Insider Selling: ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) CFO Sells 31,920 Shares of Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) CFO Jason Child sold 31,920 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 174,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,470,517.28. This represents a 15.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Jason Child also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, April 22nd, Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.00, for a total value of $3,830,400.00.
• On Wednesday, March 25th, Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of ARM stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.37, for a total transaction of $3,157,313.60.

ARM Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ARM traded up $41.50 during trading on Thursday, reaching $298.23. 21,604,484 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,108,127. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $171.77 and a two-hundred day moving average of $141.63. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $100.02 and a 52-week high of $298.70. The stock has a market cap of $315.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 355.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 3.40.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 EPS 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 for the quarter. Sell-side analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on ARM. TD Cowen increased their price objective on ARM from $165.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on ARM from $175.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $150.00 price objective (up from $135.00) on shares of ARM in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $208.79.

Trending Headlines about ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies said Nvidia’s upbeat comments on its Arm-based Vera CPU business are a positive read-through for Arm Holdings (ARM), and it reiterated its Buy rating with a $290 price target. Article: Nvidia CPU comments read positively for this chip stock: analyst
• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an Outperform rating and a $300 price target, reinforcing optimism that Arm is well positioned for a long-term “renaissance” in CPUs and AI infrastructure spending. Article: What Is Going On With Arm Stock On Wednesday?
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports said investors are buying into the idea that AI agents and server CPU demand could drive stronger royalty and licensing growth for Arm Holdings (ARM), helping the stock extend its strong momentum. Article: Why Arm Holdings Stock Surged to an All-Time High Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales by executives including Richard Roy Grisenthwaite and William Abbey were disclosed, but the filings say the shares were sold under pre-arranged plans and for tax withholding tied to equity awards, so they are not necessarily a negative operating signal.
• Negative Sentiment: News about a possible U.S. antitrust probe remains a headline risk for ARM and could weigh on sentiment if regulators increase scrutiny of its licensing model. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new position in ARM in the third quarter worth about $243,098,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in ARM by 2,623.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,671,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $182,743,000 after purchasing an additional 1,610,403 shares during the last quarter. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in ARM in the third quarter worth about $202,980,000. Employees Provident Fund Board purchased a new position in ARM in the fourth quarter worth about $120,241,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in ARM by 1,203.5% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 945,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,983,000 after purchasing an additional 872,644 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.