--- title: "Weekly Recap | NU Holdings -4.27%, most brokers rate it buy" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296669644.md" description: "NU Holdings dropped 4.27% this week to close at $14.58, underperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 2.84 percentage points. The stock opened Monday at $15.40, which marked the top of the week’s range, briefly touching $15.41 before sliding lower. A mid-week bounce on Wednesday lifted the shares back to $14.61, but the move faded on Thursday with a dip to a weekly low of $14.14. Friday saw a modest recovery to $14.58. The week’s amplitude reached 8." datetime: "2026-08-22T05:23:21.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296669644.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296669644.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296669644.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | NU Holdings -4.27%, most brokers rate it buy ## The Week NU Holdings dropped 4.27% this week to close at $14.58, underperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 2.84 percentage points. The stock opened Monday at $15.40, which marked the top of the week’s range, briefly touching $15.41 before sliding lower. A mid-week bounce on Wednesday lifted the shares back to $14.61, but the move faded on Thursday with a dip to a weekly low of $14.14. Friday saw a modest recovery to $14.58. The week’s amplitude reached 8.25%, and daily turnover averaged roughly 82.5 million shares — about 25.8% above the 60-day median — signalling a more active trading week. ## Key Events This week’s narrative around NU revolved around two themes: insider selling and the release of earnings-related documents. On Wednesday, Chief Growth Officer Cristina Junqueira sold 50,000 shares at roughly $15.80 apiece, netting around $790,000. The same day, the company’s Chief Risk Officer disclosed share sales worth over $3.5 million. On Thursday, NU published the full transcript of its Q2 2026 earnings call, followed by the 10-Q filing on Friday. The clustering of insider sales alongside the formal release of quarterly filings added a layer of sentiment pressure to the stock this week. ## Analyst Ratings As of the latest data, 22 analysts cover NU Holdings: 13 rate it buy, 5 rate it overweight, 3 rate it hold, and 1 rates it underweight, with no sell ratings. The consensus recommendation is a buy, and the consensus target price stands at $18.78 — roughly 28.8% above the current spot price. The target range spans from $10.00 to $23.00, pointing to a fair degree of disagreement among brokers on NU’s valuation. Within the diversified banks industry, NU’s rating rank sits in the upper tier relative to its peers. ## The Week Ahead On the macro front, the US will release a flurry of housing-related data next week, including the FHFA house price index, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, and new home sales figures — all of which can sway sentiment across financial sector stocks. The consumer confidence index is also due, offering indirect clues on the credit demand outlook. Company-specific, NU’s next set of results — the Q3 2026 report — is scheduled for 12 November, with consensus estimates pointing to EPS of $0.2215 on revenue of roughly $5.89 billion. With the 10-Q now on file, investors will shift focus to whether third-quarter business trends can support the current valuation. ## In Short NU booked a decline of over 4% this week amid a cluster of insider share sales, underperforming the broader market. On the valuation side, a P/E of roughly 19.7x and a price-to-book ratio of 5.3x reflect the market’s growth premium, while the overwhelming majority of brokers still rate the stock buy or overweight, with consensus target price implying nearly 30% upside from current levels. The latest trading session showed large-lot money acting as a net seller, echoing the insider selling activity. The market is currently navigating a tension between broadly positive broker ratings and the signalling effect of insider transactions alongside short-term capital flows. 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