Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Upgraded at Freedom Capital

Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday morning,Zacks.com reports.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on NBIS. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. DA Davidson cut shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Wolfe Research started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $222.15.

Nebius Group Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of NBIS stock opened at $218.16 on Monday. Nebius Group has a 12 month low of $50.00 and a 12 month high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $55.20 billion, a PE ratio of 70.37 and a beta of 4.10. 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 business’s 50 day moving average is $228.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $155.95.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued 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 during 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%. Nebius Group’s revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts predict that Nebius Group will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 274,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $64,692,948.35. This represents a 5.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $118,937,877.16. This trade represents a 46.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170 in the last three months.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Royal Bank of Canada acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the first quarter worth about $1,628,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group during the first quarter valued at about $11,563,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $9,084,000. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $68,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Robert W. Baird initiated coverage with an “outperform” rating and a $250 price target, adding another bullish analyst call to the stock’s recent momentum. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its price target to $410, reinforcing the view that Nebius may still have significant upside if AI infrastructure demand keeps accelerating. Northland Securities Boosts Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Price Target to $410.00
• Positive Sentiment: Freedom Capital Markets upgraded Nebius from hold to strong-buy, which further boosted sentiment around the stock. Zacks.com article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Nvidia’s 9.3% stake in Nebius as a strong vote of confidence in the company’s AI cloud strategy, helping extend the stock’s rally. CNBC article
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius also benefited from attention on its $775 million debt facility, which supports expansion without relying as heavily on equity dilution. Zacks article
• Neutral Sentiment: One article noted the chairman sold a small block of shares, but the transaction was limited and does not appear to change the broader bullish thesis. Motley Fool article

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.