QM · rank #1 · 2026-07-20
NBIS
NASDAQ · $53.45B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Momentum 12-1 Return from 12 months ago to 1 month ago. | +497.64% |
|---|---|
| ROE TTM Return on equity, trailing 12 months. | +14.1% |
| Profit margin Net profit margin, trailing 12 months. | +93.1% |
| Market cap (USD) Size filter: > $500M required. | $53.45B |
| Anchor (recent) Close on 2026-06-18 | $286.69 |
| Anchor (far) Close on 2025-06-20 | $47.97 |
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Summary
Nebius Group is a vertically integrated AI cloud company offering full-stack GPU infrastructure, model training, and deployment services, backed by owned data centers across Europe, the US, and Israel.
Rationale
The momentum_12_1 of 4.98 reflects genuine fundamental acceleration — 684% YoY revenue growth, a swing to positive adjusted EBITDA, and a $17B Microsoft revenue agreement — while the 93% profit margin signal likely captures the asset-light economics of its software/cloud layer atop owned infrastructure, making the quality-momentum pairing structurally coherent rather than sentiment-only.
Material risks
- 1Microsoft represents both the demand anchor and the single greatest disintermediation threat — if the hyperscale customer expands in-house GPU capacity, Nebius loses its primary revenue visibility and the bottleneck-solver thesis collapses.
- 2The Pennsylvania AI factory requires sustained capital deployment against $4.34B in convertible notes and prefunded warrants; if AI compute pricing normalizes or alternative architectures reduce GPU demand, the capital structure becomes a liability before the asset generates returns.
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