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

Key Points

• Freedom Capital downgraded Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) from a strong-buy to a hold; the Street consensus remains a Moderate Buy with a $154.75 average price target (1 Strong Buy, 10 Buy, 2 Hold, 1 Sell).
• Nebius reported Q4 EPS of ($0.69) and revenue of $227.7M, missing expectations on both metrics, and the stock trades near its 52‑week high (range $20.25–$159.50) with a negative P/E (~-105.9) and high beta (4.20).
• Significant insider selling has occurred recently: CEO Arkadiy Volozh and insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,358 and 31,357 shares respectively in April, and insiders have sold 105,180 shares (~$10.94M) over the past 90 days.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) was downgraded by equities researchers at Freedom Capital from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on NBIS. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $129.00 target price on the stock. Compass Point started coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a "hold (c-)" rating to a "sell (d+)" rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, BWS Financial boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $154.75.

Nebius Group Price Performance

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $154.56 on Monday. Nebius Group has a 52 week low of $20.25 and a 52 week high of $159.50. 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 company has a market capitalization of $38.92 billion, a P/E ratio of -105.86 and a beta of 4.20. The stock's fifty day moving average is $104.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is $103.09.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $246.05 million. Equities analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -1.1 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.20, for a total transaction of $3,486,898.40. Following the sale, the insider owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $65,075,240.80. This represents a 5.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total value of $3,460,225.34. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. This trade represents a 3.70% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 105,180 shares of company stock worth $10,944,256.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Creek Drive Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $2,829,000. World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $816,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 162.5% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,082 shares of the company's stock worth $593,000 after purchasing an additional 4,384 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 104,657 shares of the company's stock worth $8,853,000 after purchasing an additional 9,969 shares during the period. Finally, Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $33,000. Hedge funds and other 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.

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