Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Lifted to Strong-Buy by Rosenblatt Securities

Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) to a strong-buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday,Zacks reports.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Zacks Research downgraded Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings raised Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Friday, September 25th. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $245.69.

Nebius Group Stock Down 7.4%

Nebius Group stock opened at $219.71 on Wednesday. Nebius Group has a fifty-two week low of $73.52 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $55.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7,321.23 and a beta of 4.18. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $224.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $203.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The firm had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.38 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts predict that Nebius Group will post -3.48 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other news, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.00, for a total transaction of $92,120.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 12,202 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,391,592. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 14,546 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.16, for a total transaction of $3,406,091.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 260,217 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,932,412.72. This represents a 5.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 166,616 shares of company stock valued at $39,753,038 over the last quarter.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Saudi Central Bank increased its stake in Nebius Group by 110.0% in the 2nd quarter. Saudi Central Bank now owns 167,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,347,000 after buying an additional 87,896 shares during the period. Lombard Odier Asset Management Switzerland SA purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter worth $1,087,000. Situational Awareness LP acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter valued at $1,232,895,000. HB Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 1st quarter valued at about $735,000. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 10.6% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 1,343,954 shares of the company’s stock valued at $139,449,000 after buying an additional 128,380 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: New bullish analyst coverage: Rosenblatt Securities initiated coverage with a “Buy” rating and a $304 price target, implying substantial upside from the referenced share price. William Blair also recently rated NBIS “Outperform.” Why This Wall Street Analyst Just Issued a Bold Prediction for Nebius Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI growth story: Coverage highlights Nebius’ rapidly expanding business, tens of billions of dollars in AI-compute contracts, and revenue that exceeded expectations. Those factors continue to attract investors seeking a pure-play alternative to larger technology companies. Nebius Captures Pure-Play AI Investors Looking Beyond Mega Caps
• Neutral Sentiment: High-growth peer comparison: Nebius and CoreWeave are both described as growing quickly, but the comparison underscores that investors are weighing exceptional expansion against funding needs, valuation, and execution risk. Better Cloud AI Pick: CoreWeave or Nebius Group?
• Negative Sentiment: Sector-wide selling pressure: Nebius fell alongside CoreWeave and Oracle as investors sold companies borrowing heavily to build AI capacity. The move reflects concerns about financing costs, capital intensity, and whether future AI demand will justify aggressive infrastructure spending. CoreWeave Sinks as Financed AI Buildout Names Sell Off
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and balance-sheet concerns: COO Ophir Nave sold 500,000 shares under a preset trading plan. Although planned sales do not necessarily signal deteriorating fundamentals, the transaction raised questions after NBIS’ strong run. Analysts also cautioned that leverage and funding requirements could undermine the growth story before 2027. Nebius Group Could Be Undervalued After Insider Selling

Nebius Group Company Profile

Nebius Group N.V. is a technology company focused on artificial intelligence infrastructure and related services. Through its Nebius AI business, the company provides cloud-based computing infrastructure designed for developing, training and deploying machine-learning and generative AI applications, including access to accelerated computing, data storage, networking and managed cloud services.

The company also develops tools and services intended to support AI developers and businesses, including data and machine-learning infrastructure.