First Trust Advisors LP Grows Stock Holdings in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Key Points

• First Trust Advisors LP raised its ARM stake 7.6% in Q3 to 650,296 shares (about $92.0M), and several other large managers—including Sustainable Growth, Schroder, Invesco, Baillie Gifford and 1832 Asset—also added or opened sizable positions.
• ARM beat estimates in the latest quarter with $0.43 EPS vs. $0.41 expected and $1.24B revenue (up 26.3% YoY), and it issued Q4 2026 EPS guidance of $0.54–$0.62.
• The stock trades around $117.63 with a market cap of $124.3B and a high P/E (~156.8); analysts have an average price target of $160.81 and a consensus rating of Moderate Buy.

First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM - Free Report) by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 650,296 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 46,000 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP owned about 0.06% of ARM worth $92,010,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of ARM. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP increased its holdings in ARM by 116.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP now owns 3,457,220 shares of the company's stock valued at $559,171,000 after purchasing an additional 1,862,626 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in shares of ARM by 41.7% during the second quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 4,745,957 shares of the company's stock valued at $767,611,000 after buying an additional 1,396,684 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of ARM by 139.9% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,381,906 shares of the company's stock valued at $223,509,000 after buying an additional 805,886 shares during the period. Baillie Gifford & Co. bought a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter valued at approximately $90,678,000. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of ARM during the second quarter valued at approximately $65,294,000. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

ARM Price Performance

NASDAQ:ARM opened at $117.63 on Tuesday. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $116.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $134.93. The company has a market capitalization of $124.28 billion, a PE ratio of 156.84, a P/E/G ratio of 7.89 and a beta of 4.10. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 1-year low of $80.00 and a 1-year high of $183.16.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.23 billion. ARM had a net margin of 17.15% and a return on equity of 14.01%. ARM's revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ARM has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of ARM from $190.00 to $160.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of ARM in a research report on Friday, November 21st. They issued a "hold" rating for the company. Citigroup lowered shares of ARM from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of ARM from $180.00 to $145.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price target on shares of ARM from $180.00 to $175.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $160.81.

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.

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