Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S. reduced its position in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM – Free Report) by 23.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 13,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,000 shares during the period. Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S.’s holdings in ARM were worth $1,421,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of ARM. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Navalign LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the 4th quarter worth about $33,000. FWL Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter worth about $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 worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the 4th quarter worth about $43,000. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research firms have issued reports on ARM. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating and set a $150.00 price target (up from $135.00) on shares of ARM in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. New Street Research upgraded shares of ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Evercore cut their price objective on shares of ARM from $215.00 to $170.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of ARM from $200.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a 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 MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.79.
ARM Stock Up 3.7%
Shares of NASDAQ:ARM opened at $223.15 on Wednesday. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $100.02 and a 52-week high of $239.50. The company has a 50 day moving average of $168.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $140.99. The company has a market capitalization of $235.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 3.40.
ARM (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ARM had a net margin of 18.37% and a return on equity of 12.43%. The company had revenue of $1.49 billion during the quarter. On average, equities analysts anticipate that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.
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
Insider Buying and Selling
In other ARM news, insider Richard Roy Grisenthwaite sold 24,339 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $209.15, for a total value of $5,090,501.85. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 5,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,159,318.45. This trade represents a 81.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, insider William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total transaction of $1,487,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 57,394 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,199,094.70. This trade represents a 10.87% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 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. Insiders have sold 168,589 shares of company stock valued at $31,508,607 over the last three months.
ARM 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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