Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 15% After Analyst Upgrade

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 15% during mid-day trading on Monday after BWS Financial raised their price target on the stock from $130.00 to $200.00. BWS Financial currently has a buy rating on the stock. Nebius Group traded as high as $132.30 and last traded at $129.85. 34,288,689 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 147% from the average session volume of 13,895,373 shares. The stock had previously closed at $112.95.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Weiss Ratings cut Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Compass Point started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target on the stock. Citizens Jmp started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. They issued a “market outperform” rating and a $175.00 price target for the company. DA Davidson raised their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $169.00 price objective on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $157.80.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Harbor Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 0.4% in the third quarter. Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 27,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,099,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Calton & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 4,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after acquiring an additional 124 shares during the period. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. lifted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 38.5% in the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 2,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $216,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 73.8% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

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 stock has a market capitalization of $32.70 billion, a PE ratio of -88.94 and a beta of 4.02. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $97.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $98.89.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its earnings results 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 business had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.