16,953 Shares in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS Acquired by Independent Financial Group LLC

Independent Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,953 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,759,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% in the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 2,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Nebius Group by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 2,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 20.0% during the first quarter. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. now owns 600 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 62.5% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Calton & Associates Inc. grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 4,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on NBIS shares. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price target on the stock. Citizens Jmp upped their price objective on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective on the stock. Morgan Stanley raised their target price 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. Finally, Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Nebius Group presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total value of $1,472,121.48. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 378,665 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $95,912,057.85. The trade was a 1.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 274,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. This trade represents a 5.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

Nebius Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $177.71 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $228.03 and its 200 day moving average price is $153.38. Nebius Group N.V. has a 12 month low of $49.00 and a 12 month 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. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 57.33 and a beta of 4.10.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.