Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 4.6% – Here’s What Happened

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 4.6% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $243.59 and last traded at $232.36. 16,464,168 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 2% from the average session volume of 16,088,307 shares. The stock had previously closed at $222.24.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius remains one of the AI infrastructure names getting attention after reports highlighted CEO Jensen Huang’s endorsement and pointed to fundamentals that support the bullish case, including strong demand and improving operating leverage. Nebius Is Up Nearly 175% This Year—Here’s What’s Driving The Latest Move Higher
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analysis said Nebius’ latest quarterly results and raised 2026 guidance show surging AI cloud demand, with revenue and ARR growth still very strong and margins improving. Nebius: Still A Buy, Just Not A Table-Pounding Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius was also included in a broader roundup of stocks being watched after the Nasdaq 100 reshuffle, which may keep the name in the spotlight but does not directly change the company’s fundamentals. Rocket Lab, CoreWeave, and 3 More Stocks That Are Joining the Nasdaq 100
• Neutral Sentiment: One article noted that Nebius and peer CoreWeave have recently lost some momentum as investors take profits and short interest rises, suggesting near-term volatility may continue. Here’s why Nebius and CoreWeave stocks have lost momentum lately
• Negative Sentiment: Jim Cramer said he would “let it come down,” reflecting a more cautious stance on Nebius and broader concern that high-flying tech stocks may no longer be leading the market cleanly. Jim Cramer on Nebius: “Let It Come Down”

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on NBIS. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Freedom Capital downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Citizens Jmp upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, DA Davidson downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.25.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $184.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $127.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 74.96 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The company’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Nebius Group news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total value of $2,976,331.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive owned 26,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 15,678 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $238.96, for a total transaction of $3,746,414.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 291,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $69,704,632. This represents a 5.10% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 694,898 shares of company stock valued at $130,681,379.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

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.