Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 12.3% After Insider Selling

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) fell 12.3% during trading on Friday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $216.69 and last traded at $227.81. 20,458,392 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 27% from the average session volume of 16,061,267 shares. The stock had previously closed at $259.67.

Specifically, CTO Danila Shtan sold 15,678 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $238.96, for a total value of $3,746,414.88. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 291,700 shares in the company, valued at approximately $69,704,632. This trade represents a 5.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 1,509 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $416,785.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 12,672 shares in the company, valued at $3,500,006.40. This represents a 10.64% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In related news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive owned 26,886 shares in the company, valued at $7,425,913.20. The trade was a 28.61% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NBIS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Bank of America increased their target price on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective on the stock. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $197.00.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius continues to draw support from its rapid business expansion, with recent reports highlighting 684% year-over-year revenue growth, strong demand for AI cloud services, and a growing pipeline of contracts and capacity. How The Nebius Group (NBIS) AI Story Is Shifting With Contracts Capacity And Valuation Risks
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and investor coverage remains constructive overall, with some analysts raising price targets and commentary pointing to Nebius as a major AI infrastructure beneficiary.
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent coverage also emphasized acquisitions such as Tavily, Eigen AI, and Clarifai, which could strengthen Nebius’ AI cloud platform over time, but the near-term financial impact is still being evaluated. How Are Acquisitions Strengthening Nebius’ AI Cloud Platform?
• Negative Sentiment: Shares are being weighed down by hawkish macro signals after a stronger-than-expected jobs report, which can reduce appetite for high-growth, high-valuation stocks like NBIS. Why Is Nebius Stock Falling On Friday?
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple insider sales are also likely dampening sentiment, including CTO Danila Shtan’s sale of 15,678 shares and CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso’s sale of 1,509 shares, reinforcing concerns about insider confidence at elevated share prices. Insider Selling: Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) CFO Sells 1,509 Shares of Stock

Nebius Group Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $57.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.49 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $170.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $122.24.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The business’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Royal Bank of Canada bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at approximately $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the first quarter worth approximately $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter worth approximately $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter worth approximately $9,084,000. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at $68,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Nebius Group Company Profile

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.