Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Gap Up on Analyst Upgrade

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s share price gapped up prior to trading on Monday after Northland Securities raised their price target on the stock from $248.00 to $410.00. The stock had previously closed at $177.71, but opened at $186.97. Northland Securities currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Nebius Group shares last traded at $186.8930, with a volume of 3,363,405 shares changing hands.

NBIS has been the topic of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 target price for the company. Citigroup lifted their price target on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.83.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In related news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $7,974,926.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 378,665 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $95,912,057.85. This trade represents a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170 in the last ninety days.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its price target on Nebius Group to $410 from $248 and kept an Outperform rating, signaling significant upside potential. Benzinga source article
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius from Hold to Buy and raised its target to $200 from $159, saying much of the risk has already been priced in. Stocktwits source article
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks added NBIS to its Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum list, which may attract additional momentum-driven buyers. Zacks source article
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators are debating Nebius versus other AI growth names and whether the recent drop makes the stock more attractive, reflecting a broader re-rating rather than a new fundamental catalyst. Zacks source article
• Neutral Sentiment: Some articles frame Nebius as a potential “buy-the-dip” opportunity after a more than 40% decline, but they also note ongoing cash burn and financing needs as the company scales its AI cloud infrastructure. Seeking Alpha source article

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd grew its position in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% in the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $976,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,099,000 after purchasing an additional 964,984 shares during the last quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 95.0% in the 4th 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. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,221,553 shares of the company’s stock valued at $334,263,000 after purchasing an additional 416,733 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its stake in Nebius Group by 2,391.3% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,474,000 after purchasing an additional 3,090,103 shares during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $46.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.91 and a beta of 4.10. The company’s 50 day moving average is $227.96 and its 200-day moving average is $154.07. 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current 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.