Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Lowered to “Strong Sell” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a report published on Saturday morning.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on NBIS. Northland Securities boosted their price target on Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Piper Sandler started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. DA Davidson lowered Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price target on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $221.64.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

Shares of NBIS opened at $187.97 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $224.43 and a 200-day moving average of $163.44. Nebius Group has a one year low of $62.01 and a one year high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $47.56 billion, a PE ratio of 60.64 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Nebius Group will post -1.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In other news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 26,886 shares in the company, valued at $7,425,913.20. The trade was a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total value of $2,253,641.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at $2,228,403.64. The trade was a 50.28% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 651,704 shares of company stock worth $137,422,230.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 2,391.3% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,474,000 after buying an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth $231,635,000. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 134.3% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,100,233,000 after buying an additional 2,283,676 shares in the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $188,496,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the third quarter valued at about $238,511,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup assigned Nebius a new $278 price target, while the broader analyst consensus remains “Moderate Buy,” indicating that some Wall Street analysts still see substantial upside. Nebius Given New $278 Price Target at Citigroup Nebius Receives Moderate Buy Recommendation
• Positive Sentiment: Investor interest remains supported by Nebius’ AI data-center expansion and strong underlying demand. The company’s most recent quarterly results exceeded revenue and EPS expectations, although the upcoming report will be important in determining whether capacity investments are translating into profitable growth.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options-market positioning implies heightened volatility around next week’s earnings announcement. Investors are watching revenue growth, data-center deployment costs, capital spending and the pace at which new capacity generates sales. Nebius Stock and Options Market Ahead of Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Famed investor Michael Burry disclosed a short position in Nebius, arguing that AI-related companies look overvalued and vulnerable. His comments have intensified scrutiny of Nebius’ premium valuation, debt-funded growth and data-center plans. Michael Burry Says He Is Shorting Nebius
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrading and profit-taking have added to the selling pressure after the shares’ substantial advance over the past year. A Nebius director also sold approximately $1.5 million of stock, a relatively small disposal compared with his remaining holdings but another potential sentiment headwind. Nebius Shares Following Analyst Downgrade Nebius Director Stock Sale

About Nebius Group

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.