Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) and Information Services Group (NASDAQ:III – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
Nebius Group has a beta of 4.23, suggesting that its stock price is 323% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Information Services Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Nebius Group and Information Services Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nebius Group | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2.68 |
| Information Services Group | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
21.9% of Nebius Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Information Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Information Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Nebius Group and Information Services Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nebius Group | 4.55% | -6.03% | -2.24% |
| Information Services Group | 4.67% | 13.59% | 6.20% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Nebius Group and Information Services Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nebius Group | $529.80 million | 107.24 | $82.50 million | ($0.03) | -7,485.00 |
| Information Services Group | $244.73 million | 1.03 | $9.34 million | $0.23 | 22.57 |
Nebius Group has higher revenue and earnings than Information Services Group. Nebius Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Information Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Information Services Group beats Nebius Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. It also offers Avride, an autonomous driving solution which targets ride-hailing, logistics, e-commerce, and food/grocery delivery as application domains, as well as focuses on autonomous vehicles and delivery robots; and TripleTen, an EdTech service that prepares specialists for STEM roles, and equipping them with essential technology skills. The company was formerly known as Yandex N.V. and changed its name to Nebius Group N.V. in August 2024. Nebius Group N.V. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schiphol, the Netherlands.
About Information Services Group
Information Services Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology research and advisory company in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers digital transformation services, including automation, cloud, and data analytics; sourcing advisory; managed governance and risk; network carrier; technology strategy and operations design; change management; and market intelligence and technology research and analysis services. It supports private and public sector organizations to transform and optimize their operational environments. The company also provides ISG Digital, a client solution platform that helps clients developing technology, transformation, sourcing, and digital solutions; and ISG Enterprise, a client solution platform that helps clients manage change and optimize operations in areas comprising finance, human resource, and Procure2Pay. In addition, it offers ISG GovernX to automate the management of third-party supplier relationships that comprise contract and project lifecycles, and risk management; ISG Generative AI; ISG Network Select to streamline and simplify how enterprises build their network solutions; HR technology and transformations; providers-as-a-business services; ISG Digital Engineering; ISG Research; and training-as-a-service. The company serves private sector clients operating in the manufacturing, banking and financial services, insurance, health sciences, energy and utilities, and consumer services industries; and public sector clients, including state and local governments, airport and transit authorities, and national and provincial government units. Information Services Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
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