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

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

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius’ Bloom Energy deal strengthens its AI data-center power supply, with 328 MW slated to come online this year, improving the company’s ability to expand compute capacity. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor enthusiasm remains high after Nebius’ Q1 results showed explosive growth, with revenue up 684% year over year and management reaffirming ambitious 2026 revenue and power targets. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several recent opinion pieces continue to highlight Nebius as a top AI infrastructure pick, reinforcing the market’s view that it remains one of the most compelling “neocloud” growth stories. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: A CRO stock sale disclosed this week was made under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, so it appears routine rather than a strong signal about the business outlook. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some traders remain skeptical of the AI cloud rally, and commentary notes that investors are still betting against Nebius despite the company’s strong growth. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Insider-selling and valuation concerns could cap gains near term, especially after the stock’s sharp recent run and a downgrade tied to overheating fundamentals. Article Title

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently commented on NBIS. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, DA Davidson cut Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $182.75.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 8.33, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The firm has a market cap of $55.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.95 and a beta of 4.03. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $144.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $112.51.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. The business had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.33 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,362,798.84. The trade was a 4.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. The trade was a 3.70% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 661,835 shares of company stock worth $122,524,959 in the last quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% in the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.