Company Overview - Nebius Group rejoined the Nasdaq exchange after a three-year hiatus, previously owned by Russian company Yandex [1] - Yandex split off its international assets in a 700 million private financing round with Accel and Nvidia [4] - Nebius has a special partnership with Nvidia, offering early access to Nvidia's new Blackwell chips [4] - The company's market cap is approximately 2.3 billion in cash and cash equivalents and very little debt [10] - Management expects the annualized revenue run rate to increase to 1 billion by the end of 2025 [10] - The company is investing 35 billion valuation [5] - The company trades below 8 times forward earnings, expected to turn profitable next year [11] - Nvidia shares trade at 47 times forward earnings, highlighting Nebius' relatively low valuation [11] Industry Context - AI technology fueled the bull market in 2024, with the S&P 500 gaining roughly 27.5% [7] - Many popular AI stocks are expensive, making Nebius a rare AI play trading at a reasonable multiple [7][8] - Nebius received a big endorsement from Citron Research's Andrew Left, who believes Wall Street has yet to catch on to its appeal [9] Operational Impact - ServiceNow used Nebius to increase throughput on their conversational chatbot from 400 evaluation tasks per week to 3,000 tasks a day [3] - Nebius' return to the Nasdaq at $20 in late October saw shares rise over 41% [4]
Meet This New AI Stock That Could Become a Wall Street Darling in 2025. It Has the Full Support of Nvidia and Trades at a Massive Bargain.