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Nebius (NBIS) reports third-quarter results before the open Thursday, with revenue seen near $905M and the shares about 55% below their June high.
- Nebius reports Q3 on Thursday, Nov. 12, before the open; consensus revenue is about $905M, up more than 500% year over year.
- NBIS trades roughly 55% below its June peak despite triple-digit growth.
- Full-year guidance of $3B-$3.4B revenue and $20B-$25B capex is the focus.
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Nebius Group (NBIS), the Amsterdam-based AI cloud infrastructure provider, will publish third-quarter 2026 results Thursday before the U.S. market opens, with a management call scheduled for 8 a.m. ET. Consensus revenue is about $905M, against $146.1M in the same quarter a year earlier, an increase of roughly 520%. The report lands as one of the sharpest drawdowns among ai stocks tied to data-center buildouts: NBIS is down about 55% from its June high.What Does Nebius Need to Show on Thursday?
Nebius needs to show that revenue growth is converting into the full-year targets it set earlier in 2026. The company has guided to 2026 revenue of $3B-$3.4B, adjusted EBITDA margin of about 40%, and year-end annualized run-rate revenue (ARR) of $7B-$9B. ARR stood at $3.0B at the end of the second quarter, so the fourth quarter has to carry a steep step-up in billing capacity.
Consensus calls for a quarterly loss of about $0.72 per share. Heavy depreciation and financing costs from the buildout weigh on reported earnings even as revenue scales. Investors will watch whether adjusted EBITDA margin tracks toward the 40% full-year target, a key measure of how much of each new dollar of revenue reaches the bottom line.
Why Is the Stock Down 55% From Its June High?
The stock is down because the market has repriced the scale of capital required to deliver the growth, not the growth itself. Capital expenditure guidance for 2026 sits at $20B-$25B after being raised earlier in the year, with roughly $8.1B spent in the first half. Contracted power has risen to a 5 GW year-end target, up from above 1 GW in August 2025.
That pace of spending requires continuous external financing, and a $7B-$9B ARR goal drew a sharp sell-off when it was set. The result is a shift in how investors value AI infrastructure names: execution on delivery timelines and funding costs now matter as much as headline revenue growth.
Strategic Context: Microsoft and Meta Anchor the Backlog
Nebius's growth rests on a small number of large customers. A Microsoft (MSFT) agreement and a Meta Platforms (META) agreement, worth up to about $27B in the Meta case, together exceed $40B in committed contracts. Nebius delivered the first Microsoft capacity tranche in November 2025 and both contracted Meta tranches on schedule.
Those anchor contracts give the revenue line visibility, but they also concentrate exposure. Any commentary on new multi-year agreements, customer diversification beyond hyperscalers, and utilization of newly energized capacity will shape the read-through for the group.
How Will the Results Affect Wider AI Infrastructure Sentiment?
The results will influence sentiment across the AI infrastructure group because Nebius is one of the few listed pure-play providers of GPU cloud capacity. A beat on revenue with guidance maintained would support the thesis that demand for compute still exceeds supply. A reduction in ARR or contracted-power targets, or a higher capex range, would reinforce concerns about financing and delivery risk.
For readers weighing how to invest in ai infrastructure more broadly, Nebius illustrates the trade-off between hypergrowth revenue and balance-sheet intensity, which is the dynamic Thursday's report will quantify.
Outlook
Nebius enters the report with revenue growth above 500%, more than $40B in anchor contracts and a stock priced well below its June level. The key metrics are the Q3 revenue figure against the $905M consensus, progress toward the $7B-$9B year-end ARR target, any change to the $20B-$25B capex range, and the pace of contracted power additions. Guidance changes, rather than the quarter itself, are likely to set the direction of the shares.
