Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock Price Up 3.2% – Should You Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shot up 3.2% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $264.47 and last traded at $259.67. 11,844,061 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 26% from the average session volume of 16,016,393 shares. The stock had previously closed at $251.68.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Negative Sentiment: Nebius stock is being pressured by a hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report, which reinforced concerns that interest rates may stay higher for longer and weighed on high-growth tech names. Article: Why Is Nebius Stock Falling On Friday?
• Negative Sentiment: Investor sentiment was also hurt by additional insider selling, including CTO Danila Shtan’s sale of 15,678 shares in a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, following earlier CFO selling this week. Article: Danila Shtan insider transaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary continues to highlight Nebius’ rapid AI cloud expansion, including acquisitions such as Tavily, Eigen AI and Clarifai, which could support longer-term growth but do not appear to be driving today’s move. Article: How Are Acquisitions Strengthening Nebius’ AI Cloud Platform?
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive overall on Nebius’ AI demand and revenue growth, with recent pieces emphasizing strong contract momentum and a still-bullish long-term outlook. Article: Why Nebius Needs An Offering For Every Customer Type

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday. They set a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price target on the stock. Compass Point started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Bank of America lifted their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Freedom Capital cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $197.00.

Nebius Group Stock Down 12.3%

The company’s fifty day moving average price is $172.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $122.98. The stock has a market cap of $57.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 73.49 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 issued its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $118,937,877.16. This represents a 46.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 15,678 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $238.96, for a total value of $3,746,414.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 291,700 shares in the company, valued at approximately $69,704,632. The trade was a 5.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 694,898 shares of company stock valued at $130,681,379.

Institutional Trading of Nebius Group

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% during 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 position in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% during 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.

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.