JPMorgan Chase & Co. Cuts ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Price Target to $145.00

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) had its price objective lowered by research analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $180.00 to $145.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 30.77% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of ARM from $115.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Raymond James Financial initiated coverage on ARM in a report on Friday, November 21st. They set a “hold” rating for the company. New Street Research raised ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of ARM from $190.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Citigroup lowered ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $160.81.

ARM Stock Up 5.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:ARM traded up $5.98 on Thursday, reaching $110.88. The company had a trading volume of 24,157,482 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,517,659. The stock has a market capitalization of $117.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 142.15, a P/E/G ratio of 6.26 and a beta of 4.35. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $117.81 and a 200 day moving average price of $138.52. ARM has a twelve month low of $80.00 and a twelve month high of $183.16.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. ARM had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 18.81%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.39 earnings per share. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that ARM will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ARM

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARM. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of ARM by 126.0% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 174 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the period. Huntington National Bank acquired a new position in ARM during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. FWL Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ARM in the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its position in shares of ARM by 238.1% in the third quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 200 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: Q3 results beat on revenue and EPS and management issued stronger-than-expected Q4 guidance (EPS 0.540–0.620; revenue guidance above Street estimates), highlighting continued AI-driven demand. Q3 Slide Deck
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Rene Haas said Arm’s data-center business is “exploding” and could soon rival handset revenues — a direct bullish signal for longer-term growth and AI exposure. Bloomberg Interview
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain generally constructive: New Street upgraded ARM to buy and several firms (TD Cowen, Mizuho, Rosenblatt, Wells Fargo) kept bullish ratings or overweight positions even while trimming price targets — indicating continued analyst confidence in upside versus current levels. New Street Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Arm announced an “Arm Everywhere” event (Mar 24) that could serve as a catalyst if new partnerships or product roadmaps are revealed, but impact depends on announcements. Event Notice
• Negative Sentiment: Licensing revenue narrowly missed estimates and triggered an after-hours selloff; investors are parsing whether handset royalty growth will slow, which would pressure a key, high-margin revenue stream. CNBC Licensing Miss
• Negative Sentiment: Broader industry headwinds — memory shortages and manufacturers trimming phone production — could weigh on Arm’s handset-related revenue in the near term and have already pressured chip peers. Reuters on Memory Shortage
• Negative Sentiment: Several firms cut price targets (e.g., TD Cowen, Mizuho, Wells Fargo, Rosenblatt) — while many ratings remain positive, the lower PTs moderate near-term upside expectations. Analyst PT Coverage

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.