Castle Rock Wealth Management LLC lessened its position in Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM – Free Report) by 32.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,236 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,008 shares during the quarter. Castle Rock Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in ARM were worth $1,887,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of ARM. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd grew its position in shares of ARM by 28.0% in the fourth quarter. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd now owns 1,836,185 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,713,000 after purchasing an additional 401,594 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in ARM by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,461,410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,747,000 after buying an additional 10,385 shares during the last quarter. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new position in ARM in the 4th quarter worth approximately $120,241,000. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in ARM by 265.6% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 971,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $146,903,000 after buying an additional 705,459 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 1,203.5% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 945,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,983,000 after buying an additional 872,644 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. HSBC cut ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $255.00 to $315.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a research note on Friday, July 17th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of ARM from $360.00 to $320.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of ARM from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.32.
ARM Price Performance
Shares of ARM traded down $9.01 on Friday, reaching $266.28. 4,252,802 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,645,616. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $270.11 and its 200-day moving average price is $265.87. The firm has a market cap of $284.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 274.52, a P/E/G ratio of 8.73 and a beta of 3.78. Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12 month low of $100.02 and a 12 month high of $452.70.
ARM (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. ARM had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 20.25%.The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.26 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.35 earnings per share. ARM’s quarterly revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity at ARM
In other news, CFO Jason Child sold 10,400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total transaction of $3,120,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 153,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $46,032,600. This trade represents a 6.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Trending Headlines about ARM
Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Arm’s AI opportunity remains a major bullish catalyst. Its architecture is used across major AI platforms, while demand for its flagship CPU reportedly exceeded management’s expectations. Shares are up roughly 143% to 177% year to date, reflecting optimism about AI data-center growth. Wall Street May Be Underestimating Arm’s AI Opportunity
- Positive Sentiment: Lattice Semiconductor is collaborating with Arm to integrate FPGA-based control technology into AI servers. The partnership could strengthen Arm’s position in server infrastructure and increase the adoption of its technology in data-center systems. Lattice Collaborates with Arm to Integrate FPGA-Based Control for AI Servers
- Neutral Sentiment: Arm’s recent rebound has renewed interest in the stock, but its approximately 43.5-times forward-sales valuation leaves little room for execution missteps and makes the entry point a key investor concern. ARM Stock Rebounds 11.5% in a Month
- Neutral Sentiment: One valuation model places fair value below the then-current share price, while broader analyst targets remain substantially higher. The wide range highlights disagreement over how much of Arm’s long-term AI growth is already reflected in the stock. Wall Street May Be Underestimating Arm’s AI Opportunity
- Negative Sentiment: Reports tied to OpenAI’s revenue outlook pressured semiconductor stocks, contributing to weakness in Arm. The concern is that uncertainty around AI spending and monetization could challenge the exceptionally high expectations embedded in AI-related valuations. Arm Holdings Stock Fell as an OpenAI Revenue Report Hit Chip Stocks
- Negative Sentiment: Arm and Qualcomm are in a federal trial over licensing and royalty obligations involving Qualcomm chips based on Arm architecture. An unfavorable outcome could affect billions of dollars in royalty payments or future licensing terms. Arm Holdings Heads to Trial Over Billions in Royalty Payments
- Neutral Sentiment: A short-interest update reported zero shares sold short and a zero-day days-to-cover ratio, indicating no measurable short-position overhang in the cited data, although the figure appears inconsistent with the description of a significant increase.
ARM Profile
Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM) is a semiconductor and software design company that develops intellectual property used to create energy-efficient computing products. Arm does not generally manufacture chips; instead, it licenses processor architectures, CPU cores, graphics technologies and related system IP to semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers, which incorporate them into their own products.
The company’s offerings include the Cortex family of CPUs for mobile, consumer, automotive and embedded applications; Neoverse platforms for cloud and data-center infrastructure; Mali graphics processing units; and Ethos neural processing units designed for artificial intelligence and machine-learning workloads.
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