Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 15% – Here’s Why

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was down 15% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $186.41 and last traded at $187.77. 23,800,059 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 43% from the average daily volume of 16,615,238 shares. The stock had previously closed at $220.97.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s 9.3% stake disclosure continues to validate Nebius as a key AI infrastructure player and has drawn fresh investor attention to the stock. Nebius Group (NBIS) Draws Nvidia Backing, Is It Still Below Fair Value?
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Nebius’ partnership momentum with NVIDIA, including validation of its first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland, reinforcing its early access to next-generation AI hardware. Nebius validates first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland days after NVDA stake
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive, with recent upgrades from Robert W. Baird and Freedom Capital helping support the stock’s longer-term AI growth narrative. Nebius Group upgraded by Robert W. Baird
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful change in the reported share count, so it does not appear to be a real driver of the stock’s move.
• Negative Sentiment: Friday’s decline was linked to a broader market rotation away from AI infrastructure stocks, pressuring Nebius alongside peers despite the recent bullish news. Why Is Nebius Stock Falling on Friday?
• Negative Sentiment: After the recent surge on NVIDIA-related headlines, some of today’s weakness may reflect profit-taking and valuation concerns following a steep multi-day move. Nebius Is Down 9% Today: How Does NBIS Compare to Other AI Cloud Stocks Like CoreWeave and Cloudflare?

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on NBIS shares. Robert W. Baird started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $250.00 price target for the company. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $222.15.

Nebius Group Trading Down 15.0%

The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $228.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $157.09. The company has a market cap of $47.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.57 and a beta of 4.10.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its 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. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The company’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Nebius Group news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the transaction, the executive owned 26,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at $193,460,317.90. This trade represents a 5.37% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170 over the last ninety days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.