Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 2.8% After Analyst Upgrade

Shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) rose 2.8% during mid-day trading on Monday after Northland Securities raised their price target on the stock from $248.00 to $410.00. Northland Securities currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Nebius Group traded as high as $194.34 and last traded at $182.62. Approximately 16,033,164 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average daily volume of 16,518,680 shares. The stock had previously closed at $177.71.

Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Freedom Capital lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective for the company. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.83.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of Nebius Group 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 directly owned 26,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. This represents a 5.81% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170 in the last 90 days.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its price target on Nebius to $410 from $248 and kept an outperform rating, implying substantial upside from current levels. Nebius Group had its price target raised by Northland Securities from $248.00 to $410.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius from Hold to Buy and lifted its target to $200 from $159, citing that enough risk may have been priced in after the sell-off. After An Over 40% Slump From Peak, This Analyst Turns Bullish On NBIS Stock – ‘Enough Risk Has Been Squeezed Out’
• Positive Sentiment: Seeking Alpha highlighted Nebius as a buy after its steep decline, pointing to long-term AI cloud growth, $775 million in secured debt financing, and strategic ties to Nvidia that could support faster infrastructure expansion. Nebius: The Buy On Meltdown Moment Is Finally Here (Rating Upgrade)
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks added NBIS to its Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stock list, which may attract additional traders looking for technical strength. Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for July 20th
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts also compared Nebius with C3.ai as part of a broader discussion about AI growth stocks, but the piece was more comparative than company-specific. Nebius vs. C3.ai: Which AI Growth Stock is the Better Buy?
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary noted NBIS has still experienced a sharp decline from its peak, which underscores ongoing volatility and valuation concerns even after the recent rebound. Nebius: Down 38%, Either Wait Or Stage In Slowly

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Confluence Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 2,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $684,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% during the first quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 2,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC increased its stake in Nebius Group by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC now owns 5,008 shares of the company’s stock valued at $520,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Aspen Grove Capital LLC raised its stake in Nebius Group by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Aspen Grove Capital LLC now owns 2,522 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group Price Performance

The company has a 50-day moving average of $228.03 and a 200 day moving average of $153.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.21 billion, a PE ratio of 58.91 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. Nebius Group’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

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.