Everything behind the call on Nebius Group N.V. 6 sections, ordered the way risk stacks up: survival first, quality and price in the middle, context last. The Beacon gives you the read. This is where you check the work.
The five reads
Global tape
No overseas listings — NBIS trades on its home exchange only.
The bottom linestart hereAs of 2026-09-25
Chart pattern
Above both averages
The 50-day sits above the 200-day
50-day $215.58 · +10.1% 200-day $164.10 · +44.6%
Earnings
In 43 days
10 Nov 2026
beat 7–8 of the last 8 cohort P(beat) 79% · n=35,343
Valuation
-67.9× forward
61st of its own five-year range
5yr median 23×
Dividend
0.00%
A rounding error against cash — this is a capital-gains position
Risk flags
1 on watch
5 checks run, 3 clear
beta 3.60 · vol 65% ann. worst drawdown -48%
New to this? Every metric carries a plain-English read beside it, and an ⓘ next to a label opens the definition. Anything unfamiliar is also defined at the foot of the page under Glossary.
In one paragraphwhat the company actually does183 chars
Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, engages in building full-stack infrastructure to service the global AI industry in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.
Altman-Z of 5.1 against a 3.0 safe threshold, and 3 of 5 forensic checks clear.
↳ Plain EnglishBefore anything else: can this company pay its bills? These blocks check the balance sheet, whether your slice of ownership is being diluted, and whether the accounting looks honest.
Bankruptcy risk (Altman-Z)
5.05SAFE ZONE
Distress<1.8
Grey1.8–3.0
Safe>3.0
Profitability, leverage and liquidity combined into one number. Above 3.0 is the safe band.
Balance sheetJul 8, 2026
Piotroski F-scoreCLEAR
F 6/7
Piotroski F-score 6 of 7. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Leverage · long-term debt / equitythe borrowings that outlive a bad quarter0.33
Your ownership stake
Net buyback yieldISSUING
-1.66%
Buybacks less new issuance, as a share of market value.
Buyback yieldGROSS
0.02%
Repurchases as a share of market value, before new issuance is netted off.
Stock-based comp / revenueELEVATED
15.7%
Stock comp is the dilution pressure a buyback has to outrun. We read up to 5% of revenue as modest and above 12% as heavy — our own reading band, not a measured peer statistic.
Diluted vs basic share gapOVERHANG
2.12%
Options and awards already granted, expressed as the gap between the diluted and basic counts.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE A
88 / 100
0 critical · 1 watch · 3 clear of 4 scored tests
3 of 5 checks clear
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressCLEARZ 5.05Altman-Z in the Safe · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationNAn/aBeneish-M not available · fundamentals
Profitability qualityCLEARF 6/7Piotroski F-score 6 of 7 · fundamentals
Filing forensicsWATCH1 flag1 filing red flag on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 3 clear and 1 watch. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02
Business quality
The quality blocks below render whatever the filings support; anything absent says so in place.
↳ Plain EnglishMargins tell you how much of each sales dollar the company keeps. Return on capital tells you whether reinvesting that money creates value. Both are read against what the filings support, not against a target.
12-1 momentum
+88.9%EX LAST MONTH
Return over the last year excluding the most recent month — the standard momentum factor, which drops the short-term reversal.
Profitability
Data unavailableNo parsed income statement is on file, so margins, returns on capital and cash generation cannot be computed for this name.
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month
+8.6%
3 months
-9.1%
6 months
+135.4%
Year to date
+163.8%
1 year
+119.9%
Relative-strength rankTOP 46%
54 / 100
Where this name's 3-month return against the S&P 500 ranks across the market — a quarter's standing, not the year's.
cohort n=35,343 · this name's own n=8 · since 2000
Beat rate · this nameBEAT 7–8 OF THE LAST 8
7 of 8
Its own record against consensus. 8 prints is a small sample, which is why the cohort rate above carries the probability.
n=8 measured prints
Typical earnings moveData unavailableRealized move magnitudes are not published for this name yet — needs ≥8 measured prints · 2 on file.
Reaction: beat vs missData unavailableThe beat-versus-miss reaction gap is not computed for this name — undetermined — needs ≥12 measured beats.
