Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Nabors Industries Ltd shares valued at $12,819,603 were sold by VARDE PARTNERS INC on Sep 11 ’25. At $41.04 per share, VARDE PARTNERS INC sold 312,378 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,406,052 shares worth approximately $73.09 million following the completion of this transaction.
As published in their initiating research note from Piper Sandler on July 15, 2025, Nabors Industries Ltd [NBR] has been an Underweight and the price target has been revised to $30. Analysts at Barclays downgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of September 13, 2024, Citigroup has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for NBR. Earlier on January 16, 2024, The Benchmark Company downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for NBR stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing NBR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Nabors Industries Ltd [NYSE: NBR] rose 10.20% to $51.98. The stock’s lowest price that day was $48.94, but it reached a high of $52.09 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 24.65%. Over the course of the year, Nabors Industries Ltd shares have dropped approximately -31.26%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $69.20 on 01/17/25 and a 52-week low of $23.27 on 05/22/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Nabors Industries Ltd (NBR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 49.91, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 47.85. In the upper region, resistance lies at 53.07. The next price resistance is at 54.17. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 74.49 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Nabors Industries Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Nabors Industries Ltd saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -0.3 million shares to 2.23 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 2.53 million shares. A decline of -13.51% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.29 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.29.
Which companies own the most shares of Nabors Industries Ltd (NBR)?
In terms of Nabors Industries Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 43.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -7.78% from the previous closing price of $47.17. Analysts anticipate Nabors Industries Ltd stock to reach 55 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 32. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Nabors Industries Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 17, 2023, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $175.
