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Arm Holdings IPO Raises $4.9B Despite Lower-Than-Expected $54.5B Valuation

  • Arm Holdings secured a $54.5 billion valuation in its U.S. IPO, lower than the $64 billion SoftBank paid to take it private in 2016.

  • The IPO raised $4.87 billion for SoftBank based on 95.5 million shares sold at $51 per share.

  • Arm dominates the mobile chip market but has room to expand in cloud computing and automotive chips.

  • Revenue has stagnated due to weak mobile demand, totaling $2.68 billion in the last fiscal year.

  • China contributed 24.5% of Arm's $2.68 billion revenue in fiscal 2023.

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### Summary Investors are waiting for Arm's Nasdaq IPO filing to determine if the chip designer will experience "exponential growth" due to the AI boom, as CEO Masayoshi Son claims. ### Facts - 📈 SoftBank, the owner of Arm, has positioned the chip designer as a key asset for the conglomerate's AI-related companies. - 💰 SoftBank valued Arm at $64 billion, but analysts value it around $47 billion. - đŸ’» Arm does not sit at the center of the AI boom but is more AI-adjacent. - 💡 Arm specializes in energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs) that can complement Nvidia's advanced semiconductors. - 🌐 Arm's opportunity lies in providing intellectual property for AI and machine learning in devices used by end users. - ❓ Analysts question whether 85% of SoftBank's portfolio companies can truly be described as AI-related.
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