Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 7.9% – Should You Sell?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s share price fell 7.9% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $105.41 and last traded at $105.97. 13,295,756 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 11% from the average session volume of 15,015,734 shares. The stock had previously closed at $115.09.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts bumped the price target on NBIS — a reported 18.29% raise to $169.72 provides fresh upside narrative for investors. Nebius Group NV (NBIS) price target increased by 18.29% to 169.72
• Positive Sentiment: Large, booked contracts underpin growth: coverage highlights a roughly $45–46B backlog (Meta, Microsoft deals) that supports management’s $7–9B ARR guidance and aggressive margin targets — this is the core bullish case driving buy-side interest. Nebius: The $45 Billion Backlog Nobody Is Pricing In
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius launched AI Cloud 3.5 with serverless capabilities and new NVIDIA GPU options (including Blackwell-class chips) — product upgrades aim to accelerate customer onboarding and expand addressable markets in robotics/industrial inference. Nebius AI Cloud 3.5 Introduces Serverless AI
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional coverage and bank re-ratings are increasing — Bank of America and other firms have refreshed coverage/targets, which adds distribution and legitimacy to the growth story. Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Coverage Initiated at Bank of America
• Neutral Sentiment: Market-themed newsletters and screens list NBIS as a high-conviction AI/data-center growth pick, boosting retail/institutional interest but not changing fundamentals overnight. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets (NBIS)
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest commentary suggests squeeze potential; this can amplify volatility but is an uncertain driver of sustained fundamentals. Nebius: Short Squeeze Potential Is Mounting
• Negative Sentiment: Capital-raise and dilution risks remain a material headwind — reporting shows large convertible note financings and projected future raises (multi‑billion totals), plus heavy CapEx needs; investors worry about EPS dilution and financing execution. Nebius: Massive AI Deals Drive Growth, But Dilution Risks Loom
• Negative Sentiment: Operational and timing risks (late capacity ramps, missed near-term revenue estimates in some coverage) leave downside if execution slips or funding costs rise — these points are cited in several analyst write-ups comparing NBIS to peers. Nebius: Mispriced By Association

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on NBIS. BWS Financial upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, March 16th. They set a “buy” rating and a $169.00 price objective for the company. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 target price on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $157.09.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $25.39 billion, a P/E ratio of -69.05 and a beta of 4.02. The company has a quick ratio of 6.57, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The business’s 50 day moving average is $99.95 and its 200-day moving average is $101.42.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%.The business had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $246.05 million. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 0.4% during the third quarter. Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 27,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,099,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. increased its stake in Nebius Group by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 4,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 38.5% during the third quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Keybank National Association OH raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 2,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $216,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.