Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading 14.7% Higher – Should You Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) was up 14.7% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $226.81 and last traded at $219.93. Approximately 22,905,000 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 44% from the average daily volume of 15,961,060 shares. The stock had previously closed at $191.82.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius signed a 10-year, $2.6 billion master agreement with Bloom Energy to deploy onsite fuel-cell power across its AI data centers, a move that could improve reliability, support rapid expansion, and reduce dependence on traditional gas turbines. Nebius Fuel Cell Deal With Bloom Reshapes AI Power And Investor Tradeoffs
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary highlighted Nebius as a top “neocloud” AI play, pointing to triple-digit revenue growth and improving margins as evidence that the company’s fundamentals remain strong despite the stock’s big run. Nebius upside expands as AI feedback loop intensifies
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts continue to rate Nebius as a “Moderate Buy,” suggesting Wall Street remains constructive but not universally bullish after the stock’s sharp appreciation. Nebius Group N.V. Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts
• Negative Sentiment: General Counsel Boaz Tal sold 5,100 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which may pressure sentiment even though the sale was routine and not necessarily a signal on business fundamentals. Rising US Borrowing Costs Won’t Slow Massive AI Data-Center Buildout as Potential Profit Outweighs Spending

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings raised Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective for the company. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $182.75.

Nebius Group Stock Down 2.3%

The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $148.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $113.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33. The company has a market cap of $54.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 69.28 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.Nebius Group’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.33 earnings per share 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 on Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total value of $1,332,443.42. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,362,798.84. The trade was a 4.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total transaction of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 666,935 shares of company stock worth $123,541,848 over the last quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd lifted its holdings in Nebius Group by 12.4% in the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $976,681,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,708 shares during the last quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 33.4% during the third quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,137,551,000 after purchasing an additional 2,536,832 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 55.7% during the third quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 4,607,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $517,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,648,497 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 35.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,099,000 after purchasing an additional 964,984 shares during the period. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 95.0% in the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,710,924 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.