Nutanix Under Investigation for Securities Violations Following 17.8% Stock Drop
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 1h ago
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Source: Businesswire
- Earnings Miss: Nutanix reported its Q1 2026 financial results on November 25, 2025, with revenue near the bottom of its prior guidance, indicating significant market pressures faced by the company.
- Revenue Projection Cut: The company lowered its full-year revenue forecast due to shifts in customer demand and revenue deferrals from Q1 to future periods, reflecting uncertainty in its business growth.
- Stock Plunge: Following the earnings report, Nutanix's shares fell by 17.8% the next day, signaling strong investor concerns regarding the company's future outlook.
- Legal Investigation Launched: The Schall Law Firm is investigating whether Nutanix issued false or misleading statements that could affect shareholder rights, further intensifying market scrutiny on the company's governance.
Analyst Views on NTNX
Wall Street analysts forecast NTNX stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for NTNX is 71.17 USD with a low forecast of 53.00 USD and a high forecast of 90.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
14 Analyst Rating
12 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 53.510
Low
53.00
Averages
71.17
High
90.00
Current: 53.510
Low
53.00
Averages
71.17
High
90.00
About NTNX
Nutanix, Inc. is engaged in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds. The Company’s Nutanix Cloud Platform is designed to enable organizations to build a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, providing a consistent cloud operating model with a single platform for running applications and managing data in core data centers, at the edge, and on public clouds, all while supporting a variety of hypervisors and container platforms. Nutanix Cloud Platform supports a variety of workloads with varied compute, storage, and network requirements, including business-critical applications, data platforms, general-purpose workloads, end user computing and virtual desktop infrastructure services, enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, and cloud native applications. Its solutions are primarily sold through its channel partners or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and delivered directly to its end customers.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
