WCM Investment Management LLC Has $61.82 Million Stake in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

WCM Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 264.7% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 595,840 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 432,475 shares during the quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $61,824,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 2,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $309,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 3.6% during the first quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 2,799 shares of the company’s stock valued at $290,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the period. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Nebius Group by 20.0% in the first quarter. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. now owns 600 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in Nebius Group by 62.5% in the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Calton & Associates Inc. raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 4,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the period. 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 announced a $775 million senior secured debt facility, easing dilution concerns and giving it a clearer path to finance AI cloud expansion. Nebius raises $775 million in first secured debt financing to accelerate global buildout
• Positive Sentiment: The company also landed a reported $1 billion AI contract, reinforcing demand for its computing capacity and supporting the long-term growth narrative. Nebius lands $1 billion AI deal as one major risk looms
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius has also been pushing an asset-light AI cloud model through partner data centers, which could help it scale faster while preserving cash, but investors are still weighing execution risk and funding needs. Nebius (NBIS) Launches Asset Light AI Cloud Model Through Partner Data Centers
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the rebound, some commentary remains cautious, with broader concerns about AI spending, heavy capex plans, and the stock’s recent volatility keeping pressure on shares. Here’s why IREN, CoreWeave, and Nebius stocks are in free fall

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on NBIS shares. Citigroup upped their price target on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, DA Davidson lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $203.25.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $203.24, for a total transaction of $101,620,000.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $118,937,877.16. This represents a 46.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total transaction of $2,253,641.78. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,228,403.64. The trade was a 50.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170 over the last quarter.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $177.71 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $44.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.33 and a beta of 4.10. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $228.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $153.38. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $49.00 and a 1 year high of $299.86. 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 (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.58. The company had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.Nebius Group’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

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.