Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Rating Lowered to Hold at Freedom Capital

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) was downgraded by stock analysts at Freedom Capital from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on NBIS. DA Davidson increased their target price on Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 target price on the stock. Compass Point started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 target price on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $154.75.

Nebius Group Trading Up 4.8%

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $161.94 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $40.78 billion, a P/E ratio of -110.92 and a beta of 4.20. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $106.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $103.47. Nebius Group has a 1 year low of $20.25 and a 1 year high of $166.10. 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 posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The company had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. As a group, analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -1.1 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total value of $1,332,443.42. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,362,798.84. This represents a 4.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total transaction of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. The trade was a 3.70% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 125,240 shares of company stock worth $13,951,951.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd increased its holdings 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 period. Fred Alger Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 33.4% in the third quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,137,551,000 after purchasing an additional 2,536,832 shares during the period. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. increased its stake in Nebius Group by 55.7% in the third quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 4,607,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $517,284,000 after acquiring an additional 1,648,497 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Nebius Group by 35.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,099,000 after acquiring an additional 964,984 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. increased its stake in Nebius Group by 95.0% in the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,943,000 after acquiring an additional 1,710,924 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha: notes a real “compute bottleneck,” highlights Nebius’ $4.3B fresh capital, large Meta-related deal and aggressive capacity scaling — a strong fundamental growth/capacity story supporting valuation upside. Nebius: The Compute Bottleneck Is Real
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks: reports Nebius’ AI cloud pipeline pushing toward ~$4B and a strong 2026 revenue outlook driven by longer contracts and tight capacity — supports upside to near-term revenue visibility. Nebius Pipeline Growth Supports Strong 2026 Revenue Outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Quiver/Yahoo coverage: recent writeups tie the stock’s 8%+ intraday moves and 42% 3‑month advance to capacity expansion, a new “AI factory” campus and partnership headlines — momentum and technical buying are amplifying fundamental news. Nebius Group shares jump 8%…
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketBeat/sector pieces: NBIS is repeatedly cited as a way to play the GPU shortage and AI‑connectivity trade — positive thematic exposure but not company‑specific catalysts on their own. GPU Prices Are Surging—3 Ways to Play…
• Negative Sentiment: Director Elena Bunina sold 6,250 shares on 4/14 at ~$161.22 under a pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 plan (filed with the SEC). Insider selling can weigh on sentiment despite plan protections. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Elena Bunina also sold 6,667 shares on 4/13 at $150.00 (Rule 10b5‑1). Continued scheduled insider sales may raise investor caution on near‑term upside. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Elena Bunina sold 7,143 shares on 4/10 at $140.00 (Rule 10b5‑1). Multiple recent insider sales (and Quiver’s summary of other insiders selling) are a net headwind for sentiment. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Freedom Capital downgraded Nebius from “strong‑buy” to “hold,” which can temper momentum and set a more cautious tone for some investors. Zacks Freedom Capital Downgrade

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.