Nebius Group’s (NBIS) Neutral Rating Reiterated at DA Davidson

DA Davidson restated their neutral rating on shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) in a research note published on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. DA Davidson currently has a $175.00 price target on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on NBIS. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Nebius Group from $287.00 to $278.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nebius Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.00.

Nebius Group Stock Up 8.8%

Nebius Group stock opened at $277.58 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $70.23 billion, a P/E ratio of -9,249.58 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 4.03. Nebius Group has a fifty-two week low of $62.01 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $222.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of $168.13.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. The firm had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.38 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -3.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Nebius Group news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $7,974,926.95. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares in the company, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This trade represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 378,665 shares in the company, valued at $95,912,057.85. This trade represents a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 136,310 shares of company stock worth $32,569,613 over the last quarter.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the second quarter worth $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Nebius Group by 76.0% during the 2nd quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter worth $52,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Exceptional quarterly growth: Nebius reported revenue of $582.3 million, up 454% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA reached $236 million and annualized revenue run rate approached $3 billion. Its AI Cloud segment grew 514%, exceeding many investor expectations. Nebius Group Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights
• Positive Sentiment: Large contracts and expanding capacity: Four AI infrastructure contracts reportedly exceed $1 billion in total value, helping push the contracted power target to 5 gigawatts and supporting a backlog of more than $40 billion. Investors see this as improving multiyear revenue visibility. Nebius Is Up After Multi-Billion AI Cloud Wins
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism: Citigroup raised its target to $324 and maintained a buy rating, while Bank of America lifted its target to $310 and Robert W. Baird raised its target to $340 with an outperform rating. Northland Securities also reiterated its buy rating. Northland Securities Reiterates Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: UK expansion and trading momentum: Nebius is deploying NVIDIA-powered infrastructure at Vantage Data Centers’ Newport, Wales campus, expanding access to domestic UK AI compute. A reported “Power Inflow” order-flow signal also attracted momentum traders. Vantage and Nebius Expand UK AI Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Execution remains central: A capacity auction cleared above prior pricing records, and customer prepayments may fund a substantial portion of planned capital expenditures. These developments improve funding flexibility but increase expectations for timely capacity delivery and sustained premium pricing. Nebius Q3 Auction Broke Its Price Ceiling
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and balance-sheet risks: Critics argue that Nebius is priced for very strong execution, while debt, asset depreciation and capital intensity could pressure long-term returns. Michael Burry’s reported short position and DA Davidson’s $175 neutral target add a bearish counterpoint. The Neoclouds Are a Trade, Not an Investment

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.