Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading Down 3.8% – Here’s Why

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) dropped 3.8% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $172.25 and last traded at $179.11. Approximately 11,507,303 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 25% from the average daily volume of 15,386,848 shares. The stock had previously closed at $186.10.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius reported first-quarter revenue of $399 million, up 684% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA turned positive and EPS beat expectations by a wide margin, reinforcing the idea that demand for its AI cloud services is accelerating. Nebius reports first quarter 2026 financial results
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment improved after earnings, with multiple firms lifting price targets, including Citizens JMP to $270 and DA Davidson to $250, which signals confidence in Nebius’ AI growth runway. Nebius Group Analysts Increase Their Forecasts Following Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius also announced it has begun construction on its first gigawatt-scale AI factory campus in Independence, Missouri, and secured up to 1.2 GW of power and land for a new owned AI factory in Pennsylvania, expanding its infrastructure footprint in a way investors view as a long-term growth catalyst. Nebius Group (NBIS) Begins Construction On Missouri AI Factory
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary comparing Nebius with CoreWeave and broader coverage of the stock’s move reflects heightened investor attention around AI datacenter names, but does not add new company-specific fundamentals by itself. Better Datacenter Stock: CoreWeave (CRWV) or Nebius (NBIS)?
• Neutral Sentiment: One analyst, Morgan Stanley, raised its target to $144 but kept an equal-weight rating, showing some caution despite the strong operating momentum. Morgan Stanley target raise on Nebius

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, March 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $169.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $172.92.

Nebius Group Stock Up 6.7%

The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $135.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $110.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 3.08. The company has a market capitalization of $55.96 billion, a PE ratio of 71.34 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 10.59%. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Nebius Group news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total transaction of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $90,067,617.97. This trade represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,819 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.86, for a total transaction of $2,000,000.34. Following the sale, the director owned 21,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,005,176.76. This represents a 33.30% 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. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 146,441 shares of company stock worth $17,672,342.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 73.8% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.