Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 6% – Here’s What Happened

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was up 6% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $297.93 and last traded at $280.91. Approximately 23,901,882 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 48% from the average session volume of 16,153,993 shares. The stock had previously closed at $265.10.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius is benefiting from strong revenue growth, with recent coverage highlighting torrid top-line expansion and suggesting the company’s AI cloud demand remains very strong. Nebius Is Up 210% This Year. Here’s Why There’s Still Room for More Upside in 2026.
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s $9.3 billion cash reserve gives it more flexibility to keep building out AI infrastructure, which could help Nebius add capacity while demand is outpacing supply. Nebius Amasses $9.3B Cash Reserve: Can It Accelerate AI Buildout?
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius has also been boosted by its upcoming addition to the Nasdaq-100 on June 22, which could drive index-fund buying and increase trading interest. Dear Nebius Stock Fans, Mark Your Calendars for June 22
• Positive Sentiment: Recent momentum was also supported by the closing of the Eigen AI acquisition and the opening of new UK data centers, reinforcing Nebius’ AI infrastructure expansion strategy. Nebius Group (NBIS) Closes Eigen AI Deal And Opens Three New UK Data Centers
• Neutral Sentiment: Several analysts and commentators are now debating valuation after the stock’s big run, with one note saying upside still exists but the shares are approaching fully priced territory. Nebius: Time To Sell
• Neutral Sentiment: One bearish theme in the AI infrastructure space is rising concern about whether massive GPU/data-center spending can stay rational over time, which could create volatility for NBIS alongside peers. Legendary Short Seller Jim Chanos Issues Dire Prediction

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NBIS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. DA Davidson lowered Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Freedom Capital cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Finally, BWS Financial upped their target price on Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $203.25.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The business’s fifty day moving average price is $197.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $132.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $72.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.48 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a current ratio of 8.33, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, General Counsel Boaz Tal sold 5,100 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.39, for a total transaction of $1,016,889.00. Following the transaction, the general counsel owned 80,754 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,101,540.06. This trade represents a 5.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total value of $2,976,331.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive owned 26,886 shares in the company, valued at $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 700,710 shares of company stock valued at $132,153,501.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its stake in Nebius Group by 62.5% in the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in Nebius Group by 73.8% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.