Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 13.9% – Should You Sell?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shares were down 13.9% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $169.23 and last traded at $171.77. Approximately 25,181,201 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 53% from the average session volume of 16,435,744 shares. The stock had previously closed at $199.51.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius announced a $775 million senior secured debt facility, easing dilution concerns and giving it a clearer path to finance AI cloud expansion. Nebius raises $775 million in first secured debt financing to accelerate global buildout
• Positive Sentiment: The company also landed a reported $1 billion AI contract, reinforcing demand for its computing capacity and supporting the long-term growth narrative. Nebius lands $1 billion AI deal as one major risk looms
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius has also been pushing an asset-light AI cloud model through partner data centers, which could help it scale faster while preserving cash, but investors are still weighing execution risk and funding needs. Nebius (NBIS) Launches Asset Light AI Cloud Model Through Partner Data Centers
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the rebound, some commentary remains cautious, with broader concerns about AI spending, heavy capex plans, and the stock’s recent volatility keeping pressure on shares. Here’s why IREN, CoreWeave, and Nebius stocks are in free fall

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Citizens Jmp lifted their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective on the stock. Freedom Capital cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their target price on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $203.25.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.33 and a beta of 4.10. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $228.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $152.91.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted 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 net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. Nebius Group’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In related news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $7,974,926.95. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares in the company, valued at $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the transaction, the director owned 378,665 shares in the company, valued at approximately $95,912,057.85. The trade was a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170 over the last three months.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,474,000 after acquiring an additional 3,090,103 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $231,635,000. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth about $188,496,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the third quarter worth about $238,511,000. Finally, Orbis Allan Gray Ltd grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% in the second quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $976,681,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,708 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.