ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Insider William Abbey Sells 7,000 Shares of Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) insider William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total transaction of $1,487,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 57,394 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,199,094.70. The trade was a 10.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

William Abbey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, April 23rd, William Abbey sold 1,577 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.00, for a total transaction of $313,823.00.

ARM Trading Up 3.7%

ARM opened at $223.15 on Wednesday. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12-month low of $100.02 and a 12-month high of $239.50. The company has a market cap of $235.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.65, a PEG ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 3.40. The company’s 50 day moving average is $168.98 and its 200 day moving average is $140.99.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter. ARM had a net margin of 18.37% and a return on equity of 12.43%. The business had revenue of $1.49 billion for the quarter. As a group, analysts predict that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ARM. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in ARM in the third quarter worth $28,000. Syntax Research Inc. bought a new stake in ARM in the first quarter worth $30,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd bought a new stake in ARM in the first quarter worth $30,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in ARM in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Navalign LLC bought a new stake in ARM in the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on ARM. Susquehanna lifted their price target on shares of ARM from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, April 16th. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of ARM from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on shares of ARM from $200.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $203.79.

Key Stories Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an outperform rating and a $300 price target, signaling meaningful upside from current levels and reinforcing the bullish view on Arm’s CPU and chip-IP growth opportunity.
• Positive Sentiment: MarketWatch reported that Bernstein sees Arm benefiting from a “renaissance of CPUs,” with the server CPU market potentially expanding sharply over the next several years, which supports the stock’s momentum. Article: Arm’s stock could rise another 45% as the ‘renaissance of CPUs’ takes hold, analyst says
• Positive Sentiment: Another market piece noted ARM was trading higher on Tuesday, extending a strong 2026 run as investors continue to favor semiconductor design and AI-related names. Article: Arm Holdings Has Doubled in 2026. Is It Outperforming Other Chip-IP Stocks Like Synopsys, Cadence, and Qualcomm?
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced securities-fraud investigations tied to ARM after reports of U.S. antitrust scrutiny. These headlines add uncertainty, but they are investigations at an early stage rather than confirmed findings. Article: Securities Fraud Investigation Into Arm Holdings plc (ARM) Announced
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales by Richard Roy Grisenthwaite and William Abbey were disclosed, but the company said the transactions were tied to tax withholding from vested equity awards and a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, which makes them less likely to be viewed as a negative operating signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reported ARM fell on news of a possible U.S. antitrust probe, which could pressure investor sentiment if regulators increase scrutiny of Arm’s licensing model. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

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.