Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 1% – Here’s Why

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) fell 1% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $180.63 and last traded at $187.97. Approximately 22,628,760 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 31% from the average session volume of 17,320,662 shares. The stock had previously closed at $189.88.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains a counterweight. Citigroup assigned Nebius a new $278 price target, and the broader analyst consensus is reportedly “Moderate Buy,” suggesting some Wall Street analysts still see meaningful upside from the company’s AI-cloud expansion. Nebius Given New $278 Price Target at Citigroup Nebius Given Average Recommendation of Moderate Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Long-term demand for AI capacity remains the bullish thesis. Coverage highlights Nebius’ strong revenue potential and expanding role in AI infrastructure, although investors will be watching how quickly new data-center capacity converts into revenue and cash flow. After Surging 298%, Is Nebius Stock Still a Buy?
• Neutral Sentiment: An insider sale appears limited. Director John Wilson Boynton IV sold 5,812 shares for approximately $1.5 million—about 1% of his holdings—leaving him with a substantial remaining stake. The transaction may attract attention but does not, by itself, signal a major change in insider confidence. Nebius Director Sells Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Michael Burry’s disclosed short position is the main immediate pressure. The “Big Short” investor said he is betting against Nebius and criticized AI-related companies as potentially overvalued and vulnerable. His profile has amplified concerns about Nebius’ valuation, capital requirements and data-center plans, prompting a sharp selloff and renewed short-selling speculation. Michael Burry Says He Is Shorting Oracle and Nebius Michael Burry Takes Bearish Bets on Oracle and Nebius
• Negative Sentiment: Pre-earnings positioning is bearish. NBIS has fallen more than 37% from its year-to-date high, and options-market activity indicates investors expect substantial volatility around earnings scheduled for Wednesday next week. A recent analyst downgrade has added to the pressure. Nebius Stock Tumbles Before Earnings Nebius Shares Down Following Analyst Downgrade

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on NBIS. Robert W. Baird assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $250.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Piper Sandler initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Monday. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price target for the company. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $287.00 to $278.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $221.64.

Nebius Group Trading Down 1.0%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $225.30 and a 200 day moving average of $163.27. The company has a market capitalization of $47.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.64 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.58. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Nebius Group news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the sale, the executive owned 26,886 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $118,937,877.16. The trade was a 46.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 651,704 shares of company stock worth $137,422,230.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 16.0% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,184,591,000 after buying an additional 1,593,684 shares in the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter worth $530,000. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in Nebius Group by 32.0% in the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 811,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $224,164,000 after buying an additional 196,888 shares in the last quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 9.2% during the second quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,520,000 after acquiring an additional 463 shares during the period. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 6.8% during the second quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 282,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,140,000 after acquiring an additional 17,978 shares during the period. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by 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.