Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Up 2.1% – Should You Buy?

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 2.1% on Friday . The company traded as high as $233.60 and last traded at $231.09. 23,394,319 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 46% from the average session volume of 16,028,212 shares. The stock had previously closed at $226.34.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness LP disclosed a 5.6% stake in Nebius, signaling strong outside confidence in the company’s AI cloud growth story. Nebius Stock Jumps as Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Takes Big Stake
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius raised 2026 capex to $20 billion-$25 billion as sold-out AI capacity and 2027 demand commitments point to continued rapid expansion. Nebius Raises Capex to $20-$25B: A Bold Growth Move or Risky Bet?
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlight growing investor interest in Nebius as an AI infrastructure winner, reinforcing the bullish momentum behind the shares. Nebius Stock Surges on Backing From This Big AI Investor

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NBIS. Freedom Capital lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 target price for the company. Citizens Jmp lifted their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, DA Davidson lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday, May 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $182.75.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $156.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $116.69. The company has a market capitalization of $58.47 billion, a PE ratio of 74.55 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. The company had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. Nebius Group’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In related news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.55, for a total value of $978,975.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive directly owned 37,662 shares in the company, valued at $8,193,368.10. The trade was a 10.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total value of $2,253,641.78. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 10,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,228,403.64. The trade was a 50.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 666,935 shares of company stock valued at $123,541,848.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

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

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.