Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 9.2% – Should You Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 9.2% during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $100.32 and last traded at $98.01. 20,459,517 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 49% from the average session volume of 13,767,746 shares. The stock had previously closed at $89.73.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 showed extraordinary top-line growth (reported ~+547% YoY; AI cloud revenue much higher), underscoring strong demand from hyperscalers and enterprise AI customers — a core reason bulls are buying the stock. Nebius: In Energy We Trust
• Positive Sentiment: Acquisition and product moves (Tavily deal) boost Nebius’ agentic AI/search capabilities and strengthen its AI software stack, improving monetization potential for rented GPU capacity. Nebius Targets Fast-Growing Agentic AI Market With Tavily Acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: Management reiterated aggressive FY2026 targets (large revenue range and connected-power goals, plus long-term margin targets), which supports upside if Nebius hits capacity milestones. Nebius Group Stock: Build, Sell, Repeat
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple retail/investment outlets are listing NBIS among AI-infrastructure picks, keeping investor interest high but not a direct catalyst. 5 Best Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in February
• Neutral Sentiment: The full earnings call and transcripts are available for deeper read; management comments clarify ramp timing and contract structure but contain both encouragement and caveats. Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 missed consensus on revenue ($227.7M vs. ~$246M expected) and EPS (reported -$0.69 vs. -$0.42 est.), prompting near-term profit-taking. Q4 Earnings Miss
• Negative Sentiment: Capital spending surged on GPUs and data center builds, and management cites energy/grid/connectivity as a gating factor — execution delays or higher financing/dilution risk could push out monetization of contracted capacity. Capex Surge / GPU & Data Center Expenses
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst views are mixed and short interest is notable — these factors increase volatility and mean upside depends on timely capacity hookups and execution. Analysts’ Opinions Are Mixed

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NBIS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. CICC Research assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $143.00 price objective on the stock. Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price objective for the company. Freedom Capital raised Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. 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 increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $206.00 to $211.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $142.38.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

The business’s fifty day moving average price is $92.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -127.29 and a beta of 3.90.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly 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 12.22%. The business had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. As a group, analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,474,000 after buying an additional 3,090,103 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at $231,635,000. Fred Alger Management LLC grew its position in Nebius Group by 33.4% in the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,137,551,000 after acquiring an additional 2,536,832 shares during the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $188,496,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the third quarter worth $238,511,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.