Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.54 EPS

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54, Zacks reports. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 10.59% and a net margin of 95.27%.The business had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. The business’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Here are the key takeaways from Nebius Group’s conference call:

• Nebius reported Q1 revenue of $399 million, up 684% year over year, while Nebius AI revenue reached $390 million and annualized run-rate revenue rose to $1.9 billion.
• Profitability improved sharply, with group adjusted EBITDA of $130 million and a 13% margin, while Nebius AI adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 45%.
• Demand remains very strong: management said the business is sold out, pipeline grew about 3.5x sequentially, and customers are competing for every GPU brought online.
• The company raised its 2026 CapEx guidance to $20 billion-$25 billion from $16 billion-$20 billion to support faster capacity buildout, especially for 2027 demand that is already partially committed.
• Nebius strengthened its balance sheet with $4.3 billion in convertible notes, a $2 billion NVIDIA equity investment, and customer prepayments, ending the quarter with $9.3 billion in cash.

Nebius Group Trading Up 6.7%

Nebius Group stock traded up $13.88 during trading on Thursday, reaching $221.15. 29,667,741 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,281,429. Nebius Group has a 52-week low of $34.72 and a 52-week high of $233.73. The company has a market capitalization of $55.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 71.34 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 3.08. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $135.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $110.31.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,819 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.86, for a total value of $2,000,000.34. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,005,176.76. The trade was a 33.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.10, for a total value of $720,450.00. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 42,162 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,750,136.20. The trade was a 9.64% 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 146,441 shares of company stock valued at $17,672,342.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $43,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter valued at $54,000. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $68,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NBIS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America increased their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Freedom Capital cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Wall Street Zen cut Nebius Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, April 11th. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price target on Nebius Group from $200.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $172.92.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius reported first-quarter revenue of $399 million, up 684% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA turned positive and EPS beat expectations by a wide margin, reinforcing the idea that demand for its AI cloud services is accelerating. Nebius reports first quarter 2026 financial results
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street sentiment improved after earnings, with multiple firms lifting price targets, including Citizens JMP to $270 and DA Davidson to $250, which signals confidence in Nebius’ AI growth runway. Nebius Group Analysts Increase Their Forecasts Following Q1 Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius also announced it has begun construction on its first gigawatt-scale AI factory campus in Independence, Missouri, and secured up to 1.2 GW of power and land for a new owned AI factory in Pennsylvania, expanding its infrastructure footprint in a way investors view as a long-term growth catalyst. Nebius Group (NBIS) Begins Construction On Missouri AI Factory
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary comparing Nebius with CoreWeave and broader coverage of the stock’s move reflects heightened investor attention around AI datacenter names, but does not add new company-specific fundamentals by itself. Better Datacenter Stock: CoreWeave (CRWV) or Nebius (NBIS)?
• Neutral Sentiment: One analyst, Morgan Stanley, raised its target to $144 but kept an equal-weight rating, showing some caution despite the strong operating momentum. Morgan Stanley target raise on Nebius

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.