Consensus bias1.30× COHORT
Persistent
beats most quarters, by thin margins
As of · Aug 12, 2026
Next reportIN 43 DAYS
10 Nov 2026
Reports bmo · consensus EPS $-1.61 · revenue 905.4 M
Dividends & income
Data unavailableThis company does not pay a dividend. There is no yield, payout ratio or ex-dividend date to show, and the return case rests entirely on capital gains.
Signal
Not an income position.
No dividend is declared, so nothing here contributes to total return except the price. That is a fact about the security, not a criticism of it.
Inventory ledger
Data unavailableNo inventory detail is tagged in this company's filings. The ledger needs the XBRL inventory components, which a business without physical goods does not report.
Segments & geography
Data unavailableRevenue by segment and region is not on file for this name, so product and geographic concentration are not shown.
low below two ≈-equal shoulders — bullish reversal
Symmetrical triangle
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d46%-0.3%304,030
21d46%-0.7%142,618
63d46%-1.9%45,314
converging highs & lows — breakout pending
Cup and handle · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d46%-0.3%703,989
21d47%-0.5%329,866
63d47%-1.4%104,513
U-base + small handle pullback
Bollinger squeeze
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d43%0.0%770,623
21d44%0.0%359,420
63d47%0.0%112,943
bands at a multi-month tight — breakout pending
0361ST OF ITS 5-YEAR RANGE
Price & timing
Price $237.33, -67.9× forward earnings, RSI 56.
↳ Plain EnglishA multiple is what the market charges for a dollar of this company's earnings, cash or revenue; the trend and the options tape say what the price is doing around it. Together they are the timing picture, not the quality one.
Trend
Above 50 & 2003 OF 3 AVERAGES
50-day $215.58 · 200-day $164.10. Price above both is the structural definition of an uptrend.
The setup right now
Price · 504 sessions2023-06-02 → 2026-09-25
price50-day200-day
How to read this
Down 2.53% on the session.
Follow the solid line: each point is a session close. Compare it to the 50-day average — while price stays above it the short-term trend is up, and a drop below is the first structural warning.
Market cap$64.52B
Day range$235.41 – $246.92
Above 52-week low+223%
Realized volatility65% ann.
Worst drawdown-48.3%
Momentum (RSI-14)WARM
56
030 oversold70 hot100
Where momentum sits on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold; the middle says the move has room either way.
Typical day (ATR-14)±6.7%
$15.80
The average true range — how far this stock moves on an ordinary day. It sets the scale a stop has to clear.
MACDABOVE SIGNAL
+1.97
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
Bollinger position78% OF RANGE
Mid band
Where price sits inside its own volatility band. The edges are where a move is stretched, not where it reverses.
20-day VWAPPRICE ABOVE
$224.20
The volume-weighted average of the last month. Price above it means recent buyers are, on average, in profit.
Chandelier exitLONG INTACT
$207.34
A volatility-based trailing stop, set a few average ranges below the recent high.
10 Nov 2026 · in 43 daysNext earningsThe next scheduled catalyst. The forward guide usually moves the tape more than the printed number. Date as the vendor last stated it on 19 Aug; companies confirm about three weeks ahead, so it can still move.
2026-09-29 · tomorrowJob Openings (JOLTS)A scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Pullback riskoverstretch read
In line1.23× segment rate · n=5,834
Historically, large names in this tape state saw a ≥10% pullback within 63 trading days in 81% of cases (n=5,834).
Overstretchvs the 20-day mean
1.1σ
How many standard deviations price sits from its 20-day mean. Beyond 2σ is genuinely stretched; inside it is ordinary.
Bottom zoneif it breaks down
$225 – $2361 support
Where prior demand appeared: S1 at $232.85.
Slide scorefalling-knife check
0 / 100Neutral
A composite of consecutive down days, gap risk and volume expansion. Low means any decline is orderly.
Signal
The odds lean, the stretch qualifies it.
Not enough fundamental coverage to score this name's red-flag cohort — no 12-month odds shown.
Valuation
Earnings yield vs cashBELOW CASH
-4.14pp
Cash pays more than the earnings yield today, so what you are buying is future growth rather than a current return.
Multiples
Forward P/EAnalysts expect a loss over the next twelve months, so there are no earnings for the price to be a multiple of.Not meaningful5yr median 23×
Trailing P/Eearnings already reported71.0×61st of its 5yr range
1 of the 1 priced multiple above sits in the richer half of its band. 1 is marked not meaningful because the figure it divides into is negative — shown as absent rather than as a low, cheap-looking number. Each priced multiple is read against this stock's own history where a five-year range is on file, so the question is whether today is dear for this name rather than for the market. The multiples are computed separately from the quote above and are not re-priced as it moves, so they can lag it.
