ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Stock Price Up 2.8% – Here’s What Happened

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM)’s stock price rose 2.8% on Monday . The stock traded as high as $215.50 and last traded at $215.12. Approximately 8,352,985 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 7% from the average daily volume of 7,821,017 shares. The stock had previously closed at $209.16.

ARM News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an Outperform rating and a $300 price target, which helped fuel buying interest by implying further upside from already elevated levels. Article: Bernstein explains why it isn’t too late to invest in Arm stock
• Positive Sentiment: Market coverage highlighted that ARM surged as analysts boosted AI infrastructure spending forecasts and broader optimism over AI-driven chip demand lifted semiconductor stocks. Article: What Is Going On With Arm Stock On Wednesday?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary also said ARM remains attractive to investors after a strong 2026 run, with some desks viewing pullbacks as buying opportunities rather than a sign of weakening fundamentals. Article: Arm Holdings Is Up 104% and Smart Money Is Waiting for One Specific Level to Buy More
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling disclosures from William Abbey and Richard Roy Grisenthwaite may draw attention, but the company said the transactions were tied to tax withholding and pre-arranged trading plans, limiting their significance as an operating signal.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several law firms announced securities-fraud investigations after reports of possible U.S. antitrust scrutiny. These are early-stage legal headlines that add uncertainty, but no wrongdoing has been established. Article: Securities Fraud Investigation Into Arm Holdings plc (ARM) Announced
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of a possible U.S. antitrust probe could pressure sentiment if regulators take a harder look at ARM’s licensing model, which is a key part of its business. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ARM has been the subject of several research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $150.00 price objective (up from $135.00) on shares of ARM in a report on Tuesday, April 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on ARM from $165.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $203.79.

ARM Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $271.24 billion, a PE ratio of 305.63, a PEG ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 3.40. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $168.98 and a 200-day simple moving average of $140.99.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other ARM news, insider Richard Roy Grisenthwaite sold 24,339 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 5,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,159,318.45. This trade represents a 81.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total value of $1,487,850.00. Following 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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. In the last three months, insiders sold 168,589 shares of company stock valued at $31,508,607.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ARM

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Syntax Research Inc. bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. FWL Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

ARM Company 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.