Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 4.2% Following Insider Selling

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s share price fell 4.2% on Friday after an insider sold shares in the company. The company traded as low as $176.50 and last traded at $177.0760. 12,816,518 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 17% from the average session volume of 15,443,655 shares. The stock had previously closed at $184.77.

Specifically, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,819 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.86, for a total transaction of $2,000,000.34. Following the sale, the director owned 21,666 shares in the company, valued at $4,005,176.76. This trade represents a 33.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 5,882 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.00, for a total transaction of $999,940.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 32,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,522,450. This represents a 15.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NBIS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $169.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Freedom Capital lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $154.75.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius has been one of 2026’s top performers, up ~110% year‑to‑date, drawing momentum buyers and retail attention. This Stock Has Soared 110% This Year, and It’s Just Getting Started
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s multi‑hundred‑million-dollar support/investment into the Neocloud ecosystem is cited as a major accelerator for Nebius’ capacity to win AI inference workloads — a structural growth catalyst. Nvidia’s $2.2 Billion Investment in This Rapidly Growing AI Company Is Working Out Great
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights a large order book/backlog that underpins near‑term revenue visibility and has helped lift sentiment among influencers and momentum traders. Nebius Group N.V. (NBIS): Order Book Turning Heads in Finance World
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary notes Nebius hit all‑time highs after a key acquisition and backlog strength, but warns the May 13 earnings report could be a “sell‑the‑news” event — creating short‑term volatility. Nebius Breaks Out to All‑Time Highs
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts are mixed on Nebius’ valuation and near‑term outlook despite the momentum; the coverage lift from Nasdaq/tech focus increases attention but also scrutiny. Analysts Conflicted on These Communication Services Names
• Negative Sentiment: Director Elena Bunina sold 10,819 shares (~$2.0M) under a pre‑arranged 10b5‑1 plan, cutting her stake ~33% — insider selling can amplify short‑term downward pressure even if pre‑planned. Elena Bunina Insider Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals include a prior quarter EPS miss and consensus expectations of continued negative EPS for the year, which raises sensitivity to any miss or guide‑down at the upcoming report. (Background: Q4 EPS miss and guidance risk.)

Nebius Group Trading Down 4.2%

The company has a market capitalization of $44.59 billion, a PE ratio of -121.28 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 3.08. The company’s fifty day moving average is $125.83 and its 200-day moving average is $107.25.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The company had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.71%. On average, analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 2,391.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after purchasing an additional 3,090,103 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth $231,635,000. Fred Alger Management LLC increased 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 valued at $1,137,551,000 after buying an additional 2,536,832 shares in the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $188,496,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the third quarter valued at about $238,511,000. 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.