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☆ Cramer’s Stop Trading: Cadence Design Systems
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCramer’s Stop Trading: Cadence Design SystemsCNBC’s Jim Cramer explains why he is keeping an eye on shares of Cadence Design Systems.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Systems, Cadence Design Systems

☆ Nvidia partner Cadence falls after earnings. Cramer says don't sweat the selling
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Tuesday he remains a believer in Cadence Design Systems , despite the company's first-guidance revenue guidance falling short of Wall Street expectations. They're always conservative" when issuing guidance, Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street." California-based Cadence's business in China, the world's second-largest economy, appeared to be a significant factor in the lighter-than-expected revenue outlook, Cramer said. China weakness has affected many different companies," he said. Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio used by the CNBC Investing Club , does not have a position in Cadence.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: JetBlue Airways, Shopify, Biogen and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Shopify — The e-commerce company saw shares slide more than 10% after it gave a mixed forecast for the current quarter. The company did beat fourth-quarter earnings and revenue estimates. Arista Networks — The computer networking stock fell 4% despite topping fourth-quarter estimates. Marriott International — The hotel chain stock declined 5.7% after missing fourth-quarter revenue estimates. Biogen — The biotechnology stock slumped more than 6% after missing Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as revenue and profit declined from a year ago.

Persons: WK Kellogg, Shopify, Goldman Sachs, Marriott's, ZoomInfo, Carl Icahn, Wall, Tripadvisor, Horton, Lennar, Bruker, Microstrategy, CleanSpark, —, Macheel, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Alex Harring Organizations: Arista Networks, Marriott, ZoomInfo, —, LSEG, JetBlue Airways —, Hasbro, &, Toll, Cadence, Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Miners, Iris Energy

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JetBlue Airways, Arista Networks, Tripadvisor and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Arista Networks — The computer networking stock dropped more than 7% even after the company topped fourth-quarter estimates. Arista Networks said it expected first-quarter revenue to range between $1.52 billion and $1.56 billion versus an estimate of $1.53 billion. Revenue of $2.14 billion was greater than the $2.08 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet. For the current period, the company expected earnings to range between $130 million and $150 million versus a $174 million estimate. Molson Coors Beverage — Shares added nearly 3% after the beer maker posted a fourth-quarter earnings beat.

Persons: Carl Icahn, Goldman Sachs, Tripadvisor, Datadog, LSEG, ZoomInfo, Tim Hortons, Burger King, BTIG, Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring, Fred Imbert, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox Organizations: JetBlue Airways —, JetBlue Airways, Arista Networks, Revenue, Hasbro, LSEG, FactSet, ZoomInfo Technologies, Cadence, Design Systems, Lattice Semiconductor, Restaurant, Molson Coors Beverage

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: JetBlue Airways, Avis Budget Group, Arista Networks and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Avis Budget Group — Shares slipped about 1% after the rental car company's fourth-quarter revenue of $2.76 billion in the fourth quarter missed estimates. Analysts polled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, forecast $2.81 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG called for earnings of 25 cents a share and revenue of $311 million. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.37 per share and revenue of $1.09 billion. The company reported revenue of $171 million while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $176 million.

Persons: Carl Icahn, ZoomInfo, LSEG, FactSet, Lattice, Tripadvisor Organizations: Avis Budget, LSEG, JetBlue Airways, JetBlue, Cadence, Systems, Nvidia, Arista Networks, Lattice Semiconductor

☆ The market is in a sweet spot between Fed rate hikes and cuts, and a lot can happen
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. I think you need to focus on individual stocks which indicate that things are quite good," Jim Cramer said Monday. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ 5 things next week that could determine if Wall Street's winning streak continues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Wall Street wrapped up another positive week, with the S & P 500 closing Friday above 5,000 for the first time ever. It was a pretty light week in terms of economic data releases, though we did get a favorable ISM Services number on Monday. Things will pick up next week with several closely watched macroeconomic updates, including two key government inflation reports. While no Club earnings are scheduled to report earnings in the week ahead, 61 companies in the S & P 500 will deliver their latest quarterly results. Consumer inflation: The main event of the week will come on Tuesday when the January consumer price index (CPI) is released.

