Arm Holdings (ARM) adds to IPO gains

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Arm's stellar listing sets the stage for more SoftBank acquisitions

September 15, 2023 5:34 AM EDT

By Anton Bridge

TOKYO (Reuters) -The roaring success of Arm Holdings' stock market debut makes it much easier for owner SoftBank Group to revert to its natural state - acquisition-hungry.

Shares in the British chip designer jumped almost 25% on its first day of trade - propelling its value to more than double the $32 billion SoftBank paid to acquire it in 2016. The tech investment behemoth raised nearly $5 billion from Arm's offering while retaining 90.6% of the firm.

Known for debt-fuelled acquisition sprees, SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son flagged in June that the company was shifting back... More

Factbox-SoftBank's Arm by the numbers

September 15, 2023 12:20 AM EDT

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group's Arm Holdings soared almost 25% above its Nasdaq debut price on Thursday, valuing the company at $65 billion.

The following are key facts about Arm:

REVENUES

Sales totaled $2.68 billion in the 12 months to the end of March, little changed from $2.7 billion in the prior period due to weak demand for mobile phones during a global economic slowdown.

Its revenue is mainly composed of chip licensing fees and royalty fees, which it started collecting in the early 1990s and accounted for three-fifths of overall revenue in the latest fiscal year.

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Stock market today: Dow rallied after Arm IPO popped; eyes turn to Fed meeting

September 14, 2023 4:19 PM EDT

Investing.com -- U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday after stronger than expected retail sales pointed to a resilient economy even as inflation data came in hotter than expected.


At 16:01 ET (20:01 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 331 points or 0.9% while the S&P 500 was up 0.8% and the NASDAQ Composite rose 0.8%.


The three major Wall Street indices lost their earlier momentum on Wednesday, as investors tried to digest the August consumer prices report.


More inflation data to digest ... More

Needham & Company Starts ArvinMeritor (ARM) at Hold, 'Valuation Looks Full for ARM in a Post-Smartphone Era'

September 14, 2023 4:17 PM EDT

Needham & Company analyst Charles Shi initiates coverage on ArvinMeritor (NASDAQ: ARM) with a Hold rating.

The analyst comments "We are launching coverage of Arm Holdings plc (ticker: ARM) with a Hold rating. Arm's architecture is a... More