Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Buys 21,305 Shares of Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 1,909.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 22,421 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 21,305 shares during the period. Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $1,877,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 500.0% in the 4th quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 360 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $54,000. Finally, Ramirez Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $56,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Nebius Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting Nebius Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius launched a NVIDIA-backed Physical AI Living Lab aimed at robotics startups, highlighting deeper strategic ties to a key AI chip leader and lifting investor optimism. Nebius Shares Jump After NVIDIA-Backed AI Lab Launch
• Positive Sentiment: The company announced a £1.7 billion UK AI infrastructure expansion, adding NVIDIA-powered capacity and strengthening its long-term growth and revenue potential. Nebius Group’s £1.7 Billion UK Expansion Fuels Bullish Case Despite the Pullback
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America Securities reportedly initiated/maintained a Buy rating, which supports the bullish case for NBIS shares. Nebius Group (NBIS) Receives a Buy from Bank of America Securities
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary pieces highlighted Nebius as a fast-growing AI infrastructure company outpacing expectations, but these were largely reiterations of the company’s existing growth narrative. 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Infrastructure Stocks Outgrowing Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts remain cautious, with at least one downgrade noting valuation risk and the possibility that heavy spending, dilution, and future AI capex slowdowns could pressure the stock. Nebius: Please Don’t Push It Off The Cliff (Rating Downgrade)

Insider Activity

In other news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the sale, the executive owned 26,886 shares in the company, valued at $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, General Counsel Boaz Tal sold 5,100 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.39, for a total transaction of $1,016,889.00. Following the sale, the general counsel owned 80,754 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,101,540.06. The trade was a 5.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 694,898 shares of company stock valued at $130,681,379.

Nebius Group Trading Down 3.8%

Nebius Group stock opened at $211.69 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $53.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 68.29 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $43.89 and a 1 year high of $278.84. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $179.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $125.92.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.77) by $0.54. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The company’s revenue was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NBIS. DA Davidson cut shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.25.

Nebius Group Company Profile

Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company’s services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability.