ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Insider William Abbey Sells 1,577 Shares of Stock

ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) insider William Abbey sold 1,577 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.00, for a total value of $313,823.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 54,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,793,760. The trade was a 2.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

William Abbey also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 15th, William Abbey sold 7,000 shares of ARM stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.55, for a total value of $1,487,850.00.

ARM Stock Up 3.7%

Shares of NASDAQ ARM opened at $223.15 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $235.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.65, a PEG ratio of 7.81 and a beta of 3.40. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $100.02 and a 52-week high of $239.50. The business’s 50 day moving average is $168.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $140.99.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. ARM had a return on equity of 12.43% and a net margin of 18.37%.The company had revenue of $1.49 billion for the quarter. Analysts anticipate that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 1.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about ARM

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on ARM with an outperform rating and a $300 price target, signaling meaningful upside from current levels and reinforcing the bullish view on Arm’s CPU and chip-IP growth opportunity.
• Positive Sentiment: MarketWatch reported that Bernstein sees Arm benefiting from a “renaissance of CPUs,” with the server CPU market potentially expanding sharply over the next several years, which supports the stock’s momentum. Article: Arm’s stock could rise another 45% as the ‘renaissance of CPUs’ takes hold, analyst says
• Positive Sentiment: Another market piece noted ARM was trading higher on Tuesday, extending a strong 2026 run as investors continue to favor semiconductor design and AI-related names. Article: Arm Holdings Has Doubled in 2026. Is It Outperforming Other Chip-IP Stocks Like Synopsys, Cadence, and Qualcomm?
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced securities-fraud investigations tied to ARM after reports of U.S. antitrust scrutiny. These headlines add uncertainty, but they are investigations at an early stage rather than confirmed findings. Article: Securities Fraud Investigation Into Arm Holdings plc (ARM) Announced
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider sales by Richard Roy Grisenthwaite and William Abbey were disclosed, but the company said the transactions were tied to tax withholding from vested equity awards and a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, which makes them less likely to be viewed as a negative operating signal.
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance reported ARM fell on news of a possible U.S. antitrust probe, which could pressure investor sentiment if regulators increase scrutiny of Arm’s licensing model. Article: Arm Falls on Reported US Antitrust Probe

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on ARM shares. HSBC raised ARM from a “reduce” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $90.00 to $205.00 in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Mizuho upped their price objective on ARM from $230.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on ARM from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on ARM from $175.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price objective on ARM from $170.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Twenty equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $203.79.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ARM

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of ARM by 32.1% during the third quarter. Pacific Heights Asset Management LLC now owns 185,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,176,000 after purchasing an additional 45,000 shares in the last quarter. Paragon Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the fourth quarter worth $826,000. Lansdowne Partners UK LLP acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $8,486,000. Hyperion Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $202,980,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its stake in shares of ARM by 34.7% during the fourth quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 24,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,232 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

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.