Rathbones Group PLC Sells 2,515 Shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Rathbones Group PLC lessened its stake in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 0.5% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 497,528 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,515 shares during the quarter. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in ARM were worth $75,266,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Syntax Research Inc. purchased a new position in shares of ARM in the first quarter worth $30,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd bought a new stake in ARM during the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. FWL Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in ARM in the 1st quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in ARM in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday. Benchmark started coverage on ARM in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating on shares of ARM in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective on shares of ARM in a report on Monday, July 20th. Eighteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, ARM currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $285.33.

Trending Headlines about ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $1.29 billion, up 22.4% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $0.45, beating analyst estimates. Management also issued second-quarter guidance above consensus, supported by rising AI and data-center demand. Arm shares jump after Q1 revenue, profit beat estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Data-center royalty revenue reportedly doubled, while demand for Arm’s AI-focused CPU and upcoming AGI CPU platform is strengthening. One report said customer demand for the AGI CPU has topped $2 billion, reinforcing the long-term AI infrastructure opportunity. ARM Q1 Earnings Call Highlights AI CPU Demand and Data Center Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reiterated its Buy rating and $300 price target, saying Arm remains well positioned for long-term AI infrastructure growth despite weaker handset conditions. Arm remains key AI infrastructure beneficiary despite softer handset outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Rosenblatt lowered its target to $250 while maintaining Buy; TD Cowen cut its target to $350 and RBC reduced its target to $340, although both retained positive ratings. Morgan Stanley raised its target to $212 but kept an Equal Weight rating.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that second-quarter royalty growth of roughly 13% will be restrained by smartphone weakness and memory-price pressures. These near-term concerns overshadowed the earnings beat for some shareholders. Memory Prices Hit Arm’s Royalties as Stock Falls
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk: ARM has gained 110.5% year to date and trades at a very high earnings multiple. Analysts warn that continued gains require exceptional execution across AI servers, cloud, edge, and automotive markets, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth slows or the AGI CPU rollout disappoints.

Insider Activity at ARM

In other ARM news, CFO Jason Child sold 31,920 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $226.54, for a total value of $7,231,156.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 174,232 shares in the company, valued at $39,470,517.28. This trade represents a 15.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider William Abbey sold 6,566 shares of ARM stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $402.72, for a total value of $2,644,259.52. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 20,563 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,281,131.36. The trade was a 24.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 216,049 shares of company stock valued at $52,101,605.

ARM Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ARM opened at $239.69 on Monday. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12 month low of $100.02 and a 12 month high of $452.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $256.01 billion, a PE ratio of 247.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.12 and a beta of 3.91. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $328.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $213.62.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. ARM had a net margin of 20.25% and a return on equity of 12.24%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.35 EPS. ARM has set its Q2 2027 guidance at 0.430-0.510 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 earnings per share for the current year.

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.