ARM Loses Leg After Downbeat Annual Revenue Forecast

It was all looking good for a second or two as ARM Holdings released earnings with top- and bottom-lines beating expectations...

• *ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q TOTAL REV. $928M, EST. $880.4M

• *ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q ADJ EPS 36C, EST. 30C

So good, so far, then the chip designer said that sales will be $875 million to $925 million in the June quarter (which compares favorably with an average analyst estimate of $868 million).

But then the hammer fell...

However, the company forecasts that for fiscal 2025, which ends next March, revenue will be $3.8 billion to $4.1 billion - while analysts' estimates were for a total of $4.01 billion.

Three months ago, an upbeat forecast sent its shares soaring and helped turn the company into an AI darling on Wall Street, but ARM shares are trading down 10% after-hours on tonight's report...

In an interview, CEO Rene Haas said Arm remains “very confident in the long-term growth.”

“A lot of the strategies we put in place a couple of years ago are all coming together,” he said.

Maybe so, but just not fast enough for investors.