Arrow Electronics Management
Management criteria checks 3/4
Arrow Electronics' CEO is Bill Austen, appointed in Sep 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is $5.19M, comprised of 6.8% salary and 93.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.026% of the company’s shares, worth $2.45M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.2 years and 5.7 years respectively.
Key information
Bill Austen
Chief executive officer
US$5.2m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 6.76% |
| CEO tenure | less than a year |
| CEO ownership | 0.03% |
| Management average tenure | 3.2yrs |
| Board average tenure | 5.7yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
ARW: Rising P/E And Thinner Margins Will Pressure Forward Returns
Analysts have lifted their price target for Arrow Electronics by $7 to $122, citing updated assumptions around fair value, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E. What's in the News Arrow completed a broad shift of its global components customer-facing digital platforms to a single, redesigned arrow.com, consolidating product selection, purchasing, services, and account management into one omnichannel experience while retiring the MyArrow portal (Client Announcement).Arrow: Moving In The Right Direction
Apr 24
ARW: Higher P/E Expectations Will Outrun Margins Despite Digital Platform Progress
Analysts have raised their price target on Arrow Electronics from $137.50 to $146.25, citing an updated view that reflects adjusted assumptions around the discount rate, profit margin, and future P/E expectations. What's in the News Arrow Electronics has consolidated its customer facing digital platforms into a redesigned arrow.com, creating a single interface that combines product selection, purchasing, services, and end to end account management for its global components business (Key Developments).
ARW: Quantum Platform Partnership And Unified Digital Channel Will Drive Future Upside
Analysts are keeping their Arrow Electronics price target effectively unchanged at $165.00, reflecting only minor tweaks to assumptions around the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and forward P/E. What's in the News Arrow completed a broad shift of its customer facing digital platforms for the global components business to a single, redesigned arrow.com, consolidating product selection, purchasing, services, and account management into one omnichannel interface and retiring the former MyArrow portal (Client Announcements).ARW: Higher Multiples And Thin Margins Will Constrain Future Returns
Analysts have raised their Arrow Electronics fair value estimate from $94.00 to $115.00, citing updated assumptions on revenue growth, profit margin, discount rate, and a lower future P/E multiple as the key drivers of this change. What's in the News Elevate Quantum, Arrow Electronics, and several quantum technology partners launched the Quantum Platform for the Advancement of Commercialization (Q PAC), described as the first commercially deployable Quantum Open Architecture system in the US and built using the open, modular Quantum Utility Block framework (Key Developments).ARW: Expanded Partner Deal Will Support Higher Margins And Future Upside
Narrative Update on Arrow Electronics The analyst price target for Arrow Electronics has moved from $124.00 to $165.00, with analysts citing updates to fair value assumptions, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E expectations as key drivers of the change. What’s in the News Citrix expanded its agreement with Arrow Electronics to include all Citrix Service Provider business across North America and Europe from March 1, 2026.ARW: Expanded Service Role And Buybacks Will Mask Weak Future Upside
Analysts have lifted their price target on Arrow Electronics from $108.25 to $137.50, citing updated assumptions for revenue growth, profit margins, the discount rate, and future P/E as key drivers of the change. What's in the News Citrix plans to expand its agreement with Arrow Electronics effective March 1, 2026, giving Arrow responsibility for managing all Citrix Service Providers across North America and Europe, including transactions, pricing, discounts, incentives and partner engagement (Client Announcements).Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) Shares Fly 36% But Investors Aren't Buying For Growth
Feb 11
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next
Feb 08ARW: Higher Discount Rate And Narrower Margins Will Shape Fair Value Outlook
Analysts have lowered their price target for Arrow Electronics from US$135.00 to US$124.00, citing updated assumptions that now reflect a higher discount rate, more moderate revenue growth and profit margins, and a higher future P/E input. Valuation Changes Fair value estimate was lowered from US$135.00 to US$124.00, reflecting the updated set of assumptions.ARW: Richer P/E And Modest Margins Will Limit Future Upside
Analysts are keeping their price target for Arrow Electronics unchanged at US$94.00. They cite only small refinements to assumptions around discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E that do not materially alter their view of fair value.ARW: Lower Margins And Richer P/E Will Restrain Future Returns
Analysts have kept their fair value target for Arrow Electronics steady at US$94.00. This reflects updated assumptions for discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E that refine, rather than overhaul, their prior view on the stock.Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) May Have Issues Allocating Its Capital
Jan 01ARW: Higher Risk And Weaker Margins Will Pressure Future Returns
Analysts have trimmed their price target on Arrow Electronics from 100.66 dollars to 94.00 dollars. This reflects higher discount rate assumptions, more modest revenue growth expectations, and a reduced profit margin outlook, partially offset by a higher projected future price to earnings multiple.ARW: European Expansion And Leadership Transition Will Guide Steady Outlook Ahead
Analysts have maintained their price target for Arrow Electronics at $108.25, citing stable key metrics and consistent business expectations as the basis for their unchanged outlook. What's in the News Arrow Electronics will expand distribution of Clavister’s full cybersecurity portfolio from Sweden into 11 additional European markets.ARW: Expansion Into Europe And Leadership Changes Will Shape Outlook
Analysts have revised Arrow Electronics’ fair value estimate downward from $112 to $108.25. This change reflects updated views on the company’s discount rate and projected profitability.ARW: Revenue Pressures And Leadership Changes Will Influence Market Opportunities
Analysts have revised their price target for Arrow Electronics downward by $4.75 to $112.00. They cite expectations of slower revenue growth and reduced profit margins in their updated models.Here's Why Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden
Sep 10Results: Arrow Electronics, Inc. Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates
Aug 03At US$131, Is Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) Worth Looking At Closely?
