Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Down 6.6% – Here’s Why

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shares were down 6.6% on Friday . The company traded as low as $88.80 and last traded at $89.33. Approximately 7,749,407 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 41% from the average daily volume of 13,176,069 shares. The stock had previously closed at $95.65.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Missouri approval validates Nebius’s growth & infrastructure pivot — the 400‑acre, 1.2 GW AI campus in Independence comes with Chapter 100 incentives, local support, job creation and community programs, providing a visible execution milestone for the company’s capacity expansion. Nebius Missouri AI Campus Approval Tests Growth And Returns Story
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst/commentator coverage highlights rapid revenue scale and product diversification — some analysts and bullish write-ups cite explosive revenue growth, sold‑out capacity and the Tavily acquisition as reasons NBIS can outperform. This coverage supports investor enthusiasm for upside if execution continues. Nebius: Has My Conviction It Will Be An Outperformer
• Positive Sentiment: Market narratives emphasize the strategic value of gigawatt-scale power access — stories explain how securing large power capacity is a competitive moat for AI infrastructure providers and why this project could underpin multi‑billion revenue targets if Nebius converts demand into contracted revenue. Nebius’ 1.2 GW Win: A $20B Bet on AI Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector tailwinds remain strong — third‑party deals and increased AI workloads across the cloud/data‑center ecosystem point to continued demand for GPU capacity, which indirectly supports Nebius’s long‑term addressable market. Will Perplexity’s AI Workloads Accelerate CRWV’s Next Leg of Expansion?
• Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals and valuation concerns are pressuring the stock — Nebius missed EPS and revenue expectations in its Feb 12 quarter, and multiple commentators warn the shares now trade at rich multiples (e.g., high sales multiple / stretched P/E-like metrics), prompting profit‑taking after the rally. As Nebius Gets the Green Light for a Massive AI Factory, Should You Buy NBIS Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Big capex and execution risk — Nebius has outlined multi‑billion dollar spending plans to scale capacity; while management says much is funded, missed timelines, cost overruns or slower customer ramp could hit near‑term profitability. Analysts and articles are debating whether current prices already reflect the upside. Assessing Nebius Group (NBIS) Valuation As Investor Sentiment Shifts After Recent Share Price Weakness

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on NBIS. Citizens Jmp initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, November 19th. They set a “market outperform” rating and a $175.00 price objective on the stock. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $150.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. BWS Financial restated a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Northland Securities upped their price objective on Nebius Group from $206.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 target price for the company. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $143.22.

Nebius Group Stock Down 6.6%

The business has a 50-day moving average of $95.14 and a 200 day moving average of $96.69. The company has a market capitalization of $22.49 billion, a PE ratio of -61.18 and a beta of 4.02. 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 the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Equities research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. Trek Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter valued at about $2,309,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 123.9% during the 3rd quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 33,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,760,000 after acquiring an additional 18,533 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Nebius Group by 2.7% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,587,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $198,514,000 after acquiring an additional 92,710 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 297.4% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 848,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,938,000 after acquiring an additional 634,838 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Salem Investment Counselors Inc. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 2,272.7% in the third quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 26,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,023,000 after acquiring an additional 25,795 shares in 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.