Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 8.4% Following Insider Selling

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was down 8.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $193.68 and last traded at $195.19. Approximately 16,884,766 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 3% from the average daily volume of 16,405,373 shares. The stock had previously closed at $213.02.

Specifically, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $3,987,816.65. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at $64,692,948.35. The trade was a 5.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 821,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $193,460,317.90. The trade was a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In related news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $7,974,926.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This trade represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on NBIS shares. Freedom Capital lowered Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Bank of America increased their price objective on Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Wolfe Research started coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Nebius Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $203.25.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Saturn Cloud launched on the Nebius marketplace, letting customers deploy AI tools directly on Nebius’s NVIDIA-based cloud infrastructure. That supports Nebius’s ecosystem strategy and could help drive additional usage and revenue. Saturn Cloud Launches on Nebius Marketplace for Self-Service Deployment
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish note says fears that Meta will flood the market with excess compute are likely overstated, arguing Nebius had already planned to sell more than half of its Meta-related capacity to third parties. That view suggests the recent selloff may be disconnected from the company’s underlying growth thesis. Nebius: Why The Meta Selloff Is A Massive Misunderstanding
• Positive Sentiment: Another report argues Meta’s capital spending is still set to surge in 2027, implying neocloud competition fears may be premature. That could ease investor concern around Nebius’s long-term AI infrastructure demand. Meta capex to surge in 2027, neocloud fears ’erroneous’ – SemiAnalysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary comparing Meta Platforms and Nebius is keeping NBIS in the spotlight, but it does not appear to add new fundamental information by itself. Meta Platforms vs. Nebius: Which Is the Better Neocloud Stock?
• Neutral Sentiment: TTRF Capital disclosed a new position in Nebius and made it its largest holding, which signals institutional interest, but the filing itself is not a direct operational catalyst. New Position: TTRF Capital Loads Up on AI Infrastructure Company Nebius Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Nebius CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares, adding to recent insider selling. While insiders still hold large stakes, these sales can weigh on sentiment when investors are already worried about competition and valuation. Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) CTO Sells 16,937 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Articles warning that Nebius could be vulnerable to “Meta anxiety” and expensive capex/dilution are reinforcing the bearish case, helping explain why the stock has been weaker. Nebius’ Explosive Growth May Be A Massive Trap

Nebius Group Stock Down 8.4%

The company has a market cap of $49.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.96 and a beta of 4.10. 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 firm’s 50-day moving average price is $220.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $146.21.

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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The company had revenue of $399.00 million during 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% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% during the second 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 period. Fred Alger Management LLC lifted its position in Nebius Group by 33.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,137,551,000 after acquiring an additional 2,536,832 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 55.7% during the 3rd quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 4,607,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $517,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,648,497 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,099,000 after purchasing an additional 964,984 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. lifted its stake in Nebius Group by 95.0% in the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,943,000 after acquiring an additional 1,710,924 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.