Persons: Estee Lauder, Eli Lilly, Price, Bausch, Trimble, Krispy Kreme, Topgolf, Kraft Heinz, Martin Marietta, Owens Corning, WEN, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Spencer Platt Organizations: Nasdaq, Club, GE Healthcare, DuPont, Linde, Ford, Disney, Wynn Resorts, CPI, PPI, Palo Alto Networks, Nvidia, Bausch Health, Arista Networks, WM, Cadence Design Systems, ZoomInfo Technologies, Avis Budget, Brighthouse, Goodyear Tire &, Vornado Realty, Marriott International, Hasbro, Restaurant Brands, Molson Coors Beverage, Holdings, MGM Resorts, MGM, Akamai Technologies, American International Group, AIG, Topgolf Callaway Brands, CME Group, Sony, SONY, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Martin Marietta Materials, Ryder, Occidental Petroleum, Cisco Systems, Deere, Penn Entertainment, Southern Company, Coinbase, Trade, Materials, Rand, Texas, Housing, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Getty Locations: Albemarle, ALB, Ingersoll, New York City

☆ Jim Cramer's week ahead: Earnings from Shopify, Marriott and Wendy's
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday prepared investors for next week on Wall Street, saying investors should pay attention as earnings season continues, with reports from companies including Shopify , Marriott and Wendy's . He also recommended researching retail stocks next week before the industry reports a slew of earnings results the week after. "Next week seems busy, but, you know what, it's a classic interregnum — Google that — before we get to retail earnings," Cramer said. On Monday, Cramer said he'll be waiting for earnings reports from two "scorchers," cloud networking outfit Arista Networks and Cadence Design Systems , which provides software for artificial intelligence hardware. Shopify reports on Tuesday, and Cramer said he's optimistic because online shopping seems to be booming.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, he'll, it's, he's, Kraft Heinz, He'll Organizations: Shopify, Marriott, Google, Arista Networks, Cadence Design Systems, Howmet, Cisco, Splunk, Trade, Costco, Walmart Locations: Wendy's

☆ Forget Big Tech? Fund manager names 6 lesser-known tech stocks to buy instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

One portfolio manager, however, is shifting his focus to other tech players — particularly small mid-cap names. His comments come despite the sharp gains registered by big tech stocks which pushed the price-to-earnings ratio of the S & P 500 index to around 20 times. By contrast, the ratio is trading below 14 times when the seven Big Tech stocks are excluded, he noted. Another stock in Kharmandarian's AI and Robotics Fund fund is cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike . Electronic Design Automation Another theme on Kharmandarian's watchlist is electronic design automation — specifically companies designing the latest generations of semiconductors.

Persons: Karen Kharmandarian, Kharmandarian, bullish, Splunk Organizations: Big Tech, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Thematics Asset Management, CNBC, Robotics Fund, Cisco Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Pharmaceuticals, BioXcel Therapeutics

☆ Autodesk sees annual revenue above estimates amid robust client spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 21 (Reuters) - Autodesk (ADSK.O) forecast full-year revenue above market estimates on Tuesday, in a sign that client spending on its design software remains resilient in an uncertain economy. Shares of the San Francisco-based company rose 2.8% after market, as it also posted higher revenue and profit in the third quarter. The company has been benefiting from higher sales and recurring revenue as clients in the construction sector look to optimize their industrial design software despite high borrowing costs. Autodesk, whose AutoCAD software is used by construction, engineering and manufacturing companies, expects full-year revenue to be in the range of $5.45 billion to $5.47 billion, compared with LSEG estimates of $5.43 billion. Autodesk's architecture, engineering and construction segment reported a 17% rise in revenue from a year earlier to $675 million.

Persons: Zaheer Kachwala, Pritam Biswas, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Autodesk, Cadence Design Systems, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Bengaluru

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after the bell: Redfin, Cadence Design Systems and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Fourth-quarter revenue guidance was also soft, as the company called for $450 million to $475 million, while analysts anticipated $501 million. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust — The real estate trust added 3.5% after distributable earnings per share smashed expectations in the third quarter. KKR Real Estate Finance Trust posted 25 cents per share in distributable earnings, while analysts surveyed by FactSet expected 4 cents per share. The company also raised its full-year guidance for revenue, anticipating revenue between $235 million and $238 million. Cadence Design Systems — The electronic system designer lost about 4% after delivering weak guidance for current quarter earnings per share.