Jul 17Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) Doing What It Can To Lift Shares
Jul 03Slowing Rates Of Return At Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) Leave Little Room For Excitement
May 09Arrow Electronics Is Poised For An Upcycle
Feb 15Arrow Electronics Q4 Preview: The Same Issues To Persist Into The New Year
Jan 23Arrow Electronics: Growth Should Inflect Positive In FY25
Nov 04
Tactical Shifts And Technological Investments Poised To Enhance Market Dominance And Financial Health
Strategic focus on artificial intelligence, cloud services, and IT-as-a-service highlights forward-looking investments poised to drive revenue and margin expansion.Arrow Electronics: Timing Of A Growth Turnaround Is Getting Nearer
Aug 06Bonhoeffer Capital - Arrow Electronics: A High Margin Business With A Durable Moat
Jun 02Arrow Electronics: Industry Cycle's Trough Should Be In FY24
May 23CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31 2025 | US$5m | US$351k | US$571m |
| Sep 27 2025 | n/a | n/a | US$476m |
| Jun 28 2025 | n/a | n/a | US$467m |
| Mar 29 2025 | n/a | n/a | US$388m |
| Dec 31 2024 | US$310k | n/a | US$392m |
| Sep 28 2024 | n/a | n/a | US$487m |
| Jun 29 2024 | n/a | n/a | US$585m |
| Mar 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | US$713m |
| Dec 31 2023 | US$478k | n/a | US$904m |
| Sep 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Jul 01 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Apr 01 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Dec 31 2022 | US$280k | n/a | US$1b |
| Oct 01 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Jul 02 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Apr 02 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Dec 31 2021 | US$275k | n/a | US$1b |
| Oct 02 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$973m |
| Jul 03 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$849m |
| Apr 03 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$741m |
| Dec 31 2020 | US$51k | n/a | US$584m |
Compensation vs Market: Bill's total compensation ($USD5.19M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.73M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Bill's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Bill Austen (66 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
US$5,188,091
Compensation
Mr. William F. Austen, also known as Bill, serves as Director at Arrow Electronics, Inc. since May 2020 and also its Interim President and CEO since September 16, 2025. He had been an Independent Director...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim President | less than a year | US$5.19m | 0.026% $ 2.4m | |
| Senior VP & CFO | 3.7yrs | US$4.00m | 0.054% $ 5.1m | |
| Senior VP and Chief Governance | 8.8yrs | US$4.12m | 0.12% $ 11.6m | |
| President of Global Components | 2.8yrs | US$4.97m | 0.011% $ 1.0m | |
| President of Global Enterprise Computing Solutions | 2.1yrs | US$5.15m | 0.064% $ 6.1m | |
| VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis | less than a year | no data | 0.0026% $ 248.8k | |
| Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP | 5.4yrs | US$1.62m | 0.031% $ 2.9m | |
| Vice President of Global Communications | no data | no data | no data | |
| CFO of Emerging Businesses & VP of Corporate Development | no data | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP & CMO | 3.2yrs | no data | no data | |
| Advisor | 4yrs | no data | no data |
3.2yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ARW's management team is considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim President | 6yrs | US$5.19m | 0.026% $ 2.4m | |
| Independent Director | 18.2yrs | US$305.00k | 0.00020% $ 18.9k | |
| Independent Director | 3yrs | US$305.00k | 0.0058% $ 549.5k | |
| Independent Director | 15.4yrs | US$307.50k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 4.7yrs | US$335.00k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 5.7yrs | US$330.00k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Board Chair | 8.4yrs | US$455.00k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 1.4yrs | US$295.84k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 2yrs | US$305.00k | 0% $ 0 |
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ARW's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/05/04 05:16 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/05/04 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Arrow Electronics, Inc. is covered by 16 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Ruplu Bhattacharya | BofA Global Research |
| James Suva | Citigroup Inc |
| Louis Miscioscia | CLSA |