107,541 Shares in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS Acquired by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp

Key Points

• Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp initiated a new position in Nebius by purchasing 107,541 shares in Q4, valued at approximately $9,002,000.
• Nebius agreed to acquire Eigen AI for about $643 million in a stock-and-cash deal to bolster its AI inference stack, and the stock has seen unusual bullish options flow (~130,188 calls) ahead of its Q1 earnings on May 13.
• Despite recent momentum and analyst interest, Nebius is still unprofitable, missed Q4 EPS and revenue, has a high beta and leverage metrics, and insiders sold roughly 129,740 shares last quarter, highlighting execution and integration risk.

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp purchased a new position in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 107,541 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $9,002,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. D.A. Davidson & CO. boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 37.2% during the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 2,810 shares of the company's stock worth $235,000 after acquiring an additional 762 shares in the last quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the fourth quarter worth $48,328,000. Inscription Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 58.2% during the fourth quarter. Inscription Capital LLC now owns 5,210 shares of the company's stock worth $436,000 after purchasing an additional 1,916 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 25.1% during the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 55,220 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,622,000 after purchasing an additional 11,093 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 726.7% during the fourth quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 56,527 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,732,000 after purchasing an additional 49,689 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius agreed to acquire Eigen AI for about $643 million in a stock-and-cash deal to boost its AI inference stack — the deal is pitched to increase inference throughput per GPU and strengthen Nebius’s frontier inference/token-factory platform, a direct strategic fit for its cloud-AI growth story. Nebius Makes $643 Million AI Inference Push With Eigen Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual bullish options flow: traders bought ~130,188 call contracts (about 23% above average), signaling speculative investor conviction that the stock will move higher into near-term catalysts (acquisition integration, upcoming earnings). This flow can amplify intraday moves and implied-volatility-driven price action.
• Positive Sentiment: Renewed bullish coverage and momentum pieces (The Motley Fool, Schaeffer’s top-picks, Seeking Alpha bull pieces, TipRanks write-ups) are spotlighting Nebius as a high-upside AI play — that attention can attract new retail and thematic AI-inflow capital. Example coverage: Meet the Incredible AI Stock That's Crushing Nvidia This Year
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector tailwind: a strong Nasdaq/tech rally is lifting AI/cloud names broadly, providing supportive market context that can exaggerate moves in high-beta names like NBIS. Nasdaq Composite Takes Off as Tech Bulls Retake Control
• Neutral Sentiment: Catalyst calendar: Nebius set its Q1 2026 earnings release for May 13 (pre-market) — a near-term event that could validate the acquisition thesis or reintroduce volatility. Nebius Group Announces Date of First Quarter 2026 Results and Conference Call
• Negative Sentiment: Underlying fundamentals and execution risk remain: last reported quarter (Feb) missed EPS and revenue estimates and NBIS is unprofitable with high volatility and leverage metrics — the acquisition and elevated valuation imply execution and integration risk that could reverse gains if results disappoint.

Nebius Group Trading Up 11.8%

Shares of NASDAQ NBIS opened at $154.49 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a one year low of $23.25 and a one year high of $168.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $38.90 billion, a PE ratio of -105.82 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $120.73 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $106.04.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The business had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. As a group, analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In other news, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 4,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.10, for a total transaction of $720,450.00. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 42,162 shares in the company, valued at $6,750,136.20. The trade was a 9.64% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 7,143 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,020.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 51,284 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,179,760. This represents a 12.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 have sold 129,740 shares of company stock worth $14,672,401.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wolfe Research began coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a "peer perform" rating on the stock. DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $150.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, April 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, January 15th. They set an "equal weight" rating and a $126.00 price target on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $154.75.

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.

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