Price horizon & timingSep 25, 2026
Entryzone of S1
$236.14In zone
Where the composer's entry sits, on its own stated basis.
Target52-week high
$299.86$296–$304
A zone, not a price. It is where the composer expects supply, not a forecast.
Stop2× ATR below entry
$204.55risk $31.60/sh
The level that says the setup is wrong, on the basis named beside it.
Risk / rewardtarget vs stop
2.02:1
Reward against risk on the composer's own levels.
Measure from a price$
To the 50-day
-9.2%
short-term trend line · $215.58
To the 200-day
-30.9%
primary trend line · $164.10
To the composer's target
+26.3%
52-week high · set Sep 25, 2026 · $299.86
To the composer's stop
-13.8%
2× ATR below entry · set Sep 25, 2026 · $204.55
To the 52-week high
+26.3%
highest print of the past year · $299.86
To the 52-week low
-69.0%
lowest print of the past year · $73.52
A typical day (ATR)
$221.53 – $253.13
±$15.80 average true range
Type any price to re-measure every distance from it. Each row is a level this page already states somewhere else, so nothing here is a new number — and none of it is a recommendation to trade at that price.
Signal
The levels line up.
Entry $236.14 · stop $204.55 · target $299.86, a 2.02:1 ratio. The composer flagged: elevated distress, fair-value reference.
Gamma map
Data unavailableThis name has no listed options chain, so there is no dealer gamma to map. Regime, flip level, walls and the implied move all need a chain to exist.
Options tape
Data unavailableNo options chain is connected for this ticker. Max pain, the put/call ratio, the implied move and the open-interest ladder all need the chain feed.
0413F quarterly · Form 4 dailyNET SIGNAL +2
Ownership & flow
Institutions hold 69%, short interest is 22.21% of float.
↳ Plain EnglishWho is buying and selling, and what they had to disclose. Institutions file 13F 45 days after quarter end, executives file Form 4 within two days, and Congress discloses under the STOCK Act with a 30–45 day legal lag. Every one of those is a look backwards.
Net signal
+2BALANCED · 30d
Earnings +2
1 bull / 0 bear factors. The points sum to the net beside the label; nothing here is weighted after the fact.
The QTick signalNightly
Earnings4 QUARTERS · TIMING
+2
latest EPS beat by 21%
Signal
1 bull / 0 bear factors
Independent factors scored and netted to +2 over 30d, a balanced reading. 1 of 9 factors carried a direction; the others scored zero and do not vote. The signal describes where the data leans, not what to do about it.
Cross-category read
Data unavailableFewer independent evidence families are ready than the engine's minimum, so there is nothing to check for agreement. A cross-category read over two categories is not a read.
Wall Street
Data unavailableNo sell-side firm publishes research on this name. There is no consensus rating, no price target and no estimate revisions to weigh — for a company this size that is the norm rather than a gap in our data.
Who owns it13F quarterly · Form 4 daily
Institutional ownershipINSTITUTIONALLY HELD
69.4%
The share held by 13F filers. It describes last quarter's positioning, not today's — filings land up to 45 days after quarter end.
Insider ownershipOFFICERS & DIRECTORS
3.4%
The share held by the people running the company.
Short interest (float)CROWDED
22.21%
Falling — shares short changed -15.5% over 30 days. A crowded short is fuel in both directions.
Free float96% OF SHARES
210.58M
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Dollar volume (ADV)100th PCTILE
$4.89B/day
At this depth, position size is not a constraint for a retail account.
Borrow feeData unavailableWe do not license securities-lending data, so the annualized cost of borrowing shares to short is not something we can show. Short interest and days-to-cover above are the closest read we can source.
The story · news & sentimentRolling window
Why it moved todayNONE
-2.53%
NBIS fell −2.53% in the premarket session — no identified catalyst in our coverage.
Matched · Sep 25, 2026
CongressSTOCK Act · 30–45d lag
Signal
Net buying.
1 of 1 disclosures are buys and 0 are sales. Lawmakers disclose on a 30–45 day legal lag, so this describes what was done weeks ago, not what is being done now.
