Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Up 6.7% After Earnings Beat

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 6.7% on Thursday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as high as $233.73 and last traded at $221.15. 29,585,810 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 87% from the average session volume of 15,791,696 shares. The stock had previously closed at $207.27.

The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.71% and a net margin of 19.02%.The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The company’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius posted blowout Q1 results, with revenue rising 684% year over year to $399 million, EPS beating estimates, and adjusted EBITDA turning positive, signaling accelerating demand for its AI cloud and data center services.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised its annual recurring revenue guidance and secured up to 1.2 GW of power and land for a new owned AI factory in Pennsylvania, giving investors more visibility into future capacity growth and scale.
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius also broke ground on its first gigawatt-scale AI factory campus in Independence, Missouri, a major U.S. infrastructure buildout that could support long-term revenue growth and local community investment. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street analysts responded by lifting price targets, including Citizens JMP to $270 and DA Davidson to $250, while Morgan Stanley also raised its target, reflecting improved sentiment after the earnings beat.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlighted additional AI platform expansion, including the Clarifai team joining Nebius and licensing of inference technology, which strengthens its Token Factory and full-stack AI offering.
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts kept a more cautious stance despite the strong results, with Morgan Stanley maintaining an equal-weight rating even as it increased its price target.
• Neutral Sentiment: Articles comparing Nebius with other data center and AI infrastructure stocks may add to investor attention, but do not represent a direct company-specific catalyst.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently commented on NBIS. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price target on the stock. DA Davidson raised their price target on Nebius Group from $200.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Citigroup began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, March 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $169.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Freedom Capital lowered Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $172.92.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.20, for a total value of $3,486,898.40. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $65,075,240.80. This trade represents a 5.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 307,378 shares in the company, valued at $30,362,798.84. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 146,441 shares of company stock valued at $17,672,342 over the last ninety days.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Nebius Group Stock Up 6.7%

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $132.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $109.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $55.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -151.47 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a quick ratio of 3.08, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

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.