
Arrow Electronics: A Straight Arrow, But the CEO Sees a Bullet
💸 Insider Buy Alert 🎯
Arrow’s President & CEO, Sean Kerins, just dropped nearly $1 million on ARW shares. When the top boss puts money on the table, it’s usually worth a closer look. 👀
📅 Insider Trade Snapshot
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Filing Date: 2025-08-04
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Trade Date: 2025-08-01
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Ticker: $ARW
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Insider: Sean J. Kerins, Pres & CEO
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Trade Type: P - Purchase
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Price: $114.91
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Qty: +8,630 shares
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New Total: 122,408 shares (+8%)
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💰Value: ~$991,693
🔧 What Does Arrow Electronics Do Again?
Arrow isn’t about archery gear—though the CEO just took a big shot. 🏹
It’s a tech powerhouse helping industrial and commercial customers with:
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📦 Global Components: Chips, semiconductors, electronics.
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☁️ Enterprise Computing Solutions: Datacenters, cloud, security, analytics, logistics—you name it.
Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, ARW is older than sliced bread and almost as essential to tech manufacturers. 🧠💾
🧠 Big Brains Are Buying
Institutions are all over this one:
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📈 112.68% of shares are institution-owned (yes, that’s more than the float).
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👑 Top holders include: Vanguard, BlackRock, DFA, Boston Partners, and LSV.
🧐 That kind of backing isn’t just a pat on the back—it’s a full bear hug.
🔍 For an Arrow Electronics ($ARW)'s Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here.
🧾 Recent Results: A Bit of a Mixed Chip Bag
🔻 2024 Full-Year
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Sales: $27.9B (down from $33.1B in 2023)
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Net Income: $392M (vs $904M prior year)
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EPS: $7.29 (vs $15.84)
💡 Ouch. Blame foreign currency, slower comps, and general market funk.
✅ But wait… Q2 2025? A comeback!
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Sales: $7.58B (🔼 10%)
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Net income: $188M (🔼 73%)
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EPS: $3.59 (🔼 79%)
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Non-GAAP EPS: $2.43 (down slightly YoY but beat guidance)
🚀 Components are up, ECS is booming, and digital platforms like Arrowsphere are catching serious tailwinds.
👉 Want the full picture? Dive into Arrow Electronics ($ARW)'s financials here.
💸 Valuation: Is This Cheap Tech?
Arrow’s trading like it’s in the clearance aisle:
Metric | Value |
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Trailing P/E | 12.96 |
Price/Sales | 0.21 |
Price/Book | 0.93 |
EV/Revenue | 0.30 |
EV/EBITDA | 8.75 |
That’s the kind of math that makes a value investor’s heart flutter. 🧮❤️
⚖️ Risks: Not Every Arrow Hits the Bullseye 🎯
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🏋️♂️ Can it grow consistently? One good quarter doesn't make a trend.
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🌍 Competition’s fierce, both in components and cloud.
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🌧️ Macro jitters: Recession? Geopolitical noise? Market volatility? All could slam the brakes.
💡💡💡 Curious about another deep oil exploration play?
Check our takes on UnitedHealth Group or even Oscar Health.
🏹 Final Shot: Worth a Quiver?
Arrow might not be the flashiest tech stock, but…
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✅ CEO just bet $1M
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✅ Institutions are all in
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✅ Q2 showed real momentum
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✅ Valuation’s looking tasty
But if you’re expecting explosive growth, this arrow might fly straight—not necessarily fast. And still... sometimes slow and steady wins the bullseye. 🎯
🧪 Verdict:
This Arrow may need a bow...
But it just might deliver a compound return if the CEO's aim is true. 🎯
⚠️ Disclaimer:
We’re not financial advisors. We’re FUNancial advisors. We don’t use guns or bows—just bad finance puns.
We laugh, we analyze, we meme — we do not provide investment advice. It’s just a second opinion — and yes, we’re billing your sense of humor. 🎪💸
Invest at your own risk. Air not included. 🏹💨. Always DYOR, hold the FOMO, and don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose
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