Insider Selling: Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) CEO Sells $8,846,096.48 in Stock

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 37,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.16, for a total transaction of $8,846,096.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 785,236 shares in the company, valued at $183,870,861.76. This trade represents a 4.59% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Nebius Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $237.15 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $60.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7,902.37 and a beta of 4.18. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $223.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $202.98. Nebius Group N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $73.52 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The company had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.38 EPS. Nebius Group’s revenue for the quarter was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NBIS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Northland Securities increased their target price on Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 16th. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Finally, Truist Financial upgraded shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $241.80.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fig Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $663,000. Wealth Enhancement Trust Services Inc. increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 227.1% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Trust Services Inc. now owns 157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter valued at $779,000. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 17.8% during the 3rd quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. now owns 899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $212,000 after buying an additional 136 shares during the period. Finally, Eastern Bank lifted its position in Nebius Group by 66.3% in the third quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 158 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Inferize acquisition supports AI-inference growth. Nebius acquired Inferize to strengthen its Token Factory inference platform. The deal is intended to reduce “cold starts” and improve GPU utilization, which could increase capacity efficiency and eventually support margins. Nebius Group Acquires Inferize
• Positive Sentiment: Technical momentum remains strong. NBIS recently rallied roughly 8% and broke above the closely watched $250 resistance level, reversing an earlier sell-off. The company’s shares have also gained substantially over the past six months as demand for AI computing capacity expands. Nebius Stock Technical Breakout
• Neutral Sentiment: AI demand and customer commitments provide a fundamental growth story. Expanding capacity, improving profitability and reported large commitments from major customers support revenue visibility. However, investors remain focused on customer concentration and whether infrastructure expansion can generate attractive returns.
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders sold shares. COO Ophir Nave sold 500,000 shares under a preset trading plan, reportedly reducing about half of his stake. CTO Danila Shtan also sold 14,546 shares for approximately $3.4 million, while other executives, including CEO Arkadiy Volozh, disclosed sales. Although some transactions were planned or intended for tax coverage and insiders retained sizable holdings, the sales have weakened investor sentiment. Nebius Group Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation risk is elevated. NBIS has risen sharply, while reports cite a trailing price-to-earnings multiple near 197 times and continuing expected full-year losses. That valuation leaves the stock vulnerable to profit-taking if growth or margins disappoint.

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.