PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Has $1.31 Million Position in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 26.5% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 8,636 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,106 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s holdings in ARM were worth $1,306,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of ARM by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,783,006 shares of the company’s stock valued at $413,521,000 after buying an additional 45,314 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of ARM by 36.9% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,426,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,279,000 after acquiring an additional 654,727 shares in the last quarter. Coatue Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Coatue Management LLC now owns 2,300,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $251,413,000 after acquiring an additional 40,174 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 41.6% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,149,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $234,925,000 after acquiring an additional 631,576 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in ARM by 11.0% in the 4th quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,891,310 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,739,000 after acquiring an additional 187,035 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on ARM shares. HSBC downgraded ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $255.00 to $315.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Mizuho increased their price objective on ARM from $425.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Friday, July 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $255.00 price target on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $285.33.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Jason Child sold 31,920 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.54, for a total transaction 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Richard Roy Grisenthwaite sold 24,339 shares of ARM stock in a transaction on Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $209.15, for a total value of $5,090,501.85. Following the sale, the insider owned 5,543 shares in the company, valued at $1,159,318.45. This trade represents a 81.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 216,049 shares of company stock valued at $52,101,605 over the last quarter.

ARM Stock Performance

Shares of ARM stock opened at $239.69 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $256.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 247.11, a PEG ratio of 7.51 and a beta of 3.76. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $100.02 and a 52-week high of $452.70. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $328.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $212.90.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. ARM had a net margin of 20.25% and a return on equity of 12.24%. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.26 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.35 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Headlines Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $1.29 billion, up 22.4% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $0.45, beating analyst estimates. Management also issued second-quarter guidance above consensus, supported by rising AI and data-center demand. Arm shares jump after Q1 revenue, profit beat estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Data-center royalty revenue reportedly doubled, while demand for Arm’s AI-focused CPU and upcoming AGI CPU platform is strengthening. One report said customer demand for the AGI CPU has topped $2 billion, reinforcing the long-term AI infrastructure opportunity. ARM Q1 Earnings Call Highlights AI CPU Demand and Data Center Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reiterated its Buy rating and $300 price target, saying Arm remains well positioned for long-term AI infrastructure growth despite weaker handset conditions. Arm remains key AI infrastructure beneficiary despite softer handset outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Rosenblatt lowered its target to $250 while maintaining Buy; TD Cowen cut its target to $350 and RBC reduced its target to $340, although both retained positive ratings. Morgan Stanley raised its target to $212 but kept an Equal Weight rating.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that second-quarter royalty growth of roughly 13% will be restrained by smartphone weakness and memory-price pressures. These near-term concerns overshadowed the earnings beat for some shareholders. Memory Prices Hit Arm’s Royalties as Stock Falls
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk: ARM has gained 110.5% year to date and trades at a very high earnings multiple. Analysts warn that continued gains require exceptional execution across AI servers, cloud, edge, and automotive markets, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth slows or the AGI CPU rollout disappoints.

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.