Shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) gapped down before the market opened on Thursday after an insider sold shares in the company. The stock had previously closed at $411.83, but opened at $380.41. ARM shares last traded at $368.5440, with a volume of 2,448,091 shares traded.
Specifically, insider William Abbey sold 6,566 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.72, for a total transaction of $2,644,259.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 20,563 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,281,131.36. This represents a 24.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider William Abbey sold 4,200 shares of ARM stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $343.81, for a total value of $1,444,002.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 27,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,327,221.49. This trade represents a 13.41% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of ARM from $255.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of ARM from $165.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. HSBC raised shares of ARM from a “reduce” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $90.00 to $205.00 in a report on Friday, March 20th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on shares of ARM from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Twenty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.92.
Key ARM News
Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Arm is being highlighted as a beneficiary of NVIDIA’s new Arm-based AI PC and data-center push, which reinforces demand for Arm’s architecture and could support future licensing and royalty growth. Arm Stock Jumps As Chip Designer Joins Nvidia PC Effort
- Positive Sentiment: Reports that stronger AI demand could pull forward Arm’s own-chip sales target suggest the company’s AI opportunity may be expanding faster than expected. Arm’s $15 Billion AI Chip Target May Arrive Early
- Positive Sentiment: Arm naming ByteDance and Oracle as users of its AI data-center CPUs adds credibility to its infrastructure strategy and broadens its customer roster. Arm names ByteDance and Oracle as users of its AI data centre CPUs
- Neutral Sentiment: Insider William Abbey disclosed another share sale, which may create some caution, but it appears small relative to Arm’s recent rally and is unlikely to be the main driver. SEC insider filing
- Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warns that Arm’s sharp run has pushed valuation to demanding levels, raising the risk of a pullback if AI growth disappoints or sentiment cools. ARM Shares Surge 270% in 2026: Buy, Hold, or Wait for a Pullback?
ARM Price Performance
The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $215.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of $154.89. The stock has a market cap of $394.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 447.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 3.78.
ARM (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter. The firm 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, research analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ARM. Amundi boosted its stake in shares of ARM by 24.8% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after purchasing an additional 2,345 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in ARM by 28.8% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $522,000 after buying an additional 1,094 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. boosted its position in ARM by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 2,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia purchased a new stake in ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at $556,000. Finally, State Street Corp grew its holdings in ARM by 14.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 441,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,399,000 after acquiring an additional 56,656 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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.
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