Gradient Investments LLC Makes New $765,000 Investment in Arrow Electronics, Inc. $ARW

Gradient Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 6,944 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $765,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in Arrow Electronics by 25.2% in the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 442 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $56,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp grew its stake in Arrow Electronics by 1.9% in the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 5,410 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $655,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Arrow Electronics by 0.5% in the second quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC now owns 22,265 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,837,000 after buying an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Arrow Electronics by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 12,016 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,531,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its position in Arrow Electronics by 0.5% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 24,114 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,073,000 after buying an additional 111 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.34% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ARW has been the topic of several research reports. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Arrow Electronics from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Wall Street Zen raised Arrow Electronics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 7th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Arrow Electronics from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Arrow Electronics from $94.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Arrow Electronics from $120.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $124.33.

Arrow Electronics Stock Up 3.2%

Shares of NYSE ARW opened at $144.35 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $140.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $124.16. The firm has a market cap of $7.37 billion, a PE ratio of 13.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 1.01. Arrow Electronics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $86.50 and a 1 year high of $162.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.09.

Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.55 by $0.84. Arrow Electronics had a net margin of 1.85% and a return on equity of 9.01%. The firm had revenue of $8.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.16 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.97 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Arrow Electronics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.130-2.330 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Arrow Electronics, Inc. will post 10.57 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arrow Electronics

In other Arrow Electronics news, CEO William F. Austen acquired 3,960 shares of Arrow Electronics stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of $151.87 per share, with a total value of $601,405.20. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 44,722 shares in the company, valued at $6,791,930.14. This trade represents a 9.71% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Carine Lamercie Jean-Claude sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $156.65, for a total value of $626,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 16,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,547,285.65. The trade was a 19.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 19,199 shares of company stock worth $3,009,786 in the last three months. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Arrow Electronics Company Profile

Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, passives, connectors, electromechanical devices and embedded solutions, serving customers across diverse end markets including automotive, communications, computing, aerospace, defense and healthcare. Through its extensive supplier relationships, Arrow enables design engineers to identify and procure components required for the development of new electronic systems and devices.

In addition to component distribution, Arrow delivers value-added services such as design engineering support, supply chain management, global logistics and technical training.