Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading Up 7.5% – Here’s Why

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 7.5% on Friday . The company traded as high as $226.58 and last traded at $226.39. 14,736,802 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 17% from the average session volume of 17,862,143 shares. The stock had previously closed at $210.63.

Trending Headlines about Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital opened a position in Nebius during the second quarter, making NBIS the fund’s largest holding. The investment adds credibility to the AI infrastructure story and may encourage other investors to reassess the company’s growth prospects. Billionaire Stephen Mandel’s Top 2 AI Stock Picks
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius is targeting major 2027 expansion, supported by multibillion-dollar AI-cloud agreements, premium pricing and increased data-center capacity. The company’s year-end contracted power target reportedly rose from more than 3 gigawatts to 5 gigawatts, strengthening the potential revenue base if that capacity is deployed successfully. Will Nebius Group’s Mega AI Deals Power Its 2027 Growth Story?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage points to technical upside and continued investor interest in Nebius as a leading AI infrastructure stock. Its latest quarterly results also showed revenue growth of 454% year over year and an earnings loss narrower than analysts expected, supporting the growth narrative. Why Nebius Group Should Find a Floor at Current Levels
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentators continue comparing Nebius with CoreWeave and other “neocloud” providers. The comparisons highlight strong AI-compute demand but also raise questions about pricing, competitive differentiation and how much future growth is already reflected in NBIS’s valuation. Sam Altman Sees Unsustainable Silliness in AI Compute Spending
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish analysis warns that the economics may not justify the stock’s valuation, particularly as Nebius and peers take on significant debt to fund data-center construction. Planned capital spending, customer concentration and the risk of excess AI capacity remain material risks. Nebius: The Math Doesn’t Work
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares for approximately $92,120, reducing her direct stake by 3.71%. The relatively small transaction is unlikely to alter fundamentals but could modestly weigh on sentiment. CFO Sells Nebius Group Shares

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NBIS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Robert W. Baird increased 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, August 13th. Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective for the company. Northland Securities raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Nebius Group from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.00.

Nebius Group Stock Up 7.5%

The company’s 50-day moving average is $212.86 and its 200 day moving average is $181.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $57.28 billion, a PE ratio of -7,543.82 and a beta of 4.23. The company has a current ratio of 4.03, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The company had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $567.91 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.38 EPS. Nebius Group’s revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $7,974,926.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at $64,692,948.35. This trade represents a 5.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 159,013 shares of company stock valued at $39,216,975 in the last ninety days.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Corient Private Wealth LP raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 47.5% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 10,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,869,000 after purchasing an additional 3,344 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in Nebius Group by 49.0% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 2,002,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $552,944,000 after buying an additional 658,233 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 20.4% during the second quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 26,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,229,000 after acquiring an additional 4,431 shares during the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 23,011.0% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 62,163,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,167,661,000 after acquiring an additional 61,894,404 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alan B Lancz & Associates Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $276,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.