Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Director John Wilson Iv Boynton Sells 5,296 Shares

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $270.99, for a total value of $1,435,163.04. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 415,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $112,689,565.56. The trade was a 1.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Wilson Iv Boynton also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 15th, John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of Nebius Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48.

Nebius Group Price Performance

NBIS opened at $248.43 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $224.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $170.92. Nebius Group N.V. has a 12-month low of $62.01 and a 12-month high of $299.86. The firm has a market cap of $62.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8,278.24 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a current ratio of 4.03, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.Nebius Group’s revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.38 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter worth approximately $1,012,097,322,000. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after acquiring an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $231,635,000. Jennison Associates LLC increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 134.3% in the 2nd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after purchasing an additional 2,283,676 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $621,908,604,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on NBIS shares. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Northland Securities raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Nebius Group from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.00.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

Here are the key news stories impacting Nebius Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism remains a support for NBIS. DA Davidson reportedly restored a previously reduced price target after a New Jersey data-center approval removed a key capacity concern, while other coverage cited targets as high as $324. DA Davidson Reverses Course on Nebius Target Cut
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius continues to benefit from strong AI-compute demand. Recent reports highlighted rising data-center pricing, capacity expansion supported by customer backlogs, and multi-billion-dollar contracts or commitments involving major technology customers. Its latest quarter also showed 454% year-over-year revenue growth and an earnings beat.
• Positive Sentiment: Soros Fund Management’s second-quarter 13F reportedly included Nebius among a group of AI-infrastructure investments, potentially reinforcing institutional interest in the sector. 5 AI Infrastructure Stocks Soros Just Bought
• Neutral Sentiment: Two directors sold shares under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans: Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares for approximately $13.3 million, reducing his stake by 15.5%, while John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares for about $1.4 million, reducing his ownership by 1.26%. Both directors retained substantial positions, limiting the signal’s significance. SEC Insider Transaction Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Neocloud stocks sold off broadly as the 19-year Treasury yield reached a new high and investors questioned whether AI revenue growth can justify the sector’s heavy capital spending. Nebius was among the affected operators. Neocloud Stocks Plummet on Rising Overspend Fears
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk. Analysts and commentators note that NBIS trades at an exceptionally high sales multiple despite projected annual losses, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth, pricing, or capacity expansion disappoints.
• Negative Sentiment: Investor Michael Burry has questioned the economics of AI-compute contracts, while the potential Crusoe IPO could introduce another competitor for capital and customer demand in AI data centers. Is This the Next CoreWeave or Nebius Group?

About Nebius Group

Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company’s services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability.