William Abbey Sells 7,000 Shares of ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) insider William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total value of $1,487,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 57,394 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,199,094.70. The trade was a 10.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

William Abbey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, April 23rd, William Abbey sold 1,577 shares of ARM stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.00, for a total value of $313,823.00.

ARM Stock Up 3.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:ARM traded up $8.03 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $223.15. The stock had a trading volume of 11,187,434 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,859,960. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12-month low of $100.02 and a 12-month high of $239.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $235.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 3.40. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $166.81 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $140.61.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ARM. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on ARM from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on ARM from $200.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Twenty research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $203.79.

More ARM News

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an outperform rating and a $300 price target, signaling meaningful upside from current levels and reinforcing the bullish view on Arm’s CPU and chip-IP growth opportunity.
• Positive Sentiment: MarketWatch reported that Bernstein sees Arm benefiting from a “renaissance of CPUs,” with the server CPU market potentially expanding sharply over the next several years, which supports the stock’s momentum. Article: Arm’s stock could rise another 45% as the ‘renaissance of CPUs’ takes hold, analyst says
• Positive Sentiment: Another market piece noted ARM was trading higher on Tuesday, extending a strong 2026 run as investors continue to favor semiconductor design and AI-related names. Article: Arm Holdings Has Doubled in 2026. Is It Outperforming Other Chip-IP Stocks Like Synopsys, Cadence, and Qualcomm?
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced securities-fraud investigations tied to ARM after reports of U.S. antitrust scrutiny. These headlines add uncertainty, but they are investigations at an early stage rather than confirmed findings. Article: Securities Fraud Investigation Into Arm Holdings plc (ARM) Announced
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales by Richard Roy Grisenthwaite and William Abbey were disclosed, but the company said the transactions were tied to tax withholding from vested equity awards and a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, which makes them less likely to be viewed as a negative operating signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reported ARM fell on news of a possible U.S. antitrust probe, which could pressure investor sentiment if regulators increase scrutiny of Arm’s licensing model. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Institutional Trading of ARM

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ARM. Silicon Valley Capital Partners acquired a new position in ARM during the first quarter worth $163,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC acquired a new position in ARM during the first quarter worth $116,112,000. Strategic Investment Advisors MI acquired a new position in ARM during the first quarter worth $131,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in ARM by 69.9% during the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 4,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $693,000 after buying an additional 1,886 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Altshuler Shaham Ltd boosted its stake in ARM by 202.6% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 478,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,356,000 after buying an additional 320,236 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.