to $212 but kept an Equal Weight rating.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that second-quarter royalty growth of roughly 13% will be restrained by smartphone weakness and memory-price pressures. These near-term concerns overshadowed the earnings beat for some shareholders. Memory Prices Hit Arm’s Royalties as Stock Falls
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk: ARM has gained 110.5% year to date and trades at a very high earnings multiple. Analysts warn that continued gains require exceptional execution across AI servers, cloud, edge, and automotive markets, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth slows or the AGI CPU rollout disappoints.

Insider Activity

In other ARM news, CAO Laura Kathleen Bartels sold 11,306 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $392.70, for a total transaction of $4,439,866.20. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 12,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,765,414.50. The trade was a 48.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider William Abbey sold 6,566 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.72, for a total transaction of $2,644,259.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 20,563 shares in the company, valued at $8,281,131.36. The trade was a 24.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 216,049 shares of company stock worth $52,101,605.

About ARM

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.