Defender Capital LLC. purchased a new stake in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 100,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,034,000. ARM makes up about 3.6% of Defender Capital LLC.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest holding.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in ARM by 126.0% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 174 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of ARM in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. FWL Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its holdings in shares of ARM by 238.1% during the 3rd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of ARM during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.
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Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Arm unveiled the AGI CPU — its first in‑house data‑center processor — and said the product targets “agentic AI” workloads with Meta as a launch customer; management also guided to multi‑billion annual sales from the new silicon effort. Reuters: Arm jumps as new AI chip to drive billions annual revenue
- Positive Sentiment: Company projections and analyst repricing: Arm suggested the new chip could generate roughly $15B in revenue by 2031 (some headlines cited even larger figures), and multiple firms raised price targets or upgraded ratings after the announcement — driving bullish sentiment. Forbes: Arm Shares Surge 18% On $15 Billion AI Chip Sales Forecast
- Positive Sentiment: Options and market momentum: heavy call buying was reported (large unusual call volume), amplifying upside pressure; macro/tech tailwinds (chip optimism, lower VIX) supported a broad tech rally that helped amplify Arm’s move. Fool: Stock Market Today — chip optimism boosts tech
- Neutral Sentiment: Official corporate release: Arm formally announced the “Arm AGI CPU” and the company’s shift from pure IP licensing into selling branded silicon — a structural business change that creates both new revenue upside and new execution responsibilities. BusinessWire: Arm expands compute platform to silicon products
- Neutral Sentiment: Market positioning vs incumbents: some coverage notes Nvidia and other incumbents aren’t necessarily threatened in the near term — Arm’s entry expands choices for hyperscalers but won’t instantly displace entrenched AI GPU/accelerator suppliers. Yahoo: Nvidia Stock Is Rising — Why Arm’s New AI Chip Is Not a Threat
- Negative Sentiment: Execution and margin risk: moving from licensing to building and selling silicon is capital‑intensive and operationally complex; some analysts and commentators flagged uncertainty around Arm’s ability to scale manufacturing, margin impacts, and competitive response from Intel/AMD. Proactive: Arm’s AI chip push lifts shares, but analysts question upside potential
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ARM Price Performance
Shares of ARM stock opened at $157.07 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $120.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $134.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $165.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 209.43, a P/E/G ratio of 9.31 and a beta of 4.11. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a fifty-two week low of $80.00 and a fifty-two week high of $183.16.
ARM (NASDAQ:ARM – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. On average, analysts expect that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current year.
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.
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