Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at Citigroup

Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage issued a buy rating and a $169.00 target price on the stock.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price objective on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Citizens Jmp started coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. They issued a “market outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price for the company. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $157.80.

Nebius Group Trading Up 15.0%

NBIS opened at $129.85 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $32.70 billion, a P/E ratio of -88.94 and a beta of 4.02. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The company’s 50 day moving average is $97.83 and its 200-day moving average is $98.89. Nebius Group has a 1-year low of $18.31 and a 1-year high of $141.10.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The company had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. Equities research analysts predict that Nebius Group will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. World Investment Advisors bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $816,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 162.5% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $593,000 after purchasing an additional 4,384 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its position in Nebius Group by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 104,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,853,000 after purchasing an additional 9,969 shares during the last quarter. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Finally, SHP Wealth Management acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius signed a five‑year agreement to provide Meta with $12B of dedicated AI compute capacity and an option for up to $15B more (totaling ~ $27B), a blockbuster commercial win that materially expands contracted demand and underpins Nebius’s growth story. Nebius signs AI capacity deal with Meta
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s strategic relationship and financing (including a disclosed ~$2B investment) remains a strong catalyst — validates Nebius’s tech roadmap (Vera Rubin deployments) and eases access to hardware and engineering support. QuiverQuant analysis of Meta deal and NVIDIA tie-up
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street upgraded/raised targets: BWS Financial bumped its price target to $200 (buy) and Citi initiated coverage with a buy and $169 target — fresh analyst backing likely added momentum to the rally. Benzinga coverage of analyst moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad market tailwinds (equities up, oil and yields down) and heavy NBIS trading volume amplified the move, helping push the stock higher alongside sector peers. US Equity Indexes Rise After US Proposal
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional and analyst coverage has increased (multiple price targets and buy ratings, median targets well above current levels), which supports liquidity and interest but also concentrates expectations. QuiverQuant institutional and price target summary
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns: some DCF-based commentary argues the stock looks stretched after the rally, warning that the current price already prices in aggressive growth assumptions. That can raise downside risk if execution or demand slips. DCF model suggests Nebius is overvalued
• Negative Sentiment: Execution & capex risk remains: Nebius’s growth depends on large, capital‑intensive buildouts (management flagged CapEx as the key variable), so missed build schedules or higher-than-expected costs could hurt margins and cadence. Seeking Alpha: CapEx is the key variable

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.