The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. 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 $87.01 million following the completion of this transaction.
As published in a research note from Piper Sandler on December 18, 2025, Nabors Industries Ltd [NBR] has been rated up from an Underweight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at Piper Sandler started covering the stock with ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid July. As of May 19, 2025, Barclays has decreased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for NBR. Earlier on September 13, 2024, Citigroup downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for NBR stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing NBR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Nabors Industries Ltd [NYSE: NBR] plunged -2.47% to $61.88. The stock’s lowest price that day was $61.24, but it reached a high of $62.93 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.36%. Over the course of the year, Nabors Industries Ltd shares have dropped approximately -2.89%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Nabors Industries Ltd (NBR)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 61.85 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Nabors Industries Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Nabors Industries Ltd saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.33 million shares to 1.47 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 1.8 million shares. A decline of -22.09% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.25 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.25.
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 65 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.44% from the previous closing price of $63.45. Analysts anticipate Nabors Industries Ltd stock to reach 70 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 50. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Nabors Industries Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
