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ARM Holdings plc

ARM · US · USD
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Market value271.32 bn USD
Industry per SECSemiconductors & Related Devices
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Last financial year2024
Latest filing20-F, 26 May 2026
Method version2.7.0
Years in the base4
Company quality, four grades from 0 to 5
Balance sheet5
Profitability4
Cash flow2
Growth3
Total points14 of 20
Share valuation, scored separately

No reliable range can be derived for this company. The reason is given below.

The key figures

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All values from audited annual reports filed with the US regulator SEC. No value is estimated, none smoothed.

GradePointsBasis
Balance sheet5/5Net cash 2.83 bn $, no net debt · Current ratio 5.2
How this grade is built
Net debt to operating incomeNet cash 2.83 bn $, no net debt5/51: ≤ 5.0×2: ≤ 4.0×3: ≤ 3.0×4: ≤ 2.0×5: ≤ 1.0×
Current ratio5.25/51: ≥ 0.82: ≥ 1.03: ≥ 1.34: ≥ 1.85: ≥ 2.5
Mean 5 + 5 / 2 = 5.00, rounded 5
Profitability4/5Operating margin 20.7% · Return on equity 11.6%
How this grade is built
Operating margin20.7%4/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 12.0%4: ≥ 20.0%5: ≥ 30.0%Next step: at least 30.0% for grade 5
Return on equity11.6%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 18.0% for grade 4
Mean 4 + 3 / 2 = 3.50, rounded 4
Cash flow2/5Free cash flow to revenue 4.4% · Profit covered by cash flow 0.2× · Free cash flow positive 4 of 4 years
How this grade is built
Free cash flow to revenue4.4%1/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 5.0%3: ≥ 10.0%4: ≥ 18.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 5.0% for grade 2
Profit covered by cash flow0.2×0/51: ≥ 0.4×2: ≥ 0.6×3: ≥ 0.8×4: ≥ 1.0×5: ≥ 1.2×Next step: at least 0.4× for grade 1
Free cash flow positive4 of 4 years5/51: 1 of 42: 2 of 43: 2 of 44: 3 of 45: 4 of 4
Mean 1 + 0 + 5 / 3 = 2.00, rounded 2
Growth3/5Revenue growth per year 14.0% · Operating income per year 9.5%
How this grade is built
Revenue growth per year14.0%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 15.0% for grade 4
Operating income per year9.5%3/51: ≥ 0.0%2: ≥ 3.0%3: ≥ 8.0%4: ≥ 15.0%5: ≥ 25.0%Next step: at least 15.0% for grade 4
Mean 3 + 3 / 2 = 3.00, rounded 3

Each grade is the rounded mean of two or three key figures, each placed on a five-step scale. Open the derivation under a grade to see, for every figure, the measured value, the step it reached and what the next step would have required.

The valuation range

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No range is reported for this company. Not enough history.

Within the sector

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Rank 18 of 66 in the industry. Median of total points in this industry: 10.5 of 20, across 66 graded companies. The grades are absolute and are not normalised to the sector: in a weak industry a weak grade stays weak.

one place above
Texas Instruments Inc.
TXN
15/20
one place below
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd
CRDO
14/20

The neighbours follow from the ranking alone, not from a judgement. More total points does not mean a company is the better investment, only that more quality rules are met. It says nothing about the price.

The series of figures

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Every figure comes from the annual report of that year and has not been revised afterwards. Amounts in USD.

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YearRevenueOperating profitFree cash flowEarnings per shareSharesNet debt
20212.70 bn633.00 m424.00 m0.541.03 bn-1.00 bn
20222.68 bn671.00 m675.00 m0.511.03 bn-2.21 bn
20233.23 bn111.00 m998.00 m0.291.04 bn-2.92 bn
20244.01 bn831.00 m178.00 m0.751.06 bn-2.83 bn

Required disclosures for this analysis

Produced byFlorian Maier
Completed on14.10.2026 03:58
Price as of12 Oct 2026
Latest filing20-F, 26 May 2026
Method version2.7.0
Time horizonThe grades describe a state that can change with every annual report, so roughly quarterly. The historical analysis is computed over 36 months.
Own positionNot disclosed individually, see the risk notice.
Earlier analysesThe list of all analyses of this company from the past twelve months will appear once twelve months of analyses exist. This run is the start of the series.

This is not investment advice. Limits of the method, assumptions and conflicts of interest: risk notice.