Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan Takes $17.12 Million Position in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan acquired a new position in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 61,985 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,118,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Accel Leaders 4 Associates L.P. acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,012,097,322. State Street Corp lifted its position in 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 during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors acquired a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth $231,635,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 134.3% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 3,983,899 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,233,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283,676 shares during the period. Finally, Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $188,496,000. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on NBIS. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Zacks Research downgraded Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings cut Nebius Group from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 target price on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $226.00.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius received a powerful boost from a reported $5.75 billion funding haul, easing concerns about how it will finance its planned AI expansion. The funding strengthens the company’s ability to build computing and data-center capacity, a key potential catalyst for future growth. What’s Going On With Nebius Stock Thursday
• Positive Sentiment: Strong results from Nvidia reinforced expectations for sustained AI demand. Because Nebius is positioned as an AI infrastructure provider, investors interpreted Nvidia’s outlook as supportive of continued demand for GPUs, cloud capacity and data-center services. Nebius stock outlook as Nvidia predicts robust AI growth
• Positive Sentiment: Palo Alto Networks’ CEO reportedly described Nebius as operating in “a different league,” highlighting the scarcity of high-performance computing capacity and the pricing power available to companies with GPUs and data-center infrastructure. Palo Alto Networks’ CEO Says Nebius Is in a Different League
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader technology-sector strength and improving technical and sentiment indicators could provide a favorable backdrop for high-growth AI stocks, although this is a market-wide factor rather than a Nebius-specific development. Why the Summer Slump is Setting Up Wall Street’s Next Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation is the main counterweight. Shares have gained about 203% over the past year, suggesting that considerable AI growth is already reflected in the price. Investors are questioning whether the expansion plans justify the premium valuation, leaving NBIS vulnerable to profit-taking or disappointment if execution slows. Is Nebius Group Priced For Perfection On AI Growth?

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,460,317.90. This represents a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.53, for a total value of $13,276,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 272,533 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $72,365,687.49. This trade represents a 15.50% 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 186,506 shares of company stock worth $46,264,387 in the last three months.

Nebius Group Stock Down 4.3%

NBIS stock opened at $209.18 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a twelve month low of $63.26 and a twelve month high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $52.93 billion, a PE ratio of -6,970.34 and a beta of 4.23. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $217.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $177.67. The company has a quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. The firm had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.38 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current year.

About Nebius Group

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.