Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a research note issued to investors on Sunday.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective for the company. Freedom Capital raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Citizens Jmp boosted their target price on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $226.00.

Nebius Group Price Performance

Nebius Group stock opened at $248.43 on Friday. Nebius Group has a 52-week low of $62.01 and a 52-week high of $299.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $62.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8,278.24 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $224.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $170.92. The company has a quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. The business had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.38 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Nebius Group will post -3.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.99, for a total value of $1,435,163.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 415,844 shares in the company, valued at approximately $112,689,565.56. This represents a 1.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $7,974,926.95. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This trade represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 186,506 shares of company stock worth $46,264,387.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Nebius Group by 76.0% in the second quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth about $52,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism remains a support for NBIS. DA Davidson reportedly restored a previously reduced price target after a New Jersey data-center approval removed a key capacity concern, while other coverage cited targets as high as $324. DA Davidson Reverses Course on Nebius Target Cut
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius continues to benefit from strong AI-compute demand. Recent reports highlighted rising data-center pricing, capacity expansion supported by customer backlogs, and multi-billion-dollar contracts or commitments involving major technology customers. Its latest quarter also showed 454% year-over-year revenue growth and an earnings beat.
• Positive Sentiment: Soros Fund Management’s second-quarter 13F reportedly included Nebius among a group of AI-infrastructure investments, potentially reinforcing institutional interest in the sector. 5 AI Infrastructure Stocks Soros Just Bought
• Neutral Sentiment: Two directors sold shares under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans: Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares for approximately $13.3 million, reducing his stake by 15.5%, while John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares for about $1.4 million, reducing his ownership by 1.26%. Both directors retained substantial positions, limiting the signal’s significance. SEC Insider Transaction Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Neocloud stocks sold off broadly as the 19-year Treasury yield reached a new high and investors questioned whether AI revenue growth can justify the sector’s heavy capital spending. Nebius was among the affected operators. Neocloud Stocks Plummet on Rising Overspend Fears
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk. Analysts and commentators note that NBIS trades at an exceptionally high sales multiple despite projected annual losses, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth, pricing, or capacity expansion disappoints.
• Negative Sentiment: Investor Michael Burry has questioned the economics of AI-compute contracts, while the potential Crusoe IPO could introduce another competitor for capital and customer demand in AI data centers. Is This the Next CoreWeave or Nebius Group?

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.