Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM Stock: Sustainable Growth Advisers LP Lowers Position

Sustainable Growth Advisers LP lowered its position in Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) by 17.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 319,057 shares of the company’s stock after selling 66,908 shares during the period. ARM comprises about 1.0% of Sustainable Growth Advisers LP’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP’s holdings in ARM were worth $92,418,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Walser Wealth Management Company A Ltd Liability Co bought a new stake in ARM in the 3rd quarter worth about $407,000. AdvisorNet Financial Inc increased its stake in ARM by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 1,841 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Mystic Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of ARM by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mystic Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,665 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its position in shares of ARM by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 4,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,357,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of ARM by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 5,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,684,000 after buying an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Arm’s annualized contract value increased 13% to $1.73 billion, suggesting solid demand for its chip architectures and potentially supporting expectations for fiscal second-quarter results. Can ARM’s 13% Contract Value Growth Sustain Momentum in Q2?
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft is adding native Python support to Windows PCs powered by Arm processors. Better software compatibility could strengthen adoption of Arm-based computers and broaden the company’s ecosystem beyond smartphones. Microsoft Brings Native Python Support to Windows on Arm PCs
• Positive Sentiment: Recent investment comparisons continue to highlight Arm’s dominant position in mobile chips and expanding relevance in data centers and artificial intelligence, with its architecture used in more than 99% of smartphones. Arm vs. Credo Technology Group
• Neutral Sentiment: A court ruling in the Arm-Qualcomm licensing dispute awarded Qualcomm only $2 in damages. The limited financial impact reduces the immediate threat to Arm, but the broader licensing relationship and legal stakes remain unresolved. Arm-Qualcomm legal fight ends in limited verdict
• Negative Sentiment: Arm remains highly sensitive to interest rates because its valuation relies heavily on earnings expected years in the future. Its roughly 107-times forward earnings multiple also leaves limited room for disappointment compared with lower-priced semiconductor peers. Why Arm Holdings Stock Was Falling Today

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other ARM news, CFO Jason Child sold 10,400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.00, for a total value of $3,120,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 153,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $46,032,600. This trade represents a 6.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on ARM. New Street Research raised ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $260.00 target price for the company in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a research report on Thursday. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $166.00 price target on shares of ARM in a report on Tuesday, August 25th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on ARM from $475.00 to $340.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, HSBC cut ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $255.00 to $315.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.32.

ARM Stock Up 2.8%

ARM stock opened at $244.79 on Friday. Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a twelve month low of $100.02 and a twelve month high of $452.70. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $268.36 and a 200-day moving average price of $269.61. The company has a market capitalization of $261.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 258.71, a P/E/G ratio of 7.06 and a beta of 3.78.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.26 billion. ARM had a net margin of 20.25% and a return on equity of 12.24%. ARM’s quarterly revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.35 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Arm Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

ARM Company Profile

Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM) is a semiconductor and software design company that develops intellectual property used to create energy-efficient computing products. Arm does not generally manufacture chips; instead, it licenses processor architectures, CPU cores, graphics technologies and related system IP to semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers, which incorporate them into their own products.

The company’s offerings include the Cortex family of CPUs for mobile, consumer, automotive and embedded applications; Neoverse platforms for cloud and data-center infrastructure; Mali graphics processing units; and Ethos neural processing units designed for artificial intelligence and machine-learning workloads.