Nebius's $46 Billion Cloud Backlog Raises a Question No Analyst Can Dodge
Published on 06/27/2026 at 18:24 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
The arithmetic is stunning on paper. Nebius Group just reported first-quarter revenue of $399 million, up 684 percent from a year ago, with its AI cloud segment alone surging 841 percent to $389.7 million. Adjusted earnings per share hit $2.11, crushing analyst expectations of a $0.78 loss by 360 percent. Behind those figures sit roughly $46 billion in multi-year commitments, including a $27 billion capacity deal with Meta and a $17 billion revenue contract with Microsoft. The pipeline is at a record. So why has the stock dropped 13.7 percent in a single week and 18.9 percent from its all-time high of €261.00?
The answer lies not in demand but in delivery. Nebius is trying to spend $20 to $25 billion on capital expenditure in 2026 alone—up from an earlier plan of $16 to $20 billion—to build out an AI infrastructure footprint that targets more than 4 gigawatts of contracted capacity by year-end. The company ended the first quarter with $9.3 billion in cash and equivalents, generated $2.3 billion in operating cash flow, and raised $4.3 billion through convertible bonds plus a billion-dollar investment from Nvidia. Yet even that firepower may not be enough, and market participants are watching the gap.
The bull case rests on visibility. Management expects contracted cash flows to cover roughly 60 percent of capital outlays. The annualized revenue target for 2026 sits at $7 to $9 billion, and the company is already building for 2027 demand—deploying Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform in its US infrastructure from the second half of this year, one of the first large-scale deployments of that generation. Geographic expansion adds another layer: a £1.7 billion investment in three UK sites targeting 65 megawatts by 2027, and a new AI factory in Pennsylvania with 1.2 gigawatts of capacity. Three recent acquisitions—Tavily, Eigen AI, and Clarifai—are strengthening the software layer.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Nebius?
The bear case focuses on the cost of that ambition. Insider selling over the past three months has totaled $131 million without a single purchase transaction, a pattern that gives pause even when executives cite long-term conviction. Short interest stands at roughly 17.8 percent. The company's order book is concentrated on just two hyperscalers, and those same hyperscalers are investing heavily in their own chips, which could erode the GPU-rental economics Nebius depends on. To close the financing gap, Nebius will likely turn to corporate bonds, asset-based financing, and equity—meaning higher interest costs and potential dilution that weigh on free cash flow for years.
Technically, the stock sits 15.7 percent above its 50-day moving average of €182.87, with a relative strength index of 50.6 that signals neither overbought nor oversold. The 30-day annualized volatility of 97.5 percent leaves little room for error. The trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 75.9 demands perfection.
From the current level of €211.60, two scenarios converge. A return to the all-time high requires second-quarter results in August to prove that contracted cash flows are indeed covering 60 percent of capex, and that the annual revenue trajectory stays within the $3.0 to $3.4 billion range for the full year. A breakdown below the 50-day moving average would confirm that the post-inclusion correction has turned structural—driven not by profit-taking but by a fundamental reassessment of the company's ability to finance its own growth.
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