Nebius Group Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:NBIS)

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Traders purchased 136,498 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 43% compared to the average volume of 95,165 call options.

Nebius Group Stock Up 9.1%

NBIS traded up $11.33 on Thursday, reaching $136.33. 20,117,813 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 15,107,449. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $101.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $102.36. Nebius Group has a 52-week low of $20.25 and a 52-week high of $141.10. The company has a market cap of $34.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -93.38 and a beta of 4.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 6.57.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The company had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -1.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total value of $3,460,225.34. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total value of $1,332,443.42. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,362,798.84. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 105,180 shares of company stock valued at $10,944,256.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after purchasing an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth approximately $231,635,000. Fred Alger Management LLC raised its position in Nebius Group by 33.4% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. bought a new position in Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $188,496,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $238,511,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on NBIS shares. Bank of America started coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target on the stock. Freedom Capital raised shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 target price for the company. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target on the stock. Finally, DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $154.75.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an Overweight rating and a $129 price target, giving institutional legitimacy to Nebius’s AI?infrastructure thesis. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Jim Cramer publicly praised Nebius as a potential data?center leader, driving pre?market interest and headline?driven buying from retail/institutional flows. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyses highlighting Nebius’s access to GPUs and its vertically integrated stack frame the company as well?positioned to benefit from AI capacity shortages if execution continues. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes Nebius and peers have outperformed large cap AI names YTD, but commentators warn some gains may reflect rotation and sentiment rather than guaranteed fundamentals. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Large multi?year infrastructure deals announced with Meta and Nvidia underpin the growth narrative, but also raise questions about execution timing and capital intensity. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: Director Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares (~5% reduction of his stake) at ~$111.20, a move some investors interpret negatively despite his remaining large ownership. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent fundamentals: Nebius missed Q results on EPS and revenue, highlighting execution risk and creating downside sensitivity if growth or margins disappoint. Read More.

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.