Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 3% on Insider Selling

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) dropped 3% on Wednesday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $190.64 and last traded at $191.82. Approximately 12,394,345 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 22% from the average daily volume of 15,902,672 shares. The stock had previously closed at $197.73.

Specifically, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.55, for a total value of $978,975.00. Following the transaction, the executive owned 37,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,193,368.10. The trade was a 10.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total value of $101,620,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $118,937,877.16. This represents a 46.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In other news, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total transaction of $2,253,641.78. Following the sale, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at $2,228,403.64. The trade was a 50.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on NBIS. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Freedom Capital cut shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $182.75.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius’ latest quarter was strong, with revenue up 684% year over year to $399 million, earnings per share beating estimates, and management reiterating 2026 revenue guidance of $3.0 billion to $3.4 billion. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Citi reportedly set a street-high $287 price target, reflecting continued bullishness on Nebius’ growth outlook after the earnings beat. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius’ CRO, Marc Boroditsky, sold 4,500 shares in a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale is routine, but it can still add near-term caution for investors. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: DA Davidson downgraded Nebius to Neutral, arguing that the stock’s valuation had run ahead of fundamentals after its sharp rally. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Google and Blackstone announced a $5 billion AI cloud joint venture, raising the competitive bar for Nebius and other pure-play infrastructure providers by adding a well-capitalized rival with proprietary TPU hardware. Article Title

Nebius Group Price Performance

The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $142.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $112.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33. The stock has a market cap of $48.53 billion, a PE ratio of 61.88 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Caldwell Trust Co bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.