Brokerages Set Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) Target Price at $221.64

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eighteen research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have given a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $221.6429.

Several research firms have weighed in on NBIS. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 target price on the stock. Citizens Jmp upped their price objective on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Nebius Group from $287.00 to $278.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Wolfe Research started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup assigned Nebius a new $278 price target, while the broader analyst consensus remains “Moderate Buy,” indicating that some Wall Street analysts still see substantial upside. Nebius Given New $278 Price Target at Citigroup Nebius Receives Moderate Buy Recommendation
• Positive Sentiment: Investor interest remains supported by Nebius’ AI data-center expansion and strong underlying demand. The company’s most recent quarterly results exceeded revenue and EPS expectations, although the upcoming report will be important in determining whether capacity investments are translating into profitable growth.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options-market positioning implies heightened volatility around next week’s earnings announcement. Investors are watching revenue growth, data-center deployment costs, capital spending and the pace at which new capacity generates sales. Nebius Stock and Options Market Ahead of Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Famed investor Michael Burry disclosed a short position in Nebius, arguing that AI-related companies look overvalued and vulnerable. His comments have intensified scrutiny of Nebius’ premium valuation, debt-funded growth and data-center plans. Michael Burry Says He Is Shorting Nebius
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrading and profit-taking have added to the selling pressure after the shares’ substantial advance over the past year. A Nebius director also sold approximately $1.5 million of stock, a relatively small disposal compared with his remaining holdings but another potential sentiment headwind. Nebius Shares Following Analyst Downgrade Nebius Director Stock Sale

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director owned 378,665 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $95,912,057.85. The trade was a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $10,978,327.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $193,460,317.90. The trade was a 5.37% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 651,704 shares of company stock valued at $137,422,230 over the last ninety days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after purchasing an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $231,635,000. Jennison Associates LLC grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 134.3% in the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after buying an additional 2,283,676 shares in the last quarter. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at $188,496,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the third quarter worth $238,511,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Nebius Group Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $187.97 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $224.43 and a 200-day moving average of $163.44. Nebius Group has a one year low of $62.01 and a one year high of $299.86. The stock has a market cap of $47.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.64 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Nebius Group will post -1.57 earnings per share for the current year.

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.