Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Upgraded to Sell 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 released on Saturday morning.

NBIS has been the subject of several other reports. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. BWS Financial raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Citizens Jmp raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Compass Point assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Finally, DA Davidson raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $200.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $182.75.

Nebius Group Price Performance

Shares of Nebius Group stock opened at $219.94 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $55.65 billion, a PE ratio of 70.95 and a beta of 4.03. Nebius Group has a 12-month low of $34.72 and a 12-month high of $233.73. The company has a quick ratio of 3.08, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $138.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $111.08.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 10.59%. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -2.33 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In related news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total transaction of $1,332,443.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,362,798.84. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 657,335 shares of company stock valued at $121,545,984.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

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

Key Nebius Group News

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

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.