Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. Trims Holdings in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. reduced its holdings in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 23.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 13,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,000 shares during the quarter. Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S.’s holdings in ARM were worth $1,421,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. FWL Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL boosted its stake in shares of ARM by 238.1% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, WFA of San Diego LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $49,000. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

ARM Stock Performance

ARM stock opened at $223.15 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $235.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.65, a PEG ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 3.40. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 1 year low of $100.02 and a 1 year high of $239.50. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $168.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $140.99.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on ARM from $175.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of ARM from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, April 16th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of ARM from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Twenty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $203.79.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other ARM news, insider William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the insider directly owned 57,394 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,199,094.70. This trade represents a 10.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 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. Also, CEO Rene A. Haas sold 9,299 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.85, for a total value of $1,495,744.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 273,680 shares in the company, valued at $44,021,428. The trade was a 3.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 168,589 shares of company stock valued at $31,508,607 in the last three months.

ARM News Summary

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

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.