Defender Capital LLC. Acquires New Holdings in ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $ARM

Defender Capital LLC. bought a new position in shares of ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:ARM) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 100,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,034,000. ARM makes up 3.6% of Defender Capital LLC.’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest position.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake 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 acquiring an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of ARM during the third quarter worth $28,000. FWL Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of ARM in the second quarter worth $34,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL grew its stake in shares of ARM by 238.1% in the third quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new stake in ARM in the third quarter valued at $45,000. 7.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ARM has been the topic of several recent research reports. TD Cowen cut their target price on ARM from $190.00 to $165.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Bank of America reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $120.00 price target on shares of ARM in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Susquehanna upgraded ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and set a $150.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. New Street Research raised ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their target price on ARM from $190.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $166.78.

ARM News Summary

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

ARM Trading Up 16.4%

Shares of ARM opened at $157.07 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $120.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $134.17. ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR has a 12 month low of $80.00 and a 12 month high of $183.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $165.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 209.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.31 and a beta of 4.11.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.02. ARM had a return on equity of 14.01% and a net margin of 17.15%.The firm had revenue of $1.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR will post 0.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.