ARM Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:ARM)

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) saw some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Investors bought 93,753 put options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 74% compared to the average daily volume of 54,016 put options.

Institutional Trading of ARM

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in ARM by 26.3% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 33,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,533,000 after purchasing an additional 6,888 shares during the period. Cresset Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of ARM by 36.1% in the first quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 15,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,665,000 after buying an additional 4,135 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in ARM by 3.4% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 273,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,227,000 after buying an additional 8,980 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new position in ARM during the 1st quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP increased its stake in ARM by 826.0% during the 1st quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 42,113 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,497,000 after acquiring an additional 37,565 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

ARM Trading Down 5.4%

NASDAQ:ARM opened at $114.58 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $149.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $147.28. The stock has a market cap of $121.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 146.90, a PEG ratio of 7.25 and a beta of 4.23. ARM has a 1-year low of $80.00 and a 1-year high of $183.16.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. ARM had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 18.81%.The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.06 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.30 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 34.5% compared to the same quarter last year. ARM has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.370-0.450 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that ARM will post 0.9 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Loop Capital upped their target price on shares of ARM from $155.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of ARM in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $160.00 to $120.00 in a research report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on ARM from $190.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price target on ARM from $205.00 to $145.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $178.30.

ARM Company Profile

Arm Holdings Plc engages in the licensing, marketing, research, and development of microprocessors, systems IP, graphics processing units, physical IP and associated systems IP, software, and tools. It operates through the following geographical segments: United Kingdom, United States, and Other Countries.