Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM Stock Position Lessened by D.A. Davidson & CO.

D.A. Davidson & CO. lowered its position in Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 69.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,217 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,156 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in ARM were worth $642,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ARM. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in ARM by 1,203.5% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 945,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,983,000 after purchasing an additional 872,644 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the first quarter worth $116,112,000. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd grew its position in ARM by 36.9% in the third quarter. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd now owns 727,273 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,662,000 after acquiring an additional 195,942 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd grew its position in shares of ARM by 202.6% in the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 478,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,356,000 after acquiring an additional 320,236 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in ARM by 67.5% during the 1st quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 454,220 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,714,000 after acquiring an additional 183,045 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other ARM news, CFO Jason Child sold 10,400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $3,120,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 153,442 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,032,600. This trade represents a 6.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Key Headlines Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $1.44 billion, ahead of estimates. Licensing revenue rose 50%, and data-center royalties doubled, highlighting demand for Arm technology in AI infrastructure. Arm Holdings’ Q2 Earnings Call Centers on AGI CPU Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Arm’s push into its own AGI CPU could broaden its opportunity beyond chip-design royalties; management sees potential for up to $2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2027–28. Oracle has also said it plans to offer Arm AGI CPU instances in 2027. Arm Holdings’ Q2 Earnings Call Centers on AGI CPU Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: UBS and JPMorgan retained Buy/Overweight ratings despite cutting their price targets, indicating continued analyst confidence in potential upside. UBS analyst recommendations JPMorgan price target
• Neutral Sentiment: AI and data-center stocks faced market-wide pressure after midterm-election results raised concerns about a possible slowdown in data-center investment. Major indexes recovered some losses Friday, offering a more supportive backdrop, though uncertainty remains. Tech executives react to post-midterm AI sell-off
• Negative Sentiment: Investors focused on weaker smartphone-related royalties and concerns that handset demand may soften, offsetting Arm’s strong data-center growth. Royalty revenue is recurring, so slower growth here may temper expectations for future earnings. Weak smartphone royalties offset AI data-center growth
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns amplified the post-earnings selloff: investors questioned whether Arm’s high expectations are justified even after the quarterly revenue beat. UBS cut its target from $320 to $270, and JPMorgan lowered its target from $255 to $245. Arm stock slides as results stoke valuation doubts

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. HSBC restated a “hold” rating and set a $215.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on ARM from $340.00 to $300.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $255.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $255.00 price objective on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Nineteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $291.72.

ARM Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ARM opened at $174.62 on Friday. Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $100.02 and a 52-week high of $452.70. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $252.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $229.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $186.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 200.71, a PEG ratio of 5.84 and a beta of 3.93.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.04. ARM had a net margin of 20.25% and a return on equity of 12.24%. The business had revenue of $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 27.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.17 earnings per share for the current year.

ARM Profile

Arm Holdings plc designs and licenses semiconductor technology, including processor architectures and related intellectual property. Rather than manufacturing chips, the company licenses its designs and collects royalties on products that use them.

Arm’s offerings include Cortex CPUs, Mali graphics processors, Neoverse infrastructure platforms and other technology for applications ranging from smartphones and consumer electronics to automotive systems, the Internet of Things and cloud computing.