Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Cut to Strong Sell at Wall Street Zen

Posted by Francis Steltz on Aug 11th, 2026

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Free Report) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a report published on Saturday.

NBIS has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Zacks Research cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings raised Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $216.29.

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Nebius Group Stock Down 2.1%

NBIS stock opened at $184.11 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.39 and a beta of 4.23. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $222.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $164.42. Nebius Group has a fifty-two week low of $62.01 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The company had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The business’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Nebius Group will post -1.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $193,460,317.90. The trade was a 5.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $7,974,926.95. Following the sale, the insider owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 651,704 shares of company stock valued at $137,422,230.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth about $245,000. AlpInvest Partners B.V. acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $255,000. Carlyle Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $510,000. Tortoise Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $529,000. Finally, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $779,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Nebius Group News

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

Positive Sentiment: Nebius’ neocloud business continues to benefit from strong demand for AI computing capacity, expanding customer contracts and pricing gains. Analysts expect another period of rapid growth, building on the company’s previous quarter, when revenue reached $399 million—up 684% year over year—and earnings exceeded expectations. Nebius Group’s Next Earnings Report on Aug. 12 Could Send the Stock Soaring
Positive Sentiment: Investors remain optimistic that Nebius’ backlog, AI infrastructure contracts and access to capital will allow it to capture accelerating data-center demand. The company is viewed alongside CoreWeave and IREN as one of the better-positioned AI infrastructure operators. AI Data Centers Are Splitting Winners From Pretenders in Infrastructure Stocks
Neutral Sentiment: The earnings release is a major near-term catalyst. Strong revenue growth or an improved outlook could revive the shares, but investors will focus on capacity expansion, cash usage, margins and the timing of new infrastructure coming online. Should You Buy, Hold or Sell Nebius Stock Before Q2 Earnings Release?
Negative Sentiment: Michael Burry’s disclosed short position has intensified bearish sentiment and contributed to a sharp recent decline. The short thesis centers on Nebius’ elevated valuation, substantial cash burn and the possibility that heavy investment will pressure profitability. Michael Burry Shorts Nebius Stock
Negative Sentiment: DA Davidson lowered its price target from $250 to $175 and assigned a neutral rating, implying limited upside at the time of the report. The downgrade reinforces concerns that NBIS’s valuation already discounts considerable future growth. DA Davidson Lowers Nebius Price Target

Nebius Group Company Profile

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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.