Persons: Redfin, TrueBlue, FactSet, Agilysys Organizations: Apollo Capital, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Wall, KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Cadence, Systems

☆ Cadence's downbeat fourth-quarter forecast signals weakness in chip industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO:The logo of Cadence Design Systems is pictured outside the company's offices in San Jose, California, U.S., January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Nelli/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 23 (Reuters) - Cadence Design Systems (CDNS.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted profit below Wall Street estimates on Monday, as slower R&D spending by semiconductor firms navigating a tough economy weighs on the chip design software provider. A slower-than-expected chip industry recovery has a cascading impact on firms like Cadence, which makes software tools and hardware that help produce blueprints for chips before they are mass manufactured. Cadence expects current-quarter adjusted profit per share in the range of $1.30 to $1.36. Analysts had expected adjusted profit of $1.37 per share, as per LSEG data.

Persons: Stephen Nelli, Akshita Toshniwal, Chavi Mehta, Shailesh Organizations: Cadence Design Systems, REUTERS, Wall, Cadence, Revenue, Thomson Locations: San Jose , California, U.S, Beijing, China, Bengaluru

☆ Volatility is back—Here's what hedge funds are doing during the market's wild swings
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Volatility has made a comeback, and that's typically when hedge funds outperform and offer downside protection. Amid the elevated volatility, hedge funds increased their short activity, while focusing on quality stocks, according to Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage data. Specifically, hedge funds have been shorting exchange-traded funds in large cap equity, sectors and credit categories for three sessions in a row this week, Goldman said. Quality trade Meanwhile, hedge funds are pivoting to stocks with high-quality fundamentals. The real estate sector, for example, saw a net short position of 2% among hedge funds, DeSanctis said.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, David Kostin, Steven DeSanctis, DeSanctis, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Treasury, Federal Reserve, Costco, Cisco, Cadence Design Systems Locations: U.S

☆ Goldman says interest rate expense is biggest threat to profitability, but these stocks are immune
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The higher-for-longer interest rate regime poses a direct threat to company profitability, but some stocks are a lot less vulnerable to higher borrow costs, according to Goldman Sachs. The Federal Reserve has taken interest rates to the highest level since 2001 while forecasting one more hike this year. The S & P 500 finished September down 4.9%, suffering its worst month of 2023. The Wall Street firm screened the S & P 500 for stocks with low leverage, high interest coverage and low EBITDA growth variability. Specifically, Goldman identified stocks with net debt to EBITDA below 1, EBIT to interest expense in top quartile among S & P 500 stocks and with EBITDA growth variability in bottom quartile.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, ROE, David Kostin, Stocks, Kostin, Goldman Organizations: Goldman, Federal, Street, Cisco, Cadence Design Systems, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Consumer, Costco Locations: EBITDA

☆ Exclusive: Huawei unit ships Chinese-made surveillance chips in fresh comeback sign -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hauwei also unveiled new smartphones in recent weeks that use advanced chips, which analysts say are domestically made. "These surveillance chips are relatively easy to manufacture compared to smartphone processors," said the source familiar with the surveillance camera industry's supply chain, adding that HiSilicon's return would shake up the market. A key factor is that the company appears to have worked around U.S. restrictions on chip design software. Huawei has not commented on the phone's 5G capabilities or how it produced the advanced chip. The United States has no evidence that Huawei can produce smartphones with advanced chips in large volumes, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday.

Persons: Hauwei, Frost, Sullivan, HiSilicon, Taiwan's TSMC, Gina Raimondo, Dan Hutcheson, Shanghai Newsrooms, Fanny Potkin, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Huawei Technologies, Huawei, Securities, Novatek Microelectronics Corp, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, HK, Kirin, United, . Commerce, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys Inc, Siemens, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, SHANGHAI, U.S, Kirin, China, United States, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore

☆ These stocks could break out to new highs if the Fed is viewed as market-friendly
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Some stocks that were trading near 52-week highs before the Fed decision could now ride the coattails of the latest interest rate decision and move higher. Boston Scientific's previous 52-week high stood at $54.99 . Meanwhile, credit card giant Mastercard is well within striking range of a new 52-week high, with shares only 1.21% away from the benchmark. Some stocks that were trading near 52-week highs before the Fed decision could now ride the coattails of the latest interest rate decision and move higher. Consensus analyst estimates forecast a 10.4% rally to Arch Capital stock.

