Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Position in Nutanix $NTNX

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) by 42.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,676 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 23,428 shares during the period. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Nutanix were worth $2,356,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Peregrine Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Nutanix by 7.2% in the third quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC now owns 154,891 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $11,522,000 after acquiring an additional 10,432 shares during the period. HB Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Nutanix in the third quarter worth about $219,000. Moran Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Nutanix in the third quarter worth about $286,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS lifted its position in shares of Nutanix by 75.6% during the 3rd quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 155,900 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $11,597,000 after buying an additional 67,100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Securian Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Nutanix during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,494,000. Institutional investors own 85.25% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on NTNX shares. Oppenheimer started coverage on shares of Nutanix in a report on Monday, November 17th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Nutanix in a report on Monday, December 29th. Zacks Research cut Nutanix from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Wall Street Zen raised Nutanix from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 3rd. Finally, Northland Securities dropped their price target on Nutanix from $76.00 to $53.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $71.80.

Key Nutanix News

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutanix this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Institutional/hedge-fund interest — Several pieces note that hedge funds and Wall Street remain constructive on Nutanix’s long-term position in software infrastructure, arguing near-term noise (analyst target trims, short-term misses) hasn’t shaken underlying demand. This supports a positive view for patient, growth-oriented investors. Why Wall Street Isn’t Losing Faith in Nutanix
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary / reassessment pieces — Analysts and financial media are publishing “reassess” and dip-explanation articles that may amplify short-term volatility but don’t add new company-specific catalysts. These help explain market moves but are not direct drivers of fundamentals. Is It Time To Reassess Nutanix After Recent Share Price Rebound?
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data appears anomalous — January update shows an unusual/zero reported short-interest figure (likely a reporting anomaly). Current data does not indicate a meaningful build of short pressure, so short-squeeze risk appears minimal based on these figures.
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst downgrade from Morgan Stanley — Morgan Stanley cut Nutanix from Overweight to Equal Weight and trimmed its price target to $62 from $82, signaling reduced near-term conviction and pressuring sentiment. Analyst downgrades can weigh on shares and reduce momentum. Morgan Stanley downgrades Nutanix
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder litigation notices — Two law firms (Pomerantz and Schall) are investigating potential claims against Nutanix, increasing legal/settlement risk and creating headline pressure that typically hurts sentiment until resolved. Pomerantz law firm investigation Schall law firm investigation

Nutanix Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of Nutanix stock opened at $52.61 on Wednesday. Nutanix has a 12 month low of $46.12 and a 12 month high of $83.36. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $54.53 and a 200 day moving average of $66.19. The firm has a market cap of $14.23 billion, a PE ratio of 70.15, a PEG ratio of 5.66 and a beta of 0.49.

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The technology company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41. Nutanix had a negative return on equity of 32.95% and a net margin of 8.43%.The firm had revenue of $670.58 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $677.23 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.42 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Nutanix will post 0.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nutanix Profile

Nutanix, Inc is an enterprise cloud computing company that develops software to simplify the deployment and management of datacenter infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is best known for pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), an approach that integrates compute, storage and virtualization into a single software-defined platform aimed at reducing complexity and operational overhead in private and hybrid cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio centers on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which includes its core AOS software for HCI, Prism for infrastructure management and automation, and a suite of additional services such as Calm for application automation, Files and Volumes for file and block services, Karbon for Kubernetes orchestration, and Era for database management.