Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Has Average Price Target of $241.80

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty ratings firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $241.80.

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on NBIS shares. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Rothschild & Co Redburn initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, September 21st. They set a “sell” rating and a $84.00 price target for the company. Piper Sandler began 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. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 14th.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In related news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 22,386 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $197.00, for a total transaction of $4,410,042.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 22,386 shares in the company, valued at $4,410,042. The trade was a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.00, for a total transaction of $92,120.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 12,202 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,391,592. The trade was a 3.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 85,202 shares of company stock worth $20,689,136.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. BlackRock Inc. boosted its position in Nebius Group by 16.0% in the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,184,591,000 after purchasing an additional 1,593,684 shares in the last quarter. Situational Awareness LP purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,232,895,000. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 16.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,069,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,123,977,000 after purchasing an additional 568,415 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 134.3% in the 2nd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after purchasing an additional 2,283,676 shares during the period. Finally, Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth $1,012,097,322. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Inferize acquisition strengthens AI inference capabilities. Nebius announced the purchase of Israeli inference-optimization specialist Inferize, reportedly for up to $150 million, although the company did not disclose terms in its initial announcement. Inferize’s technology is designed to make AI inference workloads more elastic, reduce idle GPU capacity and accelerate the launch and scaling of large models. The deal also adds engineering talent to Nebius’ Token Factory platform. Nebius acquires Inferize to strengthen Nebius Token Factory’s production inference stack
• Positive Sentiment: New 50-megawatt data-center agreement supports growth. Nebius signed a binding agreement with AIB Data Centers for 50 MW of AI capacity in the southeastern United States. The planned site is intended to support both training and inference workloads, helping Nebius expand capacity while addressing the industry’s power and time-to-deployment constraints. Nebius Signs 50 MW Deal with AIB Data Centers
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism remains a catalyst. William Blair initiated coverage with an Outperform rating, citing Nebius’ infrastructure scale, software capabilities, customer relationships and access to capital. Other commentary points to major relationships with Meta, Nvidia and Palantir, as well as a substantial backlog, supporting the long-term AI-cloud growth narrative. Why is Nebius stock rising in premarket today
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-squeeze interest could increase volatility. NBIS was included in a screen of stocks with significant short-squeeze potential, but this is a trading signal rather than a fundamental catalyst. 10 Stocks With Massive Short Squeeze Potential
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and execution risks are increasingly prominent. Critics argue that NBIS’ sharp rally has already priced in substantial AI demand and that expanding compute supply could pressure GPU pricing, margins and returns on capital. Investors are also monitoring financing needs and the risk that infrastructure spending and customer commitments take longer to produce earnings.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling adds a modest overhang. Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 50 shares under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, while Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky previously sold his entire directly held position for approximately $1.5 million. The latest sale was immaterial relative to Boynton’s remaining stake, but the broader selling activity may reinforce caution after the stock’s strong run.

Nebius Group Price Performance

NASDAQ NBIS opened at $232.28 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 4.03 and a quick ratio of 4.03. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $218.52 and its 200 day moving average price is $199.63. Nebius Group has a 1 year low of $73.52 and a 1 year high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $58.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7,740.09 and a beta of 4.18.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.38 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Nebius Group will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Nebius Group Company Profile

Nebius Group N.V. is a technology company focused on artificial intelligence infrastructure and related services. Through its Nebius AI business, the company provides cloud-based computing infrastructure designed for developing, training and deploying machine-learning and generative AI applications, including access to accelerated computing, data storage, networking and managed cloud services.

The company also develops tools and services intended to support AI developers and businesses, including data and machine-learning infrastructure.