Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Shares Up 1.3% – Time to Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS)’s stock price was up 1.3% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $230.30 and last traded at $220.97. 15,182,610 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 8% from the average session volume of 16,583,781 shares. The stock had previously closed at $218.16.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s 9.3% stake disclosure continues to validate Nebius as a key AI infrastructure player and has drawn fresh investor attention to the stock. Nebius Group (NBIS) Draws Nvidia Backing, Is It Still Below Fair Value?
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Nebius’ partnership momentum with NVIDIA, including validation of its first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland, reinforcing its early access to next-generation AI hardware. Nebius validates first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland days after NVDA stake
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive, with recent upgrades from Robert W. Baird and Freedom Capital helping support the stock’s longer-term AI growth narrative. Nebius Group upgraded by Robert W. Baird
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful change in the reported share count, so it does not appear to be a real driver of the stock’s move.
• Negative Sentiment: Friday’s decline was linked to a broader market rotation away from AI infrastructure stocks, pressuring Nebius alongside peers despite the recent bullish news. Why Is Nebius Stock Falling on Friday?
• Negative Sentiment: After the recent surge on NVIDIA-related headlines, some of today’s weakness may reflect profit-taking and valuation concerns following a steep multi-day move. Nebius Is Down 9% Today: How Does NBIS Compare to Other AI Cloud Stocks Like CoreWeave and Cloudflare?

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NBIS has been the subject of several research reports. Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $250.00 price target for the company. DA Davidson lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Citizens Jmp upped their target price on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $222.15.

Nebius Group Trading Down 15.0%

The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $228.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $157.09. The company has a market cap of $47.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.57 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 1,509 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total value of $416,785.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 12,672 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,500,006.40. This represents a 10.64% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. This represents a 5.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170 in the last ninety days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the second quarter valued at $25,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust bought a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its stake in Nebius Group by 62.5% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.