Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading 9.1% Higher – Still a Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s share price traded up 9.1% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $136.55 and last traded at $136.33. 20,120,778 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 33% from the average session volume of 15,107,449 shares. The stock had previously closed at $125.00.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Jim Cramer endorsement and resulting pre-market interest — Cramer spotlighted Nebius as a data?center/AI leader, driving headline-driven buying and higher pre-market activity. Article
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual bullish options flow — traders bought ~136,498 call options (?43% above typical call volume), a short?term signal of elevated conviction or speculation from options traders.
• Positive Sentiment: Large AI infrastructure deals underpin long?term story — reporting highlights multi?year, multi?billion agreements (including a reported $27B arrangement with Meta and ~ $2B from Nvidia) that validate Nebius’s AI data?center growth thesis. Article
• Neutral Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage with an Overweight rating but set a $129 price target (below the stock’s current level), creating mixed signals: positive stamp of approval but a cautious target. Article
• Neutral Sentiment: Positive analyst/media narratives on GPU access and AI infrastructure have amplified interest, but commentary questions sustainability of outperformance vs. large-cap AI names. Seeking Alpha Fool
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — director Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares (~5% reduction of his stake) at about $111.20; large insider sales raise governance/near?term sentiment questions despite remaining substantial ownership. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Recent quarterly miss — the company missed EPS and revenue estimates in its Feb quarter, highlighting execution risk and giving bears ammunition if growth or margins disappoint. MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and execution debate persists — coverage frames Nebius as either a hidden AI gem or a high?risk, fast?scaling name; expect continued intraday volatility. Barchart

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have commented on NBIS shares. Citigroup started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, March 16th. They set a “buy” rating and a $169.00 target price on the stock. Bank of America started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Compass Point started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $154.75.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $101.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $102.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 6.57. The company has a market capitalization of $34.33 billion, a PE ratio of -93.38 and a beta of 4.20.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. The company had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Equities analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.20, for a total value of $3,486,898.40. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $65,075,240.80. This represents a 5.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total value of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 105,180 shares of company stock worth $10,944,256 over the last three months.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Trek Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $2,309,000. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 123.9% during 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. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 2,272.7% during the 3rd quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 26,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,023,000 after purchasing an additional 25,795 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 52.0% during the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 86,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,674,000 after purchasing an additional 29,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,401,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently 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.