Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. Makes New Investment in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking S.P.A. purchased a new position in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 23,100 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,525,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Paragon Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of ARM in the fourth quarter worth approximately $826,000. Lansdowne Partners UK LLP acquired a new stake in shares of ARM in the third quarter worth approximately $8,486,000. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of ARM in the third quarter worth approximately $202,980,000. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its position in shares of ARM by 34.7% in the fourth quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 24,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,644,000 after acquiring an additional 6,232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Baillie Gifford & Co. acquired a new stake in shares of ARM in the third quarter worth approximately $90,678,000. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

ARM News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an outperform rating and a $300 price target, highlighting upside tied to Arm’s AI infrastructure and CPU growth potential.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen also turned more constructive, raising its price target to $265 from $165 and reiterating a Buy, citing a stronger AGI CPU growth narrative.
• Positive Sentiment: Media coverage pointed to renewed enthusiasm for Arm as a key beneficiary of AI-driven semiconductor demand, helping extend the stock’s strong upward trend.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insider sales were disclosed, but they were described as pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 transactions tied to equity compensation tax withholding, which makes them less meaningful as a business signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reported that ARM fell on news of a possible U.S. antitrust probe, raising concerns about future scrutiny of Arm’s licensing model and creating some regulatory overhang. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Insider Activity

In other ARM news, insider Richard Roy Grisenthwaite sold 24,339 shares of ARM stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $209.15, for a total transaction of $5,090,501.85. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 5,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,159,318.45. The trade was a 81.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CFO Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of ARM 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 directly owned 174,706 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,921,129.22. This trade represents a 10.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 168,589 shares of company stock valued at $31,508,607 over the last quarter.

ARM Stock Up 15.0%

Shares of ARM stock opened at $256.73 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $271.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 305.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 3.40. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a fifty-two week low of $100.02 and a fifty-two week high of $259.44. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $171.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $141.63.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $1.49 billion for the quarter. ARM had a net margin of 18.37% and a return on equity of 12.43%. On average, equities analysts forecast that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, ARM presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $203.79.

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.