Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading Up 3.2% – Should You Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shares rose 3.2% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $264.47 and last traded at $259.67. Approximately 11,844,061 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 26% from the average daily volume of 16,016,393 shares. The stock had previously closed at $251.68.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and investors are focusing on Nebius’ rapid revenue growth, strong AI demand, and the possibility that revenues could continue to multiply as the company scales its cloud platform. Nebius Surges On AI Demand As Revenues Set To Multiply
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius is expanding its AI cloud capabilities through acquisitions of Tavily, Eigen AI, and Clarifai, which should add inference and agentic search features and strengthen the platform’s competitive position. How Are Acquisitions Strengthening Nebius’ AI Cloud Platform?
• Positive Sentiment: Another upbeat piece argued that Nebius is building the next major AI cloud platform, supported by strong execution, high utilization, and elevated short interest that could add buying pressure if momentum continues. Nebius: Building The Next Great AI Cloud Platform
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pointing to AI infrastructure trends, including comparisons with other “neo cloud” providers, is keeping Nebius in the market spotlight, but these articles are more thematic than company-specific. 3 Stocks Crushing Nvidia This Year
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling by the CFO and CRO may create some caution for investors, even though the sales were relatively small compared with their remaining holdings. Insider Selling: Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) CFO Sells 1,509 Shares of Stock

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NBIS has been the subject of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Citigroup lifted their target price on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 target price for the company. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $188.31.

Nebius Group Stock Up 3.2%

The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The stock has a market cap of $65.70 billion, a PE ratio of 83.76 and a beta of 4.03. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $167.32 and a 200 day moving average of $121.00.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. The company had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.92 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, General Counsel Boaz Tal sold 5,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.39, for a total transaction of $1,016,889.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 80,754 shares in the company, valued at $16,101,540.06. The trade was a 5.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total value of $101,620,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $118,937,877.16. This trade represents a 46.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 679,220 shares of company stock valued at $126,934,965 over the last 90 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its position in Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Caldwell Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter worth about $31,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.