Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Down 13.1% – Should You Sell?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price dropped 13.1% on Friday . The company traded as low as $88.40 and last traded at $91.19. Approximately 22,821,767 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 68% from the average daily volume of 13,559,735 shares. The stock had previously closed at $104.88.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Large strategic wins with hyperscalers bolster Nebius’ long‑term revenue runway — deals with Meta and Microsoft reinforce Nebius’ positioning as an AI-cloud infrastructure provider, supporting the growth story investors buy into. Nebius AI Cloud Deals With Meta And Microsoft Meet Valuation Debate
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst/market commentary argues the heavy capex is strategic, not purely dilutive — several pieces advise investors not to overreact to near‑term cash outflows given the platform and revenue momentum. Nebius: Don’t Let The CapEx Scare You
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street interest and bullish price targets support upside potential — multiple buy/outperform ratings and mid‑to‑high price targets keep a constructive analyst backdrop. Nebius Group slides 5.9% as investors keep digesting Q4 results and heavy spending outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Comparisons to larger cloud/AI names (Alphabet) highlight different risk/return profiles — Nebius shows outsized revenue growth but also higher leverage and capex needs versus legacy cloud players; useful for longer‑term allocation decisions. Nebius vs. Alphabet: Which AI Cloud Stock is the Better Buy?
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader tech/AI rotation and market volatility are creating two‑way moves across the sector — sectorwide risk‑off can amplify Nebius’ volatility independent of company‑specific news. MarketBeat Week in Review – 02/23 – 02/27
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 results missed EPS expectations and showed very large capex — Q4 revenue rose but EPS missed consensus and the company disclosed multi‑billion capex needs (Q4 capex ~ $2.06B), raising near‑term funding and cash‑burn concerns. That narrative is the principal drag on the stock today. Nebius Group slides 5.9% as investors keep digesting Q4 results and heavy spending outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Sector peer earnings (e.g., CoreWeave) and mixed results from other AI-infrastructure names are pressuring premarket sentiment — a weak or mixed quarter from peers can trigger risk‑off flows across the group. What’s Going On With Nebius Group Stock Friday?

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have commented on NBIS shares. BWS Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $130.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Citizens Jmp began coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. They issued a “market outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings cut Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Northland Securities upped their price objective on Nebius Group from $206.00 to $211.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $143.22.

Nebius Group Trading Down 13.1%

The stock has a market cap of $22.96 billion, a P/E ratio of -62.46 and a beta of 3.90. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $95.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $96.24. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. On average, research analysts expect 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 have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. Trek Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the third quarter worth about $2,309,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 123.9% in the 3rd quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 33,488 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,760,000 after purchasing an additional 18,533 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,587,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $198,514,000 after purchasing an additional 92,710 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 297.4% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 848,336 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,938,000 after purchasing an additional 634,838 shares during the period. Finally, Salem Investment Counselors Inc. boosted its position in Nebius Group by 2,272.7% during the third quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 26,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,023,000 after purchasing 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.