Persons: yearend, Jerome Powell, Drew Angerer, Baker Hughes Organizations: Fed, Federal, CNBC, CNBC Pro Stock, Boston Scientific, Boston Scientific's, Boston, Mastercard, Arch Capital, Arch Capital Group, . Federal, Federal Reserve, Washington , D.C, Getty, Capital Group, AIG American International Group, Amphenol, Bunge, Boston Scientific Corp, Design Systems, Everest Group, Emerson Electric Co, HAL Halliburton, ICE, Exchange, Jacobs Solutions, Mckesson, E Corp, Services, Constellation Brands, Targa Resources Corp, Visa Locations: Washington ,

☆ Exclusive: Huawei unit ships Chinese-made surveillance chips in fresh comeback sign
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Huawei also unveiled new smartphones in recent weeks that use advanced chips, which analysts say are domestically made. "These surveillance chips are relatively easy to manufacture compared to smartphone processors," said the source familiar with the surveillance camera industry's supply chain, adding that HiSilicon's return would shake up the market. A key factor is that the company appears to have worked around U.S. restrictions on chip design software. HiSilicon mainly supplies chips for Huawei equipment but has had external customers such as Dahua Technology (002236.SZ) and Hikvision (002415.SZ). The United States has no evidence that Huawei can produce smartphones with advanced chips in large volumes, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday.

Persons: Florence, Frost, Sullivan, HiSilicon, Taiwan's TSMC, Gina Raimondo, Dan Hutcheson, Shanghai Newsrooms, Fanny Potkin, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Security China, REUTERS, Rights, Huawei Technologies, Huawei, Securities, Novatek Microelectronics Corp, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, HK, Kirin, United, . Commerce, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys Inc, Siemens, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING, SHANGHAI, U.S, Kirin, United States, Shanghai, Singapore

☆ South Korean AI chip intellectual property startup valued at $81.4 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Max A. Cherney | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - The South Korean chip startup Panmnesia has raised a seed round that values it at $81.4 million, the company has said. Chip design software makers Synopsys (SNPS.O) and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS.O) have expressed interest in the company's technology, Jung said. The company raised $12.5 million led by Daekyo Investment. Other investors included SL Investment, Smilegate Investment, GNTech Venture Capital, Time Works Investment, Yuanta Investment and Quantum Ventures Korea. The South Korean government aims to spur the domestic AI chip industry and plans to spend $800 million over the next five years in an attempt to increase the share of Korean AI chips in domestic data centers to 80% in 2030 from essentially zero.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Myoungsoo Jung, Jung, Max A, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Cadence Design Systems, Cadence, Daekyo Investment, SL Investment, Smilegate Investment, GNTech Venture, Time Works Investment, Yuanta, Quantum Ventures, South, Thomson Locations: Quantum Ventures Korea, Korean, San Francisco

☆ Arm’s $52 bln IPO value sets stage for a fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Karen Kwok | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Arm’s IPO investors are effectively paying a slight premium while also betting that both growth and profitability are about to soar. Haas could then charge higher royalty rates. In the last calendar year, the company estimated that its royalty revenue equated to 1.7% of total worldwide spending on Arm-based chips. It’s not clear how many important Arm customers like Apple (AAPL.O), Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) have agreed to pay higher royalty rates. Nor will rising royalty rates necessarily compensate for possibly ongoing sluggish sales of smartphones, its key historic market.

Persons: Rene Haas, Haas, It’s, SoftBank, Liam Proud, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, SoftBank Group, Cadence Design Systems, Apple, Nvidia, Samsung Electronics, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: KS, British, New York

☆ Nasdaq just posted its worst month since December. How the smart money played it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100 indexes notched their worst month of the year in August, and their weakest performance since December 2022. Last month's pullback came as no shock to many veteran technology investors. Big August losers included popular AI-connected names Marvell Technology and Advanced Micro Devices , which shed more than 10% and 7%, respectively. Building small positions Amid the August pullback, Meeks built positions in some favored AI names. MRVL 1M mountain Marvell Technology shares pull back Munster used August's volatility to scoop up some shares of Etsy .

Persons: Paul Meeks, who's, we've, Meeks, Fortinet, Gene Munster, he's, Greg Bassuk, Bassuk Organizations: Nasdaq, Nvidia, Marvell Technology, Devices, Meta, Apple, Marvell, Broadcom, Taiwan Semiconductor, Cadence Design Systems, Munster, AXS Locations: Etsy

For investors looking to rake in profit from the recent oil rally, here are some companies that are poised to benefit off of higher crude prices. Higher oil prices could add to inflationary pressure and feed central bankers' decisions on interest rates. Higher correlation between oil prices means good news for some companies, however. The 10 most positively correlated stocks to oil are energy names, which tend to rise when oil prices get a boost. Molson and Monster have slipped 5.6% and 2.2%, respectively, during the current quarter, while PepsiCo is off more than 5%.

