ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) CEO Rene Haas Sells 23,867 Shares

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) CEO Rene Haas sold 23,867 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.17, for a total value of $3,846,644.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 290,965 shares in the company, valued at $46,894,829.05. The trade was a 7.58% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

ARM Stock Down 6.9%

ARM opened at $144.13 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $152.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 192.17, a P/E/G ratio of 9.10 and a beta of 4.11. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a twelve month low of $80.00 and a twelve month high of $183.16. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $122.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $134.30.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. ARM had a net margin of 17.15% and a return on equity of 14.01%. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.39 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 24.8% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,153,000 after purchasing an additional 2,345 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in ARM by 28.8% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $522,000 after purchasing an additional 1,094 shares during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its position in ARM by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 2,430 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in ARM by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 113,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,331,000 after buying an additional 3,317 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in ARM by 230.7% during the 2nd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,057 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,000 after buying an additional 1,435 shares during the period. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on ARM shares. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of ARM in a report on Wednesday. New Street Research upgraded ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Mizuho lowered their target price on ARM from $190.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $160.00 to $120.00 in a report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Oddo Bhf set a $170.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Nineteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $168.17.

Key Headlines Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm unveiled an in-house AGI/data‑center CPU and said it could add roughly $15 billion in annual revenue within a few years, plus Meta is positioned as an early customer — a major new revenue pathway beyond licensing. Arm Holdings Stock Soars As Company Targets $15 Billion In Annual Sales From New In-House Chip
• Positive Sentiment: A cluster of analyst upgrades and price‑target raises (Needham, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, Rosenblatt, Barclays and others) has lifted sentiment and institutional interest, supporting higher forward expectations. Arm’s stock nabs another upgrade. It’s never been this loved by analysts.
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call‑option volume signals speculative bullish positioning from traders, which can amplify near‑term upside on positive headlines. Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on ARM (NASDAQ:ARM)
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading volume jumped on the analyst news/upgrade flow, suggesting active repositioning by funds and retail investors — volume confirms conviction but can also precede profit‑taking. ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Sees Strong Trading Volume on Analyst Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical metrics improved (Relative Strength rating jumped), which reflects momentum but also increases the chance of short‑term mean reversion. Arm Holdings Stock Sees Relative Strength Rating Jump To 87
• Negative Sentiment: Mainstream press and analysts warn the pivot from IP licensor to chip seller must go nearly perfectly — execution, customer wins beyond Meta and competitive intensity are material risks that could damp long‑term upside. Arm’s Timing Is Good, but Big Chip Move Now Has to Go Perfectly
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment/technicals show the stock entered overbought territory and the shares now carry a rich valuation, so profit‑taking and a pullback were predictable after the sharp run. Arm Stock Just Entered Overbought Territory. Is It Too Late to Chase the Rally Here?

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.