2,596 Shares in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM Purchased by Compound Planning Inc.

Compound Planning Inc. acquired a new position in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 2,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $393,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARM. Amundi lifted its position in shares of ARM by 24.8% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,153,000 after buying an additional 2,345 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of ARM by 28.8% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $522,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094 shares in the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its holdings in shares of ARM by 9.0% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 2,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia purchased a new stake in shares of ARM during the second quarter valued at approximately $556,000. Finally, State Street Corp increased its position in shares of ARM by 14.7% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 441,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,399,000 after acquiring an additional 56,656 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm reported record first-quarter revenue of $1.29 billion, up 22% year over year, while earnings per share reached $0.45 versus the $0.40 analyst consensus. Both results exceeded expectations. Arm Holdings beats Q1 estimates, shares fall in after-hours
• Positive Sentiment: The company forecast second-quarter EPS of $0.43 to $0.51, above the $0.39 consensus estimate, and projected quarterly revenue above Wall Street expectations. The outlook reflects continued demand for Arm-based designs in AI data centers. Arm forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on AI-driven chip demand
• Positive Sentiment: Demand from hyperscale cloud companies, including Alphabet and Amazon, is supporting Arm’s licensing revenue and royalty growth as increasingly complex AI and data-center chips are shipped. Arm shares dive after hours despite forecasts above estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Management published its fiscal 2027 first-quarter shareholder letter, providing the formal results and outlook for investors. Arm Holdings plc Reports Results for the First Quarter
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the earnings and guidance beats, shares fell nearly 7% in after-hours trading because investors viewed the sales outlook as insufficiently impressive relative to the market’s very high expectations for AI growth. Analysts also noted that Arm’s premium valuation leaves little room for an merely solid quarter. Qualcomm and Arm Forecasts Fail to Impress Investors

Insider Activity

In related news, insider William Abbey sold 10,887 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.14, for a total value of $2,440,212.18. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 43,353 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,717,141.42. The trade was a 20.07% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Spencer Collins sold 51,961 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.73, for a total transaction of $11,001,702.53. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 51,125 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,824,696.25. This trade represents a 50.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 216,049 shares of company stock worth $52,101,605.

ARM Trading Down 8.1%

ARM stock opened at $224.89 on Thursday. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12 month low of $100.02 and a 12 month high of $452.70. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $331.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $211.79. The company has a market cap of $240.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 267.73, a PEG ratio of 7.61 and a beta of 3.76.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. ARM had a return on equity of 12.43% and a net margin of 18.37%.The business had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.35 earnings per share. ARM’s revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. ARM has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.430-0.510 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on ARM. Guggenheim lifted their price target on ARM from $240.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Barclays raised their target price on ARM from $250.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. HSBC cut ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $255.00 to $315.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $500.00 price target on shares of ARM in a report on Wednesday, June 17th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of ARM from $300.00 to $430.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Seventeen investment 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $297.65.

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.