Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Trading 34.1% Higher – Here’s What Happened
by Danessa Lincoln · The Markets DailyNebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report)’s stock price was up 34.1% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $259.44 and last traded at $259.20. 62,583,587 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 255% from the average daily volume of 17,607,676 shares. The stock had previously closed at $193.23.
More Nebius Group News
Here are the key news stories impacting Nebius Group this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Q2 results beat expectations. Revenue reached $582.3 million, ahead of consensus estimates near $570 million, while the adjusted loss of $0.12 per share was substantially better than the expected $0.67 loss. Revenue rose roughly 454% year over year, with the AI cloud business contributing about 98% of total sales. Reuters earnings report
- Positive Sentiment: Demand and contracted growth remain powerful. Management said demand for AI compute continues to grow exponentially. Annual recurring revenue reportedly rose 56% sequentially to approximately $3 billion, contracted value quadrupled, and contracted power guidance increased to 5 gigawatts. The company also cited larger customer commitments and higher pricing for scarce computing capacity. MarketBeat AI capacity article
- Positive Sentiment: Profitability indicators improved. The AI business reportedly generated a 50% adjusted EBITDA margin, suggesting that rapid infrastructure expansion is beginning to produce attractive economics. Nebius also selected Bloom Energy as a behind-the-meter power partner for a flagship AI data center, supporting its capacity expansion plans. Seeking Alpha bull-case analysis
- Neutral Sentiment: Full-year guidance was mixed. Nebius projected 2026 revenue of $3.0 billion to $3.4 billion, with the upper end roughly matching—but not exceeding—some analyst expectations. Investors are therefore focusing on whether the company can convert its backlog into operational capacity on schedule.
- Negative Sentiment: Execution and valuation risks remain. Analysts have raised concerns about data-center construction delays, substantial capital expenditures, power availability and the ability to justify an aggressive expansion plan. Some commentary suggested the shares are near fair value around $230, while a recent analyst downgrade also pressured the stock before the earnings release. DA Davidson target-cut report
- Negative Sentiment: Short-selling and insider sales add volatility. Michael Burry’s reported short position highlights skepticism over Nebius’ spending and execution. Separately, reported insider activity showed sales with no purchases during the period, potentially limiting investor confidence even as institutional ownership has expanded. Motley Fool short-sale analysis
Analyst Ratings Changes
NBIS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Northland Securities upped their target price on Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Citizens Jmp boosted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $287.00 to $278.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $216.29.
Read Our Latest Analysis on NBIS
Nebius Group Price Performance
The company has a 50-day moving average of $221.48 and a 200 day moving average of $165.09. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $65.58 billion, a PE ratio of 83.61 and a beta of 4.23.
Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.68) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.72) by $0.04. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The company had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $569.89 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.38 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.3 EPS for the current year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 378,665 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $95,912,057.85. This represents a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $7,974,926.95. Following the transaction, the insider owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 140,810 shares of company stock valued at $33,548,588.
Institutional Trading of Nebius Group
Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its position in Nebius Group by 12.4% in the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $976,681,000 after buying an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 16.0% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 11,531,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,184,591,000 after acquiring an additional 1,593,684 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 134.3% in the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283,676 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 35.2% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,099,000 after buying an additional 964,984 shares during the period. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 95.0% during the fourth quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $293,943,000 after buying an additional 1,710,924 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.