Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Upgraded by Wall Street Zen to Sell Rating

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a research report report published on Sunday morning.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday. Zacks Research cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Piper Sandler started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 target price for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $226.00.

Nebius Group Price Performance

Shares of NBIS opened at $277.58 on Friday. 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 quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $222.53 and a 200 day moving average of $168.67. Nebius Group has a twelve month low of $62.01 and a twelve month high of $299.86.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.91 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.38 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group will post -3.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at $193,460,317.90. This trade represents a 5.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 1,509 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total value of $416,785.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 12,672 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,500,006.40. The trade was a 10.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 136,310 shares of company stock worth $32,569,613.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,012,097,322,000. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% in 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 during the period. Capital Research Global Investors bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $231,635,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings 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 worth $1,100,233,000 after buying an additional 2,283,676 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter worth approximately $621,908,604,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group News Summary

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.