Persons: Brent, WTI, Russell, Molson Coors Organizations: West Texas, CNBC, Oil, Diamondback Energy, Devon Energy, APA, Diamondback, Halliburton, Insurance, CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, . Beverage, Molson, Monster, PepsiCo, Bank of Canada, Manhattan Associates, Cadence Design Systems, chocolatier Hershey Locations: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Devon, American

☆ Apple, Google, Nvidia and other tech giants are considering buying Arm shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chip design firm Arm said in a Tuesday filing that Apple , Google parent Alphabet , Nvidia and other technology companies are interested in buying up to $735 million in its shares as it seeks to go public on Nasdaq. Chip foundry operators Intel , Samsung and TSMC are interested in investing alongside the three trillion-dollar technology companies, along with AMD and MediaTek, which make chip designs based on Arm architectures. In 2020, Nvidia announced plans to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion, but regulators in the U.S. and the U.K. pushed back. The fact that Nvidia wasn't able to buy Arm didn't stop Nvidia's co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang from talking up Arm during the chip-design company's IPO roadshow. WATCH: Portfolio manager discusses the investment risks around Arm's IPO

Persons: Chip, SoftBank, Nvidia's, Jensen Huang, Huang, Huang isn't, Rick Tsai Organizations: Apple, Google, Nvidia, Nasdaq, Intel, Samsung, AMD, Design Systems Locations: London, New York, SoftBank, U.S

☆ SoftBank’s reduced Arm price tag is still too high
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The lesson for SoftBank and Arm is clear: chip investors are laser-focused on medium-term operating profit, not just revenue. Reuters GraphicsThere are three key moving parts to Arm’s valuation. Under SoftBank, Arm’s operating margin has dropped to around 25%, from roughly 40% in 2015 – a consequence of Son’s preference for heavy investments in research. If Arm nabbed the same multiple, its enterprise value would be $33 billion, using the above growth and operating margin. To mimic and sustain Nvidia-esque growth, Arm CEO Rene Haas would have to keep ramping up investments in engineers and sales teams, which would weigh on margins.

Persons: SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, Bernstein, they’ll, Rene Haas, SoftBank’s, it’s, George Hay, Katrina Hamlin, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, SoftBank, Nvidia, Cadence Design Systems, LSEG, Reuters Graphics, Apple, Devices, Vision Fund, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: Cambridge, Saudi Arabia

A smartphone with a displayed Arm Ltd logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. The price range, which has not been previously reported, would translate into a valuation for Arm of roughly between $50 billion and $54 billion, and an offering of $5 billion to $5.4 billion. It would make Arm the most valuable company to list in New York since electric car maker Rivian Automotive (RIVN.O) debuted in 2021. The valuation Arm is currently seeking represents a climb-down from the $64 billion valuation at which SoftBank acquired the 25% stake in the company it did not already own from its $100 billion Vision Fund last month. Arm has already signed up many of its major clients as investors in its IPO, Reuters reported on Friday.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, SoftBank, Echo Wang, Greg Roumeliotis, Matthew Lewis, Chizu Organizations: REUTERS, Arm Holdings, SoftBank Group Corp, Rivian, Reuters, Apple Inc, Nvidia Corp, Inc, Devices Inc, Intel Corp, Samsung Electronics Co, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys Inc, Thomson Locations: New York

☆ Exclusive: Arm signs up big tech firms for IPO at $50 billion-$55 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Echo Wang | Thomson Reuters | Echo Wang Is A Correspondent At Reuters Covering U.S. Equity Capital Markets | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The talks are ongoing and some other potential investors are also in discussions to invest in the IPO, the sources added. SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T), which owns Britain-based Arm, is targeting a valuation between $50 billion and $55 billion, Reuters reported earlier on Friday. Arm's clients have agreed to invest in that valuation range, the sources said. Arm and SoftBank have set aside 10% of the shares to be sold in the IPO for its clients, Reuters has previously reported. The Wall Street Journal reported on Arm's valuation target earlier on Friday.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, SoftBank, Echo Wang, Anirban Sen, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Arm Holdings, Apple Inc, Nvidia Corp, Inc, Devices Inc, Intel Corp, Samsung Electronics Co, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys Inc, SoftBank Group Corp, Reuters, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon.com Inc, AMD, Intel, Samsung, Cadence, Street, Thomson Locations: Britain, New York

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