2,850 Shares in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM Purchased by Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 2,850 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $431,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd bought a new stake in ARM during the first quarter worth about $2,894,000. Sigma Planning Corp raised its stake in shares of ARM by 6.5% in the first quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 2,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $348,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of ARM by 81.1% in the first quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 5,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $848,000 after acquiring an additional 2,512 shares during the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM in the first quarter valued at approximately $277,000. Finally, Global Assets Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of ARM in the 1st quarter worth approximately $61,000. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on ARM shares. Morgan Stanley restated 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. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Barclays increased their target price on ARM from $250.00 to $360.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. HSBC lowered ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their target price for the company from $255.00 to $315.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price target on ARM from $425.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $298.96.

Insider Transactions at ARM

In other news, CFO Jason Child sold 31,920 shares of ARM stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.54, for a total value of $7,231,156.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 174,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,470,517.28. This trade represents a 15.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Charlotte Claire Eaton sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.77, for a total value of $1,131,080.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 7,805 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,207,019.85. The trade was a 33.88% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 238,906 shares of company stock valued at $56,245,828 over the last quarter.

ARM Price Performance

ARM opened at $262.01 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $279.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 311.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.06 and a beta of 3.76. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $323.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $202.11. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a one year low of $100.02 and a one year high of $452.70.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $1.49 billion during the quarter. As a group, analysts anticipate that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks highlighted ARM’s expanding royalty opportunities and AI chip strategy, saying they are strengthening the company’s long-term growth story and supporting its ability to benefit from AI demand. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: One market commentary argued that ARM’s recent pullback could be a buying opportunity for long-term investors after the shares retreated from a 12-month peak. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Benchmark initiated coverage with a Hold rating, suggesting the stock may need a pause after its strong year-to-date gain and leaving the near-term outlook balanced. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: HSBC downgraded ARM to Hold, warning that the stock’s sharp rally has left it expensive relative to fundamentals and more vulnerable to disappointment. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Another valuation-focused report said ARM may be “priced for perfection,” with a high price-to-book multiple and elevated expectations creating downside risk if growth slows. Article Title

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.