Centaurus Financial Inc. reduced its position in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS – Free Report) by 18.9% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 164,935 shares of the company’s stock after selling 38,455 shares during the period. Nebius Group comprises about 0.8% of Centaurus Financial Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd largest position. Centaurus Financial Inc.’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $17,114,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd raised its stake in Nebius Group by 12.4% in the second quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $976,681,000 after buying an additional 1,949,708 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Nebius Group by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,704,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $310,099,000 after buying an additional 964,984 shares during the last quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 95.0% during the 4th quarter. Clear Street Group Inc. now owns 3,511,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $293,943,000 after acquiring an additional 1,710,924 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after acquiring an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 102.6% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 2,804,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $234,777,000 after acquiring an additional 1,420,353 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group
In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at $193,460,317.90. This represents a 5.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the director owned 10,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,228,403.64. This represents a 50.28% 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. In the last quarter, insiders sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170.
Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group
- Positive Sentiment: Nebius said a Vera Rubin rack has gone live in Finland, marking progress in deploying next-generation AI infrastructure. The company also confirmed that it will release second-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on August 12, followed by a conference call. Nebius locks in Aug. 12 earnings date after Vera Rubin rack goes live in Finland
- Positive Sentiment: Bullish analysts highlighted Nebius’ shift toward higher-margin, full-stack AI cloud and platform services. Reported AI-cloud growth, strategic relationships with Microsoft and Meta, Nvidia backing, and contracted power capacity are viewed as potential supports for long-term expansion. Nebius: PaaS Power Over Agentic Bleed
- Neutral Sentiment: The August 12 earnings release is the next major catalyst. Investors will likely focus on revenue growth, customer commitments, utilization, margins, financing, and the company’s planned $20 billion–$25 billion capital investment. Nebius Group announces date of second quarter 2026 results and conference call
- Negative Sentiment: AI-cloud stocks sold off broadly as rising credit-default-swap costs signaled increased concern about credit risk, funding needs, and the sustainability of heavy infrastructure spending. Nebius’ high valuation and substantial planned capital expenditures make it particularly sensitive to shifts in investor risk appetite. Nebius Drops 10%, CoreWeave Sinks 9% as Rising Credit-Swap Costs Hit the AI Cloud Trade
- Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that AI infrastructure demand may not translate into sufficiently high utilization and margins, while regulatory risks and competition from providers such as CoreWeave could pressure Nebius’ growth plans.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NBIS. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Citigroup upped their price target on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Citizens Jmp increased their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. DA Davidson cut shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $222.15.
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Nebius Group Trading Down 12.7%
NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $148.22 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $226.62 and its 200 day moving average price is $159.04. The company has a market capitalization of $37.50 billion, a PE ratio of 47.81 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52-week low of $50.10 and a 52-week high of $299.86.
Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.58. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts anticipate 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.
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