Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC Acquires 18,522 Shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC boosted its holdings in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 17.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 125,062 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,522 shares during the period. Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC’s holdings in ARM were worth $13,671,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ARM. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of ARM by 126.0% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. FWL Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of ARM in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL raised its position in shares of ARM by 238.1% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Consulate Inc. purchased a new position in shares of ARM in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $45,000. 7.53% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other ARM news, CFO Jason Child sold 21,280 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $148.37, for a total transaction of $3,157,313.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 174,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,921,129.22. This trade represents a 10.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Rene A. Haas sold 23,867 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.17, for a total transaction of $3,846,644.39. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 290,965 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,894,829.05. This represents a 7.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 53,133 shares of company stock valued at $8,288,586 over the last three months.

ARM Trading Up 3.5%

ARM opened at $148.91 on Thursday. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12-month low of $85.19 and a 12-month high of $183.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $157.32 billion, a PE ratio of 198.55, a P/E/G ratio of 6.65 and a beta of 3.33. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $128.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $134.11.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.02. ARM had a net margin of 17.15% and a return on equity of 14.01%. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.39 EPS. ARM’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on ARM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of ARM from $180.00 to $145.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of ARM from $175.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Guggenheim increased their price objective on shares of ARM from $201.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 25th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday, March 26th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $172.13.

Key ARM News

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong YTD performance and durable market position: ARM has surged ~32% year-to-date as its CPU architecture remains central to billions of devices and growing AI token workloads, supporting continued revenue growth and investor momentum. ARM Stock Up 32% YTD
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish structural AI thesis: Analysis arguing agentic/multi-agent AI shifts bottlenecks to CPUs highlights Arm’s potential upside — the company projects an AGI CPU market that could add roughly $1B in revenue in FY2027–28, an overt catalyst for growth expectations. Agentic AI Lift
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upside: Mizuho raised its price target to $230, signaling some broker confidence that Arm’s long-term opportunity still supports materially higher valuation. Mizuho Raises PT
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings timing: Arm set its Q4 FY2026 results release and webcast for May 6 after the close — a scheduled event that will reset guidance and near-term sentiment. Watch the call for updated revenue, margin, and chip-related commentary. Earnings Release Date
• Neutral Sentiment: Market-wide tech pressure: Broader market moves (oil rally, macro headlines) have weighed on Nasdaq and semiconductor names at times, producing short-term volatility that can amplify Arm’s swings. Macro Tech Pressure
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade and risk reassessment: Morgan Stanley cut Arm to Equalweight (from Overweight), citing risks around the company’s chipmaking pivot, litigation and intensifying competition — the downgrade triggered a near-term pullback and increased investor caution. Morgan Stanley Downgrade
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and cyclical risk: Multiple pieces warn that Arm’s rich valuation (very high PE) and the semiconductor cycle could limit upside in the near term, making timing and entry points important for new buyers. Valuation Concerns

About ARM

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.