Insider Selling: ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Insider Sells 10,887 Shares of Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) insider William Abbey sold 10,887 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $224.14, for a total transaction of $2,440,212.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 43,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,717,141.42. The trade was a 20.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

William Abbey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 20th, William Abbey sold 5,069 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $257.18, for a total transaction of $1,303,645.42.
• On Friday, May 15th, William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total transaction of $1,487,850.00.
• On Thursday, April 23rd, William Abbey sold 1,577 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.00, for a total transaction of $313,823.00.

ARM Stock Performance

NASDAQ ARM traded up $41.50 on Thursday, reaching $298.23. The company had a trading volume of 21,604,484 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,108,127. The firm has a market capitalization of $315.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 355.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 3.40. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 1-year low of $100.02 and a 1-year high of $298.70. The company’s fifty day moving average is $171.77 and its 200-day moving average is $141.63.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last issued 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. On average, research analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.

More ARM News

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on ARM shares. Jefferies Financial Group set a $290.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on shares of ARM from $200.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of ARM from $165.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of ARM from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Evercore cut their price target on shares of ARM from $215.00 to $170.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, ARM presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $208.79.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ARM. Amundi raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 24.8% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after purchasing an additional 2,345 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 28.8% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $522,000 after purchasing an additional 1,094 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 9.0% in the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 2,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia bought a new stake in shares of ARM in the 2nd quarter valued at about $556,000. Finally, State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of ARM by 14.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 441,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,399,000 after purchasing an additional 56,656 shares during the period. 7.53% of the stock is owned by 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.