Swedbank AB Boosts Stake in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Swedbank AB boosted its stake in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 16.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 364,000 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 51,000 shares during the period. Swedbank AB’s holdings in ARM were worth $39,789,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in ARM. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $243,098,000. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $202,980,000. Baillie Gifford & Co. acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $90,678,000. Rathbones Group PLC increased its position in shares of ARM by 4,638.8% during the fourth quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 500,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,660,000 after purchasing an additional 489,491 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of ARM by 28.2% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,772,123 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,738,000 after purchasing an additional 390,217 shares in the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 results and guidance topped Street expectations (beat on revenue and EPS; management guided Q1 revenue and EPS above consensus), which initially lifted the stock. Reuters: Arm forecasts upbeat revenue on surging AI data center demand
• Positive Sentiment: Management said there is more than $2 billion of customer demand for its new Arm AGI/data‑center CPUs — a new, higher‑margin revenue stream that repositions Arm deeper into AI infrastructure. WSJ: Arm Holdings Reports Higher Profit, Strong Demand for New CPUs
• Positive Sentiment: Several sell‑side firms raised price targets and/or upgraded ratings after the quarter (Wells Fargo, Guggenheim, Needham, Mizuho, Rosenblatt among others), signaling bullish views on Arm’s AI opportunity. Benzinga: analyst updates
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry notes: Investopedia and others highlight AI-driven component shortages (memory) that may make smartphones more expensive — a sector trend that could affect demand but is not Arm‑specific. Investopedia: AI Is Making Smartphones More Expensive
• Negative Sentiment: Management warned of softness in the smartphone market and flagged potential supply constraints for AI chips — comments that spooked investors worried Arm may not monetize AI demand near term. Investopedia: Chip Designer Arm Warns of Weakness
• Negative Sentiment: Bank of America and other analysts cautioned the market that agentic‑AI upside may already be priced in; investors pared positions, citing execution and near‑term monetization risks. ProactiveInvestors: Arm slides as investors question near-term monetization of AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Goldman Sachs raised its price target but kept a “sell” rating (PT up from $125 to $150), highlighting lingering skepticism among some big banks and adding downward pressure. The Goldman Sachs Group Issues Positive Forecast for ARM Stock Price
• Negative Sentiment: The stock has shown extreme intraday swings — after‑hours gains were largely erased and shares fell sharply during the trading day as investors digested mixed signals on demand and supply. Invezz: Why did ARM stock wipe out its entire 13% after-hours gain overnight?

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $150.00 price target (up from $135.00) on shares of ARM in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Mizuho upped their price target on ARM from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. UBS Group reduced their price target on ARM from $175.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. New Street Research raised ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their target price on ARM from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $195.91.

ARM Price Performance

NASDAQ ARM opened at $213.43 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $154.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $138.41. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 1 year low of $100.02 and a 1 year high of $239.50. The company has a market cap of $225.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 254.09, a PEG ratio of 10.67 and a beta of 3.40.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ARM had a return on equity of 12.80% and a net margin of 18.37%.The firm had revenue of $1.49 billion for the quarter. Research analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at ARM

In other ARM news, CFO Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $148.37, for a total transaction of $3,157,313.60. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 174,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,921,129.22. This trade represents a 10.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Rene A. Haas sold 23,867 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 290,965 shares in the company, valued at $46,894,829.05. This represents a 7.58% 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 83,712 shares of company stock worth $13,614,730.

ARM 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.