Wolfe Research Initiates Coverage on Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)

Research analysts at Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage set a “peer perform” rating on the stock.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday. BWS Financial increased their price target on Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. Citigroup assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. They set a “buy” rating and a $169.00 price target for the company. Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price target for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Nebius Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Saturday, April 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $154.75.

Nebius Group Stock Down 5.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $157.14 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 6.57, a current ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The business has a fifty day moving average of $111.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $104.66. The stock has a market cap of $39.57 billion, a P/E ratio of -107.63 and a beta of 4.20. Nebius Group has a 52-week low of $20.25 and a 52-week high of $168.71.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The business had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%. On average, research analysts expect that Nebius Group will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In related news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $160.10, for a total transaction of $720,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 42,162 shares in the company, valued at $6,750,136.20. This trade represents a 9.64% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 13,489 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total value of $1,332,443.42. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 307,378 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,362,798.84. This trade represents a 4.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 129,740 shares of company stock worth $14,672,401 over the last ninety days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nebius Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 12.4% during the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $976,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. Fred Alger Management LLC boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 33.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,137,551,000 after acquiring an additional 2,536,832 shares during the period. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 55.7% during the 3rd quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 4,607,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $517,284,000 after acquiring an additional 1,648,497 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,099,000 after acquiring an additional 964,984 shares during the period. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 95.0% during the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,943,000 after acquiring an additional 1,710,924 shares during the period. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Sector/momentum lift — multiple feature pieces and analyst notes are spotlighting Nebius as an AI‑infrastructure beneficiary and arguing the stock can extend gains amid renewed market strength and breakout behavior. Stocks Break Out to New Highs: 3 AI Leaders to Buy Now
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street thematic upside — commentary highlights Nebius as an overlooked AI infrastructure play with large upside potential, which supports longer‑term flows into the name. 2 AI Stocks Wall Street Says Could Soar 70% or More
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamental note on growth/capacity — analysts and research pieces emphasize Nebius’ large AI pipeline, capacity expansion and material deals, underpinning a multi‑quarter growth story that can attract buy‑and‑hold investors. Nebius Grows At Breakneck Speed, But It’s Not A Free Lunch
• Neutral Sentiment: New coverage is mixed — Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a “peer perform” rating, which validates institutional attention but is not strongly bullish. Wolfe Research initiates coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Thematic trade exposure — numerous sector pieces list NBIS as a way to play GPU shortages and AI infrastructure demand; useful for flows but not a distinct company catalyst. Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights
• Negative Sentiment: Momentum fade/profit‑taking — traders are rotating out of high‑momentum AI infrastructure names today, a likely trigger for the intraday pullback. What’s Behind The Drop In Nebius Group Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares under a Rule 10b5‑1 plan; other director sales were also disclosed recently. Even if pre‑planned, these sales can pressure sentiment and headlines. Marc Boroditsky Sells 4,500 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade/trim — Freedom Capital cut NBIS from “strong‑buy” to “hold,” which can remove some near‑term demand from momentum‑sensitive funds. Nebius Group Cut to “Hold” at Freedom Capital

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.