Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 2.8% After Analyst Upgrade

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s share price rose 2.8% on Monday after Northland Securities raised their price target on the stock from $248.00 to $410.00. Northland Securities currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Nebius Group traded as high as $194.34 and last traded at $182.62. 16,033,164 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average session volume of 16,518,680 shares. The stock had previously closed at $177.71.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Freedom Capital lowered Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $219.83.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Nebius Group news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,460,317.90. This trade represents a 5.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 378,665 shares in the company, valued at approximately $95,912,057.85. The trade was a 1.51% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its price target on Nebius to $410 from $248 and kept an outperform rating, implying substantial upside from current levels. Nebius Group had its price target raised by Northland Securities from $248.00 to $410.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius from Hold to Buy and lifted its target to $200 from $159, citing that enough risk may have been priced in after the sell-off. After An Over 40% Slump From Peak, This Analyst Turns Bullish On NBIS Stock – ‘Enough Risk Has Been Squeezed Out’
• Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha highlighted Nebius as a buy after its steep decline, pointing to long-term AI cloud growth, $775 million in secured debt financing, and strategic ties to Nvidia that could support faster infrastructure expansion. Nebius: The Buy On Meltdown Moment Is Finally Here (Rating Upgrade)
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks added NBIS to its Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stock list, which may attract additional traders looking for technical strength. Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for July 20th
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts also compared Nebius with C3.ai as part of a broader discussion about AI growth stocks, but the piece was more comparative than company-specific. Nebius vs. C3.ai: Which AI Growth Stock is the Better Buy?
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary noted NBIS has still experienced a sharp decline from its peak, which underscores ongoing volatility and valuation concerns even after the recent rebound. Nebius: Down 38%, Either Wait Or Stage In Slowly

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its stake in Nebius Group by 62.5% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The business’s 50-day moving average price is $228.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $153.38. The firm has a market cap of $46.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.91 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The business had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.