Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 1.5% Following Insider Selling

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) traded down 1.5% during mid-day trading on Tuesday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $197.60 and last traded at $206.86. 17,386,460 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 1% from the average daily volume of 17,609,914 shares. The stock had previously closed at $210.06.

Specifically, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $211.23, for a total transaction of $1,478,610.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive owned 7,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,478,610. This represents a 50.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NBIS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Citigroup upped their target price on Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Sunday, August 16th. Freedom Capital raised Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Truist Financial upgraded shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $245.69.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt recently initiated coverage with a Buy rating, indicating that some analysts continue to see substantial long-term potential in Nebius’s AI cloud and “neocloud” strategy. Nebius Slides 3% Despite Rosenblatt’s New Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s October 1 acquisition of Inferize is intended to strengthen its AI inference capabilities, supporting the longer-term product and infrastructure outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky sold 7,000 shares for approximately $1.48 million at an average price of $211.23. The transaction was conducted under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, which reduces its significance as a discretionary signal about business conditions. Marc Boroditsky Insider Transaction
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are increasingly focused on a broad pattern of insider selling. Recent disclosures indicate that insiders have reported sales but no purchases over the past six months, adding an overhang to the stock and weakening investor confidence.
• Negative Sentiment: The shares failed to sustain a recent breakout, prompting technical and momentum-oriented investors to reduce exposure. The decline also reflects caution toward richly valued AI infrastructure companies. Nebius Slides as Failed Breakout Tests Risk Appetite
• Negative Sentiment: Nebius’s approximately $5.75 billion convertible-note financing has heightened concerns about future dilution and the substantial capital required to expand AI data-center capacity. Analysts and investors are also questioning whether spending will translate into cash flow quickly enough.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $52.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -6,893.04 and a beta of 4.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $225.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $205.13.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%. The firm’s revenue was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.38 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.48 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Situational Awareness LP purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,232,895,000. Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,012,097,322. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 134.3% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,100,233,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283,676 shares in the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth about $621,908,604. Finally, BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 16.0% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,184,591,000 after acquiring an additional 1,593,684 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

About Nebius Group

Nebius Group N.V. is a technology company focused on artificial intelligence infrastructure and related services. Through its Nebius AI business, the company provides cloud-based computing infrastructure designed for developing, training and deploying machine-learning and generative AI applications, including access to accelerated computing, data storage, networking and managed cloud services.

The company also develops tools and services intended to support AI developers and businesses, including data and machine-learning infrastructure.