Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 5.5% – What’s Next?

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) were down 5.5% during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $203.87 and last traded at $212.19. Approximately 13,641,683 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 23% from the average daily volume of 17,788,061 shares. The stock had previously closed at $224.55.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: A reported Power Inflow alert indicated unusually strong buying activity from institutional and retail traders. Order-flow traders viewed the signal as bullish and helped NBIS shares recover from earlier weakness. Nebius Shares Up 3% After Key Trading Signal
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius’s secured financing reportedly carries a substantially lower spread—SOFR plus 2.50%—than CoreWeave’s SOFR plus 5.50% facility. The comparison suggests lenders view Nebius’s credit risk more favorably, potentially reducing the cost of funding its AI infrastructure expansion. CoreWeave Pays SOFR +5.5%. Nebius Pays +2.5%. AI Lenders Are Already Drawing a Line
• Neutral Sentiment: An investor-focused commentary highlighted Nebius’s balance sheet as the main investment attraction rather than AI hype or analyst ratings. The view may reassure long-term investors, but it does not represent a new corporate announcement or near-term earnings catalyst. Nebius Keeps Getting My Money. There Is One Reason and It Is Not Hype.
• Negative Sentiment: NBIS fell alongside CoreWeave and other neocloud names as investors questioned the pace and durability of AI infrastructure spending. A report identifying Anthropic as the customer behind Rumble’s large compute contract also increased competitive concerns for rented-compute providers. Rumble Soars 10% on Report Anthropic Is the $13.7B Compute Customer
• Negative Sentiment: Higher oil prices and elevated Treasury yields pressured chip and AI-related stocks broadly, adding to the sector selloff and making high-growth companies such as Nebius less attractive. Chip Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Gain

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on NBIS. Citigroup boosted their price target on Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. 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. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price target on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $234.60.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $53.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7,070.64 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $211.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $186.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. The business had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The business’s revenue was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.38 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In related news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. The trade was a 5.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.53, for a total transaction of $13,276,500.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 272,533 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $72,365,687.49. This trade represents a 15.50% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 153,201 shares of company stock worth $37,744,854.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 23,011.0% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 62,163,381 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,167,661,000 after buying an additional 61,894,404 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 16.0% in the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,184,591,000 after acquiring an additional 1,593,684 shares during the last quarter. Situational Awareness LP acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at $1,232,895,000. Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in Nebius Group by 134.3% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283,676 shares during the period. Finally, Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter valued at about $1,012,097,322. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Nebius Group

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS) is a technology company focused on artificial intelligence infrastructure and related services. Its principal business is Nebius AI, a cloud platform that provides computing, storage, networking and managed infrastructure designed to support the development and deployment of AI applications, including access to accelerated computing resources.

The company also operates or develops businesses in adjacent technology markets. These include Toloka, which provides data and evaluation services for machine-learning systems; TripleTen, an online education platform offering technology-focused training; and Avride, a developer of autonomous driving and delivery technologies.