Jason Child Sells 21,280 Shares of ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) CFO Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.37, for a total transaction of $3,157,313.60. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 174,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,921,129.22. This represents a 10.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

ARM Stock Performance

ARM opened at $144.13 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $122.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $134.16. The firm has a market cap of $152.27 billion, a PE ratio of 192.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.10 and a beta of 4.10. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a twelve month low of $80.00 and a twelve month high of $183.16.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. ARM had a net margin of 17.15% and a return on equity of 14.01%. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.39 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ARM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on ARM from $125.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 25th. Needham & Company LLC upgraded ARM from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $160.00 to $120.00 in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $170.00 target price on ARM in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, UBS Group cut their price target on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, ARM presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $168.17.

ARM News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm unveiled an in-house AGI/data‑center CPU and said it could add roughly $15 billion in annual revenue within a few years, plus Meta is positioned as an early customer — a major new revenue pathway beyond licensing. Arm Holdings Stock Soars As Company Targets $15 Billion In Annual Sales From New In-House Chip
• Positive Sentiment: A cluster of analyst upgrades and price‑target raises (Needham, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, Rosenblatt, Barclays and others) has lifted sentiment and institutional interest, supporting higher forward expectations. Arm’s stock nabs another upgrade. It’s never been this loved by analysts.
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call‑option volume signals speculative bullish positioning from traders, which can amplify near‑term upside on positive headlines. Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on ARM (NASDAQ:ARM)
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading volume jumped on the analyst news/upgrade flow, suggesting active repositioning by funds and retail investors — volume confirms conviction but can also precede profit‑taking. ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Sees Strong Trading Volume on Analyst Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical metrics improved (Relative Strength rating jumped), which reflects momentum but also increases the chance of short‑term mean reversion. Arm Holdings Stock Sees Relative Strength Rating Jump To 87
• Negative Sentiment: Mainstream press and analysts warn the pivot from IP licensor to chip seller must go nearly perfectly — execution, customer wins beyond Meta and competitive intensity are material risks that could damp long‑term upside. Arm’s Timing Is Good, but Big Chip Move Now Has to Go Perfectly
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment/technicals show the stock entered overbought territory and the shares now carry a rich valuation, so profit‑taking and a pullback were predictable after the sharp run. Arm Stock Just Entered Overbought Territory. Is It Too Late to Chase the Rally Here?

Institutional Trading of ARM

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 26,745 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,923,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Fund Advisors of America Inc FL bought a new position in shares of ARM during the fourth quarter worth about $663,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its holdings in shares of ARM by 25.2% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 92,992 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,281,000 after buying an additional 18,717 shares in the last quarter. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in ARM in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $69,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in ARM in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $120,241,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

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.