Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Up 4.4% – Time to Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price rose 4.4% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $104.40 and last traded at $101.80. Approximately 13,066,781 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 5% from the average daily volume of 13,682,949 shares. The stock had previously closed at $97.52.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Compass Point initiated coverage with a Buy and a $150 price target, citing upside to Nebius’s AI infrastructure growth — a notable independent analyst endorsement that supports higher share valuations. Compass Point initiates coverage of Nebius Group NV (NBIS) with buy recommendation
• Positive Sentiment: BlackRock materially increased its stake in NBIS (per regulatory filings) — a large institutional buy that many investors view as conviction capital and a structural support for the stock. Whale Watching: BlackRock’s Massive Bet on Nebius Group
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recent 13F activity kept Nebius among its neocloud holdings — an implicit signal from an AI‑ecosystem leader that Nebius is strategically relevant to the AI infrastructure supply chain.
• Positive Sentiment: BWS Financial reaffirmed a Buy on NBIS with a $130 target, echoing other buy‑side views that the company’s contracted customer demand and buildout roadmap justify higher targets. BWS Financial reaffirms buy on Nebius
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators are re‑examining Nebius’s valuation after the recent pullback — the story is becoming more about growth execution and multiple expansion than near‑term profits. A Look At Nebius Group (NBIS) Valuation After Recent Share Price Pullback
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces (e.g., Zacks) frame Nebius as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure play positioned to benefit from the data‑center buildout — bullish thesis drivers but contingent on execution and customer uptake. NBIS: A Vertically Integrated AI Infrastructure Powerhouse
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes that deals with Microsoft and Meta shift Nebius’s growth profile toward larger enterprise contracts — positive for long‑term revenue visibility but not an immediate cure for near‑term guide misses. Nebius Group’s AI Deals With Microsoft And Meta Shift Growth Profile
• Negative Sentiment: Nebius missed Q4 revenue and EPS estimates and issued conservative FY26 revenue guidance ($3.0B–$3.4B vs. Street ~ $3.45B); management also outlined $16B–$20B FY26 capex — the scale of spending and limited on‑hand cash raise dilution and execution risk that could pressure the stock if growth lags. Nebius Misses, Guides Low, The Stock Still Rips: What Is Wall Street Buying?

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on NBIS. BWS Financial restated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 target price on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Compass Point began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Wall Street Zen cut Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, November 15th. Finally, CICC Research initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $143.00 price target on the stock. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $143.22.

Nebius Group Trading Up 4.4%

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 business’s 50-day moving average price is $92.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.32. The company has a market capitalization of $25.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -132.21 and a beta of 3.90.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. Research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Royal Bank of Canada bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter valued at $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $9,084,000. Finally, Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $303,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.