Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Director Sells $1,435,163.04 in Stock

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director directly owned 415,844 shares in the company, valued at approximately $112,689,565.56. This trade represents a 1.26% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 stock was sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

NBIS stock opened at $220.11 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $224.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of $172.78. The company has a market capitalization of $55.69 billion, a P/E ratio of -7,334.56 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. Nebius Group N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $63.26 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. The company had revenue of $582.30 million for 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%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.38 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius announced a major AI-cloud deal, strengthening revenue visibility and supporting the company’s plans to expand its infrastructure business. Nebius Group stock climbs on major AI cloud deal
• Positive Sentiment: The company priced an upsized $5 billion convertible senior-notes offering: $3 billion of 0.50% notes due 2030 and $2 billion of 4.50% notes due 2034. Proceeds are intended to fund data-center capacity, GPUs and Nebius’ full-stack AI-cloud platform. The financing provides substantial capital to pursue rapidly growing customer demand. Nebius Group announces pricing of upsized $5 billion convertible senior notes
• Positive Sentiment: Recent operating results remain strong. Quarterly revenue increased 454% year over year to $582.3 million, exceeding estimates, while earnings also beat expectations. Analysts citing improving payback periods, customer prepayments and large contracts view the company’s growth outlook favorably. Nebius: The Market Is Arguing About the Wrong Number
• Neutral Sentiment: A director sold 5,296 shares worth approximately $1.4 million under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, reducing his ownership by 1.26%. Because the sale was scheduled and he retained a large position, the signal is limited, although it adds to investor scrutiny. Nebius Group insider selling
• Negative Sentiment: The enlarged convertible offering revived concerns about future share dilution, debt obligations and the company’s need to repeatedly raise capital to finance its AI infrastructure buildout. Those concerns outweighed the strategic benefits of the funding in the near term. Nebius prices upsized $5 billion convertible debt offering
• Negative Sentiment: Financing worries spread across AI-cloud stocks as investors questioned whether projected growth will justify heavy capital spending. Nebius’ very high valuation and expected full-year loss make the shares particularly sensitive to execution, funding and interest-rate concerns. Financing concerns pressure AI-cloud stocks

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on NBIS shares. Piper Sandler began coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Monday, August 3rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 target price on the stock. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Freedom Capital raised Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Northland Securities boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. One 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.00.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Confluence Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 2,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $684,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 0.5% during the second quarter. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. now owns 16,132 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,455,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 18.8% during the second quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 76.0% in the second quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 2,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $309,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. 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.