Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 2.2% – Here’s Why

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price fell 2.2% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $91.62 and last traded at $95.65. 8,593,993 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 35% from the average session volume of 13,283,255 shares. The stock had previously closed at $97.78.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius secured local approval for a 1.2 GW AI factory campus in Independence, Missouri — a 400?acre project with Chapter 100 incentives, long?term PILOTs, >1,200 construction jobs and ~130 permanent tech roles; that approval materially de?risks capacity expansion and underpins the company’s growth narrative. Nebius Missouri AI Campus Approval Tests Growth And Returns Story
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and industry writeups highlight sold?out capacity, aggressive ARR/run?rate targets (management has guided toward multi?billion ARR), and a capital plan to scale capacity — reinforcing a bullish revenue runway if execution and funding hold. Nebius’ 1.2 GW Win: A $20B Bet on AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Buy?side commentary (Seeking Alpha) rates NBIS strongly, citing hypergrowth (recent revenue ramp and the Tavily deal that adds higher?margin AI services) as reasons to expect outperformance if GPU margin pressure is offset. Nebius: Has My Conviction It Will Be An Outperformer
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple outlets report the share price surge tied to the Missouri approval — useful context for momentum but not new fundamental information. Nebius Stock Jumps 10% After Securing Massive U.S. AI Campus Approval
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage reiterates the planned 1.2 GW build as central to Nebius’s U.S. expansion strategy; execution timing, permitting, and capex pacing will determine near?term cash flow impact. Nebius Boosts Infrastructure Expansion With 1.2GW AI Factory Approval
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and profit?taking concerns — several articles question whether current prices already reflect the upside (reports cite high multiples like ~43x sales or extreme trailing P/Es), prompting near?term selling after the headline approval. As Nebius Gets the Green Light for a Massive AI Factory, Should You Buy NBIS Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals include an earnings miss (Q4 EPS and revenue missed consensus), and the stock has shown weekly weakness — these realities increase sensitivity to execution risk, capex funding, and margin pressure. Assessing Nebius Group (NBIS) Valuation As Investor Sentiment Shifts After Recent Share Price Weakness

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NBIS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Freedom Capital raised shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Northland Securities upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $206.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 15th. Morgan Stanley began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, BWS Financial reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $143.22.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $22.49 billion, a P/E ratio of -61.18 and a beta of 4.02. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $95.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $96.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 6.57.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. The firm had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. On average, equities research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. Royal Bank of Canada acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter worth $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter valued at $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 1st quarter worth $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $9,084,000. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 67.7% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 162,550 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,994,000 after buying an additional 65,610 shares during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.