Groupe la Francaise Purchases 16,201 Shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Groupe la Francaise raised its holdings in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 62.9% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 41,953 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,201 shares during the quarter. Groupe la Francaise’s holdings in ARM were worth $6,309,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in ARM. Morgan Stanley increased 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 worth $413,521,000 after purchasing an additional 45,314 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of ARM by 36.9% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,426,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,279,000 after buying an additional 654,727 shares in the last quarter. Coatue Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of ARM by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Coatue Management LLC now owns 2,300,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $251,413,000 after buying an additional 40,174 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 631,576 shares during the period. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its holdings in ARM by 11.0% in the 4th quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,891,310 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,739,000 after buying an additional 187,035 shares during the period. 7.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

ARM News Summary

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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ARM has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of ARM from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $255.00 price target on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday. KeyCorp raised their price target on ARM from $300.00 to $430.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price target on ARM from $270.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 price objective on shares of ARM in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $285.33.

ARM Price Performance

ARM opened at $239.69 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $328.64 and a 200-day moving average price of $212.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $256.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 247.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.51 and a beta of 3.76. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a one year low of $100.02 and a one year high of $452.70.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share 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 in the prior year, the firm posted $0.35 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. ARM has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.430-0.510 EPS. On average, analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at ARM

In other news, insider Richard Roy Grisenthwaite sold 24,339 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $209.15, for a total transaction of $5,090,501.85. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 5,543 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,159,318.45. This trade represents a 81.45% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider Spencer Collins sold 51,961 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.73, for a total value of $11,001,702.53. Following the sale, the insider owned 51,125 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,824,696.25. This trade represents a 50.41% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 216,049 shares of company stock valued at $52,101,605 over the last 90 days.

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.