Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading Up 4.5% – Still a Buy?

Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) shares were up 4.5% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $116.57 and last traded at $112.95. Approximately 15,370,551 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 14% from the average daily volume of 13,478,655 shares. The stock had previously closed at $108.04.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s $2 billion strategic investment is the primary catalyst — it provides financing, technology access (Rubin GPUs, Vera CPUs, BlueField storage) and a strong validation of Nebius’s hyperscale AI-cloud plan. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Very strong demand and capacity visibility: management says capacity is largely sold out through Q1, Q4 revenue momentum and aggressive 2026 revenue/ARR targets (management expects $3.0–$3.4B revenue in 2026 and has raised contracted power guidance). That supports revenue growth expectations and top-line upside. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and media bullishness: multiple analyst write-ups and coverage highlight upside (some price targets imply ~30%+ upside and pieces argue larger rallies are possible), which can reinforce momentum and institutional interest. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market signals and technical setups could amplify moves in high-beta AI names like NBIS — some market commentators see buy signals at the index level that might support risk appetite. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketBeat and other outlets note the Nvidia tie-in is reshaping sentiment and technicals for NBIS but also point out the stock remains off its October highs — momentum matters but isn’t uniform. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation looks rich after the move (market pricing in aggressive growth; some analyses put EV/sales and price targets as stretched), increasing sensitivity to execution and growth shortfalls. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Profitability and capex risk remain material: NBIS is unprofitable, faces heavy multi‑year capex to hit its 5 GW goal, and isn’t expected to generate free cash flow for several years — misses on execution or demand pacing could trigger sharp pullbacks. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have issued reports on NBIS. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 target price on the stock. BWS Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Compass Point assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $143.22.

Nebius Group Trading Up 4.5%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 6.57. The stock has a market cap of $28.44 billion, a P/E ratio of -77.36 and a beta of 4.02. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $96.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $97.79.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The business had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of NBIS. World Investment Advisors purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the 4th quarter worth approximately $816,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 162.5% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $593,000 after buying an additional 4,384 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 104,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,853,000 after acquiring an additional 9,969 shares during the last quarter. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Finally, SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.