Nokia Stock Extends Rally After Hitting 17-Year High: AI Boom, Insider Buying Fire Up Retail Bulls

• Nokia senior manager Victoria Hanrahan purchased 44,682 shares in two late-May transactions at an average price of $15.81 per share.
• Nokia shares hit a 17-year high on Tuesday as investors are increasingly betting on its AI networking business.
• The company saw a 49% jump in AI and cloud revenue in Q1.

Nokia Oyj’s (NOK) U.S.-listed stock surged over 4% in overnight trading on Tuesday, extending a run that has now seen shares gain for five straight months, as fresh insider buying added to growing investor conviction in the Finnish telecom giant's transformation into an AI infrastructure play.

NOK Executive Boosts Holdings 

In a SEC filing on Monday, Nokia disclosed that one of its senior executives acquired tens of thousands of company shares during two transactions completed in late May.

The filing detailed stock purchases made by Victoria Hanrahan, Chief of Staff to the Finnish telecommunications company’s CEO. Hanrahan's first purchase took place on May 26 on the New York Stock Exchange. She acquired 22,713 Nokia shares at an average price of approximately $16.02 per share.

A second acquisition followed on May 28, when Hanrahan bought an additional 21,969 shares at an average price of about $15.60 each. Combined, the two purchases amounted to 44,682 shares. The filing listed a weighted average purchase price of roughly $15.81 per share across both transactions, placing the total value of the acquisitions at more than $706,000.

Last month, two independent directors — Lisa Hook and Elizabeth Crain – acquired nearly 15,000 shares of the company in total, per Koyfin.

Nokia stock ended the regular session Tuesday at a 17-year high of $17.1 after investors embraced the company's growing role in powering the networks and data systems that support AI applications worldwide.

NOK’s AI Strategy Drives Revaluation

Investors now view Nokia as an infrastructure provider for the AI economy rather than a traditional telecommunications company. The company has benefited from rising spending by major cloud operators and enterprises building out next-generation computing capacity.

Nokia’s partnership with AI bellwether Nvidia (NVDA) focuses on AI-powered radio access network technology, aiming to combine communications infrastructure with AI processing capabilities.

Interest in the stock picked up after Nokia posted strong fiscal first-quarter (Q1) results in April, including a sharp 49% increase in AI and cloud-related revenue. Last month, the company launched an AI Networking Innovation Lab in California last week, alongside partners such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI).   

NOK Retail Traders View 

On Stocktwits, sentiment around the stock rose to ‘bullish’ from ‘neutral’ territory the previous day and has grown significantly from a month ago. Retail trader interest in NOK has remained strong over the past month, with message volume exploding by over 600% and watchers growing by about 5%. 

A user said, “Nokia's new logo pretty much is telling you that they are in the AI networking game, yet 99% of people still think they sell phones lol We are early.”

Another user said, “Hey shots, if you want to short a dying cellphone company, well short Microsoft that bought them years ago and NOK used money to rebuild new adventures and a nice growing income off 5G.”

NOK stock has gained over 160% year-to-date. 

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