Disclosed lawmaker trades, with their legal reporting lag.
0511 graded callsHIGH VOLATILITY
Risk & track record
Beta 3.60, 65% annual volatility, a -48% worst drawdown, and 2 of 8 risk surfaces clear.
↳ Plain EnglishWhat owning it does to a portfolio, what the model votes against, and how often our own calls have been right. Every call is graded when it resolves, and the ones still open stay visible.
A very bad day (EVT)
−16.4%1-IN-200 DAY
Fitted to the tail of the return distribution rather than assuming a bell curve. Size the position so a day like this is survivable.
What it does to a portfolio5-year window
Beyond the tail (ES)1-IN-1,000 DAY
−34.4%
The average loss on a 1-in-1,000 day or worse — deeper in the tail than the 1-in-200 figure above and further than the measured history reaches, so it reads as the scale of a crash, not a forecast of one.
Tail understatementHEAVY TAIL
1.2×
The tail runs close to what a normal curve would predict, so volatility is a reasonable proxy for risk here — which is not true of every name.
Max drawdownWORST FALL
-48.3%
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the measured window. Only hold a position you can watch do this.
Beta (vs the market)AMPLIFIES
3.60
Moves about 3.6× the market over the past year.
3-year beta 2.80
Annualized volatilityELEVATED
65%
How far it swings over a year, from its own realized returns.
Tactical phaseNIGHTLY READ
Neutral
Selling pressure0
Buying pressure52
Overheat19
State: neutral — No dominant short-horizon pressure in the tape.
0-100 · high = active · lit = the engine's own phase, cohort-banded
What votes against
Data unavailableNo factor in the model currently votes against this name. That is a statement about the model's inputs today, not a claim that nothing could go wrong.
Failure modes · by company type
Data unavailableFailure modes are routed per company type, and only the bank-run and crypto-treasury rulebooks are validated so far. This name routes as growth, so there is no cohort-specific checklist to run. A generic list would read as analysis without being any.
The risk case · why not to buy8 surfaces · nightly
Suggested position capmax defensible size
2.3%tail cap binds
max defensible size 2.3% - tail binds
Avoid score6-month distress
25.0%2.7× its cohort · most-traded mega-caps
Observational 6-month large-drawdown risk ranking — not a forecast, not alpha. Historical distress rate for this most-traded mega-caps segment: 9.3%. This name reads 2.7× that base rate.
LowDistress screenThe distress model did not score this name in the latest run, so this surface is unmeasured rather than clear.Not scored
MedPosition size, not conviction, is the binding constrainthalf-Kelly 37.0% · tail cap 2.3% · category cap 90.1%. The tail cap binds, so 2.3% is the number (n=19,993). We show which one binds rather than the friendliest.Sizing
LowLottery-ticket behaviourIts best 21-day return sits at 7.7% against a 7.8% cohort 90th-percentile threshold — below the line where forward returns have historically turned negative.Behaviour
LowCash runwayNot scored for this name.Not scored
MedPost-earnings driftMove already priced: after jumps this large, measured drift edge is zero.Timing
LowDividend riskNot scored for this name.Not scored
HighRestatement history1 restatement in 2 years. The flagged-company base rate is 6.2× the unflagged one.Integrity
LowCrowded shortNot in a warn state: the crowded-short model only publishes when short interest and thin liquidity coincide, and neither condition is met here.Not scored
Signal
2 of 8 surfaces clear.
8 surfaces checked, 2 clear. The binding constraint is position size — the tail cap is the one that binds. Each row states which surface it is and what it measured; a surface that could not be scored says so rather than counting as clear.
Who should skip it
Skip it if any of these is you
You can't sit through -48%
That is this name's deepest measured fall, on 65% annualized volatility. A drawdown of that size is normal here, not exceptional.
You want income
A 0.00% yield is a rounding error against cash. This is a capital-gains position.
You're already heavy in this market
A 3.60 beta means you would be stacking the same bet rather than spreading it.
You'd size it like a core holding
The binding cap is 2.3% of a portfolio. Above that the tail stops being survivable.
Our track record11 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
30 logged
30 calls logged on this name, 11 resolved so far. Calls are logged the moment they are made, so the open ones are public before anyone knows how they turn out, and a hit-rate is not published until enough of them resolve.
