Citigroup Issues Positive Forecast for Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) had its price objective raised by Citigroup from $169.00 to $287.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the stock.

NBIS has been the subject of several other research reports. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. Compass Point assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price target for the company. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $182.75.

Nebius Group Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NBIS stock opened at $219.94 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $55.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.95 and a beta of 4.03. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $138.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $111.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 3.08 and a current ratio of 3.08. Nebius Group has a fifty-two week low of $34.72 and a fifty-two week high of $233.73.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 10.59% and a net margin of 95.27%.The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that Nebius Group will post -2.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.10, for a total value of $720,450.00. Following the sale, the executive directly owned 42,162 shares in the company, valued at $6,750,136.20. This trade represents a 9.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 657,335 shares of company stock worth $121,545,984.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in Nebius Group by 73.8% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Citi raised its price target on Nebius Group to $287 from $169 and kept a buy rating, signaling confidence in further upside after the company’s strong AI infrastructure growth and earnings beat. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple articles highlighted Nebius’ Q1 results, including 684% year-over-year revenue growth, improved AI cloud economics, and a rapidly expanding contracted capacity pipeline, which are fueling bullish sentiment around the stock. Yahoo Finance article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts from DA Davidson, Citizens JMP, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley all revisited or raised their forecasts after the quarter, reinforcing the view that Nebius is emerging as a major AI infrastructure player. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius’ new Missouri AI factory and broader gigawatt-scale buildout are giving investors tangible progress to track, but they also imply significant capital spending and execution risk as the company scales. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: One director sold shares under a pre-arranged trading plan, which is not necessarily a negative signal but may catch investor attention after the stock’s sharp move higher. InsiderTrades filing
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary argues NBIS may be overbought after its sharp rally, and Morgan Stanley’s $144 target remains well below the current trading level, suggesting valuation concerns could lead to volatility. TheStreet article

About Nebius Group

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.