Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 9.9% After Analyst Downgrade

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price was down 9.9% during mid-day trading on Friday after DA Davidson lowered their price target on the stock from $250.00 to $125.00. DA Davidson currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Nebius Group traded as low as $109.00 and last traded at $115.88. 48,016,683 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 155% from the average session volume of 18,832,119 shares. The stock had previously closed at $128.64.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on NBIS. William Blair initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, September 30th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “sell (d)” rating in a research report on Friday, October 30th. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 16th. Finally, Northland Securities upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, Director Wilson Boynton sold 7,260 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,289,593.80. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 403,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,677,612.86. The trade was a 1.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 37,778 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.16, for a total value of $8,846,096.48. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 785,236 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $183,870,861.76. The trade was a 4.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders bought 1,718 shares of company stock valued at $280,207 and sold 103,527 shares valued at $23,457,169.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

These are some of the NBIS headlines that stood out recently:

• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter revenue surged 571% to $980.8 million, beating estimates, and reported EPS of $0.30 also exceeded expectations. Management cited strong AI-compute demand and aims for $12–13 billion in 2027 revenue; customer prepayments are expected to cover more than 100% of new capacity build-out costs. NBIS Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates on AI Cloud Growth, Asset-Light Gains
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst views are mixed: DA Davidson cut its target to $125 and moved to neutral, while Truist and Rosenblatt maintained buy ratings but also lowered their targets. DA Davidson price-target update
• Negative Sentiment: The company’s roughly $40–45 billion infrastructure-spending plan has heightened concerns about capital intensity and the risks of funding rapid expansion. Broader weakness in AI-data-center stocks and lower analyst targets have added to selling pressure. Nebius tests the neocloud playbook with $40 billion in planned spending

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth about $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Eastern Bank boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 66.3% in the third quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 63 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Trust Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 227.1% in the third quarter. Wealth Enhancement Trust Services Inc. now owns 157 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Nebius Group Stock Down 9.9%

The company has a quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market cap of $29.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3,861.38 and a beta of 4.63. The business’s fifty day moving average is $196.49 and its two-hundred day moving average is $178.58.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 12th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.72) by $1.02. The firm had revenue of $980.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $907.20 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. Equities analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Nebius Group

Nebius Group is a technology company focused on building infrastructure for artificial intelligence. Its core business, Nebius, offers cloud computing services and access to accelerated computing resources designed to help developers and organizations train and run AI models. The company also has businesses in areas including data services for AI, autonomous mobility and online education. Based in Amsterdam, Nebius serves customers internationally and is developing data center and computing capacity to support its AI cloud services.