Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the five ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $124.3333.

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Arrow Electronics from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Arrow Electronics from $120.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Arrow Electronics from $94.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Arrow Electronics from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Arrow Electronics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th.

Arrow Electronics Stock Up 0.1%

ARW stock opened at $145.96 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $144.55 and a 200-day moving average of $125.09. Arrow Electronics has a fifty-two week low of $86.50 and a fifty-two week high of $162.61. The company has a market capitalization of $7.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34, a PEG ratio of 0.73 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.36.

Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.55 by $0.84. The business had revenue of $8.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.16 billion. Arrow Electronics had a return on equity of 9.01% and a net margin of 1.85%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 20.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.97 EPS. Arrow Electronics has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 2.130-2.330 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Arrow Electronics will post 10.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Eric Nowak sold 12,699 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $157.09, for a total transaction of $1,994,885.91. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 43,509 shares in the company, valued at $6,834,828.81. This represents a 22.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Carine Lamercie Jean-Claude sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $156.65, for a total transaction of $626,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 16,261 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,547,285.65. The trade was a 19.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 19,199 shares of company stock worth $3,009,786. Company insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Arrow Electronics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC boosted its position in shares of Arrow Electronics by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 2,416,815 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $292,435,000 after acquiring an additional 260,442 shares during the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue increased its position in shares of Arrow Electronics by 19.8% in the third quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 41,195 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,984,000 after purchasing an additional 6,808 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Arrow Electronics by 3.0% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 382,641 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $46,300,000 after purchasing an additional 11,288 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its position in Arrow Electronics by 8.6% during the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 184,466 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $22,320,000 after purchasing an additional 14,665 shares during the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd lifted its position in Arrow Electronics by 278.4% during the second quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 11,690 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,490,000 after purchasing an additional 8,601 shares during the last quarter. 99.34% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Arrow Electronics Company Profile

Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company offers a broad portfolio of semiconductors, passives, connectors, electromechanical devices and embedded solutions, serving customers across diverse end markets including automotive, communications, computing, aerospace, defense and healthcare. Through its extensive supplier relationships, Arrow enables design engineers to identify and procure components required for the development of new electronic systems and devices.

In addition to component distribution, Arrow delivers value-added services such as design engineering support, supply chain management, global logistics and technical training.