First Trust Advisors LP Acquires 56,498 Shares of Arrow Electronics, Inc. $ARW

First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) by 27.8% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 259,982 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 56,498 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Arrow Electronics were worth $37,284,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ARW. M&T Bank Corp raised its holdings in Arrow Electronics by 1,315.2% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 58,915 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $6,491,000 after acquiring an additional 54,752 shares in the last quarter. Dakota Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Arrow Electronics during the 4th quarter worth $1,031,000. MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new position in shares of Arrow Electronics in the fourth quarter worth $14,544,000. Atria Investments Inc increased its position in shares of Arrow Electronics by 48.0% in the fourth quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 80,092 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,825,000 after purchasing an additional 25,965 shares during the period. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Arrow Electronics by 92.3% in the fourth quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 10,042 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,106,000 after purchasing an additional 4,821 shares in the last quarter. 99.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Arrow Electronics

In related news, insider Eric Nowak sold 3,473 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.99, for a total transaction of $732,768.27. Following the sale, the insider owned 48,835 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,303,696.65. This trade represents a 6.64% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Carine Lamercie Jean-Claude sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.00, for a total value of $648,000.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 12,626 shares in the company, valued at $2,727,216. This represents a 19.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 0.80% of the company’s stock.

Arrow Electronics Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ARW opened at $213.37 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $10.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.26 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 1.24 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $215.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $174.73. Arrow Electronics, Inc. has a one year low of $101.79 and a one year high of $237.33.

Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The technology company reported $5.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.92 by $2.30. The firm had revenue of $9.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.39 billion. Arrow Electronics had a net margin of 2.17% and a return on equity of 11.40%. The company’s revenue was up 39.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.80 earnings per share. Arrow Electronics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.32-4.520 EPS. Research analysts predict that Arrow Electronics, Inc. will post 19.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Arrow Electronics declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 13th that permits the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the technology company to buy up to 9.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on ARW. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Arrow Electronics in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Arrow Electronics in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Bank of America raised shares of Arrow Electronics from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $122.00 to $233.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Arrow Electronics from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Arrow Electronics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Arrow Electronics has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $222.00.

Arrow Electronics Company Profile

Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, passives, connectors, electromechanical devices and embedded solutions, serving customers across diverse end markets including automotive, communications, computing, aerospace, defense and healthcare. Through its extensive supplier relationships, Arrow enables design engineers to identify and procure components required for the development of new electronic systems and devices.

In addition to component distribution, Arrow delivers value-added services such as design engineering support, supply chain management, global logistics and technical training.