I'm upgrading Nebius Group N.V. to a Buy as recent selloff creates an attractive entry point. NBIS stands out with a clean balance sheet, strong customer prepayments, and disciplined capital structure versus highly leveraged peers. Despite sector volatility and premium valuation (13.65x EV/Sales; 33.11x EV/EBITDA), NBIS justifies its multiple through rapid growth and a differentiated cloud offering.
A Gartner forecast just sparked a brutal selloff that wiped nearly half of Nebius Group's value from its peak, yet one Wall Street firm now sees shares more than doubling from here.
Nebius Group shares NBIS fell on Thursday as investors assessed the company's new $3.5 billion financing facility amid growing concerns about debt-funded expansion across the artificial intelligence infrastructure sector. The Nvidia-backed neocloud provider's shares dropped as much as 6.8% in trading, facing pressure during the broader market sell-off.
NBIS introduces live GPU spot pricing to boost cost transparency and flexible AI compute access as it expands its NVIDIA-powered AI cloud footprint.
Last night, Chief Financial Officer Bret Johnson told investors on the third-quarter call for SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) that “At current pricing, new compute deployments are generating a payback of less than a year.
Nebius' chief revenue officer told CNBC that AI computing prices are continuing to rise and are running ahead of its expectations. The comments come as investors scrutinize the debt, borrowing costs and economics of companies building AI infrastructure.
Revenue for Nebius increased 454% year over year in Q2 2026, and it has more than $40 billion in total customer commitments. Capital expenditures still far outweigh sales, and almost all revenue comes from this company's AI cloud business.
Nebius is recommended as a 'Strong Buy' and overweight due to its prudent capital allocation and stable growth amid CoreWeave's debt-driven turmoil. NBIS's CapEx plan is 39% smaller than CoreWeave's at the midpoint, supporting a more sustainable balance sheet and attracting risk-averse investors. NBIS trades at a 3.7x forward P/S ratio, well below its 3-year average of 9.4x, presenting a compelling valuation opportunity.
Nebius (NBIS +2.88%) must invest billions to capture its opportunity in AI.
Nebius remains a Buy, supported by robust neocloud market trends, strong Q2 results, and superior execution versus peers. Q2 revenue surged 454% YoY, ARR reached $3bn (up 56% QoQ), and management targets 5GW operational capacity by 2030. The recent Palantir partnership validates NBIS's differentiated AI-native platform and positions it for sovereign AI growth opportunities.
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A single stock dropped 25% in one week while its backlog swelled to $37.5 billion, and that contradiction reveals exactly where investors stand on debt-funded GPU buildouts right now.