Citizens Jmp Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) had its target price increased by equities research analysts at Citizens Jmp from $175.00 to $270.00 in a research note issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “market outperform” rating on the stock. Citizens Jmp’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 22.76% from the company’s previous close.

NBIS has been the subject of a number of other reports. Compass Point initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 target price for the company. Freedom Capital downgraded Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. DA Davidson raised their target price on Nebius Group from $200.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Nebius Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, April 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $182.75.

Nebius Group Stock Down 0.5%

NASDAQ NBIS opened at $219.94 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $138.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $111.08. Nebius Group has a one year low of $34.72 and a one year high of $233.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 3.08 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company has a market cap of $55.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.95 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 10.59% and a net margin of 95.27%.The firm had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group will post -2.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at approximately $118,937,877.16. This represents a 46.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total value of $3,460,225.34. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 657,335 shares of company stock valued at $121,545,984.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Royal Bank of Canada purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $9,084,000. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth $68,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Citi raised its price target on Nebius Group to $287 from $169 and kept a buy rating, signaling confidence in further upside after the company’s strong AI infrastructure growth and earnings beat. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple articles highlighted Nebius’ Q1 results, including 684% year-over-year revenue growth, improved AI cloud economics, and a rapidly expanding contracted capacity pipeline, which are fueling bullish sentiment around the stock. Yahoo Finance article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts from DA Davidson, Citizens JMP, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley all revisited or raised their forecasts after the quarter, reinforcing the view that Nebius is emerging as a major AI infrastructure player. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius’ new Missouri AI factory and broader gigawatt-scale buildout are giving investors tangible progress to track, but they also imply significant capital spending and execution risk as the company scales. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: One director sold shares under a pre-arranged trading plan, which is not necessarily a negative signal but may catch investor attention after the stock’s sharp move higher. InsiderTrades filing
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary argues NBIS may be overbought after its sharp rally, and Morgan Stanley’s $144 target remains well below the current trading level, suggesting valuation concerns could lead to volatility. TheStreet article

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.