Charles Ryan Sells 50,000 Shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) Director Charles Ryan sold 50,000 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.53, for a total value of $13,276,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 272,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $72,365,687.49. This trade represents a 15.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

NBIS traded down $20.42 on Tuesday, hitting $248.43. 22,636,086 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,894,555. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $223.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $169.88. The company has a current ratio of 4.03, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.86 billion, a PE ratio of -8,278.24 and a beta of 4.23. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52 week low of $62.01 and a 52 week high of $299.86.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.38 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on NBIS shares. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective for the company. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price target for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.00.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% in the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $976,681,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,708 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its holdings in Nebius Group by 16.0% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,184,591,000 after purchasing an additional 1,593,684 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its holdings in Nebius Group by 134.3% during 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. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Nebius Group by 35.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,099,000 after buying an additional 964,984 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at about $1,012,097,322,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: DA Davidson reversed a recent 30% price-target reduction after a New Jersey data-center approval improved its outlook for Nebius’ capacity expansion. The episode highlights how permitting progress can materially affect the company’s growth expectations. DA Davidson Reverses Course on Nebius Target Cut in Just 1 Week
• Positive Sentiment: Recent bullish coverage continues to point to strong AI-compute demand, more than $40 billion in customer commitments, rising data-center pricing and an asset-light partnership model that could support margin expansion. Nebius has also raised contracted power guidance to 5 gigawatts, strengthening its long-term capacity and revenue opportunity.
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s latest quarterly results showed revenue rising 454% year over year to $582.3 million, above expectations, while adjusted losses were narrower than forecast. Analysts have responded with higher price targets, including Bank of America and a reported $324 target.

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.