Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 3.3% – Here’s Why

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) traded down 3.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $194.80 and last traded at $199.54. Approximately 10,760,900 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 40% from the average daily volume of 17,961,080 shares. The stock had previously closed at $206.32.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius raised its year-end contracted power target from more than 3 gigawatts to 5 gigawatts after securing additional AI data-center deals. The increase suggests faster infrastructure expansion and potentially greater future revenue capacity, supporting the bullish case for NBIS. How Nebius Group’s AI Data Center Power Surge Could Reshape Investors
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage continues to feature Nebius as a leading AI-growth stock, alongside comparisons with CoreWeave. The company’s sharply higher revenue and improved-than-expected quarterly loss provide fundamental support for investor interest, despite the business still operating at a loss. Nebius Group and Two Top AI Stocks to Watch
• Neutral Sentiment: Management plans to participate in upcoming investor conferences, giving investors an opportunity to hear updates on customer demand, data-center capacity, pricing and capital requirements. Nebius to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned of “unsustainable silliness” among new neocloud companies promising massive computing capacity. The comments raise broader concerns about oversupply, speculative spending and the durability of AI-infrastructure valuations, including NBIS. Sam Altman Warns of Unsustainable AI Compute Spending
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts are examining whether neocloud companies’ heavy debt-funded data-center construction could create circular-financing or balance-sheet risks. Nebius’s sizable planned capital expenditures make higher interest rates and execution missteps important risks for shareholders. Circular Financing Risks for CoreWeave and Nebius Investors
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares for approximately $92,120, reducing her direct stake by 3.71%. The transaction was modest relative to her remaining holdings, but insider selling can weigh slightly on sentiment. Nebius CFO Insider Stock Sale

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently commented on NBIS. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $226.00.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 4.03 and a quick ratio of 4.03. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $213.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $180.66. The company has a market cap of $53.24 billion, a P/E ratio of -7,012.00 and a beta of 4.23.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. The firm had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.38 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In other news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $270.99, for a total transaction of $1,435,163.04. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 415,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $112,689,565.56. The trade was a 1.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.53, for a total transaction of $13,276,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 272,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $72,365,687.49. The trade was a 15.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 159,013 shares of company stock valued at $39,216,975.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.