11 resolved · 19 open
Calls on NBISTHIS NAME
30
This name's own call count. Too few have resolved to publish a rate over them, so none is shown rather than a rate over 11.
0610-K disclosed linksINTERNET CONTENT & INFORMATION
The wider context
5 mapped peers, 1 connection.
↳ Plain EnglishCompanies do not trade alone. This is the peer set, the supply chain that has to deliver, and the macro variables that move the stock regardless of company news.
Rate sensitivity
+14.2% per +1ppSECTOR
This is the SECTOR prior, not a measurement of this name — the regression did not clear its own bar. The verdict beside it (headwind) comes from the prior too, so the two agree by construction rather than by evidence.
Versus peersLatest session
Peer set · 5 names
SymbolRelationshipPriceSession
6098.TPeer$16,530.00+1.19%
GOOGLPeer$343.92+0.46%
GOOGPeer$341.08+0.61%
METAPeer$751.66-3.33%
SPOTPeer$510.01-0.27%
The mapped peer set and how each traded in the latest session. A peer moving with this name says the move is the sector's; one moving against it says the move is this company's.
Lower rates help growth-priced media and internet companies.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +0.6% · A week later +3.9% · Two weeks later +6.7% · Rose on 52 of 103 report days
Across the last 103 Initial jobless claims reports since Jun 8, 2023, NBIS moved +0.6% on average on the day and was 6.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved -0.1% on those days.
Media and internet companies are valued on future growth, so higher rates for longer weigh on them.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +0.7% · A week later +6.6% · Two weeks later +18.3% · Rose on 12 of 24 report days
Across the last 24 Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) reports since Jun 28, 2023, NBIS moved +0.7% on average on the day and was 18.3% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
PCE inflation is due in 2 days.
PCE inflationUsually hurts when inflation runs hotter than expected
Media and internet companies are valued on future growth, so higher rates for longer weigh on them.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +0.7% · A week later +6.6% · Two weeks later +18.3% · Rose on 12 of 24 report days
Across the last 24 PCE inflation reports since Jun 28, 2023, NBIS moved +0.7% on average on the day and was 18.3% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
FOMC decisionUsually hurts when the Fed sounds more hawkish than expected
Growth-priced media and internet companies fall when rates stay high.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +1.3% · A week later +11.0% · Two weeks later +19.1% · Rose on 13 of 23 report days
Across the last 23 FOMC decision reports since Oct 31, 2024, NBIS moved +1.3% on average on the day and was 19.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% on those days.
Job openings (JOLTS) is due tomorrow.
Job openings (JOLTS)Usually hurts when job openings come in higher than expected
More jobs means more ad spending, but the higher-rates reaction usually wins on the day.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +0.1% · A week later +11.7% · Two weeks later +11.5% · Rose on 11 of 23 report days
Across the last 23 Job openings (JOLTS) reports since Nov 5, 2024, NBIS moved +0.1% on average on the day and was 11.5% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.1% on those days.
More jobs means more ad spending, but the higher-rates reaction usually wins on the day.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +1.6% · A week later +12.5% · Two weeks later +13.1% · Rose on 14 of 23 report days
Across the last 23 Jobs report (nonfarm payrolls) reports since Nov 5, 2024, NBIS moved +1.6% on average on the day and was 13.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved -0.1% on those days.
Media and internet companies are valued on future growth, so higher rates for longer weigh on them.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +4.0% · A week later +3.9% · Two weeks later +0.7% · Rose on 13 of 23 report days
Across the last 23 Producer prices (PPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, NBIS moved +4.0% on average on the day and was 0.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Media and internet companies are valued on future growth, so higher rates for longer weigh on them.
Typical for the Communication Services sector
On the day +4.5% · A week later +4.4% · Two weeks later +1.1% · Rose on 13 of 22 report days
Across the last 22 Core inflation (core CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, NBIS moved +4.5% on average on the day and was 1.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Customer momentum
Data unavailableCustomer momentum needs listed customers that disclose a revenue dependence on this company, and none is on file. The connections below are a different map: competitors and partners, most of them curated rather than filed.
Connections1 link · none confirmed
Direct connections · 1 edge
CompanyRelationSessionProvenance
NVDA · Suppliersupplier+0.22%Rumored · manual
0 of 1 edge is named in a filing; the rest come from reporting we have not matched to one yet, and are labelled as such.