Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 5% – What’s Next?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price shot up 5% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $228.49 and last traded at $222.24. 14,041,108 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 13% from the average session volume of 16,082,471 shares. The stock had previously closed at $211.69.

Key Nebius Group News

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”

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on NBIS. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Compass Point assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $203.25.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33. The firm’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 price-to-earnings ratio of 74.96 and a beta of 4.03.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In related news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 15,678 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $238.96, for a total value of $3,746,414.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 291,700 shares in the company, valued at $69,704,632. The trade was a 5.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction 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 represents a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 694,898 shares of company stock worth $130,681,379.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 34,371.3% in the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 93,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,848,000 after purchasing an additional 93,490 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $24,756,000. Nordea Investment Management AB acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at $1,401,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 1,095.7% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,046,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,840,000 after acquiring an additional 1,875,612 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth $8,111,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.