ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Given “Hold” Rating at Benchmark

Benchmark reissued their hold rating on shares of ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) in a report released on Thursday,Benzinga reports.

ARM has been the topic of several other research reports. KeyCorp set a $170.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday. Citigroup lowered shares of ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Oddo Bhf set a $170.00 target price on ARM in a research report on Monday, January 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $160.00 to $120.00 in a report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price objective on ARM from $155.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $160.81.

ARM Price Performance

NASDAQ:ARM opened at $110.88 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $117.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 147.84, a P/E/G ratio of 6.28 and a beta of 4.35. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $117.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $138.33. 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 results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. ARM had a return on equity of 14.36% and a net margin of 17.15%.The company had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.39 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that ARM will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ARM

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARM. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of ARM by 126.0% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 174 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in ARM during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Huntington National Bank purchased a new position in ARM in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in ARM in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, FWL Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM in the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. 7.53% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

More ARM News

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 results beat revenue and EPS consensus; AI/data‑center demand drove a record quarter and 26% YoY revenue growth, giving investors confidence in secular AI tailwinds. ARM Q3 results (slide deck)
• Positive Sentiment: Management set Q4 FY26 EPS guidance (0.540–0.620) and revenue guidance above street estimates, signaling continued AI/data‑center traction into the quarter. Reuters: Arm forecasts revenue above estimates
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Rene Haas told Bloomberg the data‑center business is “exploding,” suggesting the company sees durable, higher‑margin demand beyond handsets. That bullish management tone supports investor optimism around AI exposure. Bloomberg interview: Arm CEO Says Data Center Business Is ‘Exploding’
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive overall: several firms reaffirmed buy/overweight ratings or upgraded (e.g., New Street upgrade), and price targets — even when trimmed — still imply material upside versus the current share price. The Fly: New Street upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Arm announced an “Arm Everywhere” event for March 24 to highlight AI strategy and partner ecosystem — a potential catalyst but with uncertain near‑term impact on numbers. BusinessWire: Arm Everywhere event
• Negative Sentiment: Licensing revenue narrowly missed estimates and sparked an after‑hours selloff; broader industry headwinds (memory shortages, softer smartphone build plans) were cited as near‑term demand risks. These factors create downside risk to handset‑linked royalties. CNBC: Shares fall after licensing miss
• Negative Sentiment: Several firms trimmed price targets (JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Mizuho, Rosenblatt among others) — signaling some analyst caution on near‑term handset and licensing visibility even as ratings largely stay constructive. Benzinga: analyst price target moves

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.