Bill 'Latency Lord' Brennan
Fundamental Growth Investor, B2B/Sector Leaders & Picks-and-Shovels
Nebius's exceptional growth makes it the best way to gain data-center exposure while the AI-sector rally still has room to run after its pullback. The risk/reward looks super attractive here, but this is extremely risky compared with usual holdings and not necessarily a ten-year hold. x.comÂ
Nebius's revenue growth has sharply outpaced its stock, compressing its forward valuation to the lowest since its IPO. Quarterly revenue rose from $146M to $582M over a year while the stock gained about 50%; forward EV/revenue fell from 24x to 6.5x. x.comÂ
Nebius's recently signed higher-margin deals are predominantly with pre-revenue neolabs, making it aggressive to project a few small, short-term contracts' economics across all available capacity for years. Short-term economics are very attractive now, and Nebius management has better insight into demand, but assuming all these customers renew at similar or better terms indefinitely seems unrealistic. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Nebius's world-class team makes it the neocloud most likely to keep attracting cheap capital amid high rates and AI anxieties, if any can. Its risk/reward looks good here despite today's decline. x.com x.comÂ
Nebius's projected growth makes its simplified valuation around $135 very interesting. Estimates are easily around $13 billion in 2027 and $27 billion in 2028, with roughly 7x 2027 EV/EBITDA at that share price. Company-specific factors also appeal. x.comÂ
Nebius can fall with neocloud peers because the market prices sector risk rather than each company's quality. Nebius and SPCX are better companies than 99% of the others, yet Nebius would not be immune to a WOLF or CoreWeave default; some weaker names may never recover. x.comÂ
Long-dated call buying and $150 put selling suggest institutions are positioned for upside in Nebius into 2027, a stronger bullish read than Marvell. Unusual Whales data show over $25 million in two call blocks, though one may be a roll, and over $12 million in $150 puts sold. The 19% two-day bounce lacked confirming options inflows, so Nebius could retest $170 before Nov. 10 earnings, with a roughly 18% implied move. x.comÂ
A $25B guide for Nebius's 2027 exit ARR would be conservative, so worries about the stock should be tested against a valuation using that figure. x.comÂ
Nebius's deepening cash burn puts its financial health in doubt. Trailing free cash flow sank to about negative $5.9 billion by June 2026, even as trailing net income was positive $61.6 million. x.comÂ
Nebius has pricing power because its hard-to-build AI infrastructure and software serve enterprise clients who cannot find capacity elsewhere. It owns some data centers and land but has mostly operating leases; the share of active compute at owned sites is unspecified. It looks like the best infrastructure play despite slight skepticism about its path to profitability and valuation, and would work even if capex slowed 20% or the cycle paused. x.com x.com x.comÂ