Traders Buy Large Volume of Call Options on Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors purchased 136,498 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 43% compared to the typical volume of 95,165 call options.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total value of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. The trade was a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total transaction of $1,332,443.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,362,798.84. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 105,180 shares of company stock worth $10,944,256.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Royal Bank of Canada bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter worth about $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter worth about $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter worth about $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 about $9,084,000. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the second quarter worth about $3,954,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $129 price target, bringing institutional attention and framing Nebius as an AI infrastructure growth name worth owning despite the target sitting near current levels. Cantor Launches Nebius With Overweight
• Positive Sentiment: Jim Cramer publicly praised Nebius as a respected, fast-growing data-center/AI-infrastructure play, which sparked pre-market buying and wider media pickup — a clear short-term bullish catalyst for retail flows. Jim Cramer Says “Nebius Is Actually a Very Respected Company”
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual options activity: traders bought roughly 136,498 call contracts (a ~43% rise vs. typical call volume), signaling aggressive bullish positioning that can amplify intraday upside and volume.
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector tailwind — large multi‑year AI infrastructure deals (e.g., CoreWeave/Meta expansion) underline continued demand for GPU capacity; this supports Nebius’ addressable market even if deals are with peers. CoreWeave Secures $21B Meta AI Deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst activity is mixed: some firms raised coverage and targets while others trimmed forecasts (Northland cut its target modestly citing convertible dilution). These notes sustain interest but add model and valuation uncertainty. 452% Up, Can NBIS Keep Climbing?
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: Director Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares (~$3.49M) at ~ $111.20; sizable insider sales can spook some investors even though core insiders retain large stakes. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals: the company missed its last quarterly EPS and revenue estimates, highlighting execution risk; a fast share run-up raises sensitivity to any future misses. MarketBeat NBIS Summary
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation/risk debate: commentators differ sharply — some call Nebius a rare AI-infra gem, others warn it’s richly priced and execution-dependent, a setup for wider intraday and multi-week volatility. Barchart: Hidden AI Gem or Too Risky

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NBIS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Compass Point started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, March 16th. They set a “buy” rating and a $169.00 target price for the company. Finally, Bank of America started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $154.75.

Nebius Group Stock Up 9.1%

Nebius Group stock opened at $136.33 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $102.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of $102.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.33 billion, a P/E ratio of -93.38 and a beta of 4.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a current ratio of 3.08. Nebius Group has a one year low of $20.25 and a one year high of $141.10.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The firm had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.

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.