Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 6.3% - What's Next?

Key Points

• Shares down 6.3% intraday to $147.16 on heavy trading (18.1M shares, +18% vs. average), reflecting high volatility (beta 4.20) despite trading above its 50- and 200-day moving averages.
• Analyst coverage is mixed but leans positive with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a $154.75 consensus price target, while individual targets range from $126 (Morgan Stanley) to $200 (DA Davidson).
• Earnings miss: Q reported EPS of -$0.69 vs. -$0.42 expected and revenue of $227.7M vs. $246.1M expected; the company has a $37.06B market cap with a negative P/E (~-100.8), and insiders sold roughly 129,740 shares (~$14.7M) over the past 90 days.

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) fell 6.3% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $145.81 and last traded at $147.16. 18,125,345 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 18% from the average session volume of 15,349,434 shares. The stock had previously closed at $157.08.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on NBIS. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nebius Group from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, April 11th. Freedom Capital cut shares of Nebius Group from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an "equal weight" rating and a $126.00 price objective for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $154.75.

Nebius Group Stock Down 6.3%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a current ratio of 3.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.06 billion, a P/E ratio of -100.79 and a beta of 4.20. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $116.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $105.69.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. As a group, research analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Nebius Group news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.10, for a total transaction of $720,450.00. Following the sale, the executive directly owned 42,162 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,750,136.20. The trade was a 9.64% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at $90,067,617.97. The trade was a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 129,740 shares of company stock worth $14,672,401.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted 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 valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares during the period. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 500.0% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 360 shares of the company's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.

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