Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Rating Upgraded by Robert W. Baird

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) was upgraded by investment analysts at Robert W. Baird to a “strong-buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on NBIS. Northland Securities raised their price target on Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Citizens Jmp raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price target for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $222.15.

Nebius Group Stock Up 0.6%

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $218.16 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $55.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.37 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $228.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $155.95. Nebius Group has a 52-week low of $50.00 and a 52-week high of $299.86.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its 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 company had revenue of $399.00 million during 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 was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that Nebius Group will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,460,317.90. This represents a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total value of $101,620,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $118,937,877.16. The trade was a 46.07% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170 over the last three months.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Royal Bank of Canada bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at approximately $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter worth $9,084,000. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Nebius Group in the second quarter worth $68,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Robert W. Baird initiated coverage with an “outperform” rating and a $250 price target, adding another bullish analyst call to the stock’s recent momentum. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its price target to $410, reinforcing the view that Nebius may still have significant upside if AI infrastructure demand keeps accelerating. Northland Securities Boosts Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Price Target to $410.00
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital Markets upgraded Nebius from hold to strong-buy, which further boosted sentiment around the stock. Zacks.com article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Nvidia’s 9.3% stake in Nebius as a strong vote of confidence in the company’s AI cloud strategy, helping extend the stock’s rally. CNBC article
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius also benefited from attention on its $775 million debt facility, which supports expansion without relying as heavily on equity dilution. Zacks article
• Neutral Sentiment: One article noted the chairman sold a small block of shares, but the transaction was limited and does not appear to change the broader bullish thesis. Motley Fool article

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.