Dupree Financial Group LLC Acquires New Position in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Key Points

• Dupree Financial Group established a new position in Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) in Q4, acquiring 9,999 shares valued at approximately $837,000.
• Company insiders have been net sellers recently: Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares (~$3.49M) and CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares (~$3.46M), with insiders offloading 129,740 shares (~$14.67M) over the last quarter.
• Nebius has a consensus analyst rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average price target of $154.75, but it recently missed quarterly EPS estimates (‑$0.69 vs. ‑$0.42) and reported revenue below expectations.

Dupree Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 9,999 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $837,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. lifted its position in Nebius Group by 500.0% in the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 360 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at about $40,000. Barrett & Company Inc. acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $42,000. Finally, Western Pacific Wealth Management LP acquired a new position in Nebius Group in the third quarter valued at about $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NBIS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Nebius Group from a "sell" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, April 11th. Compass Point initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a "peer perform" rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Monday, March 16th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $169.00 target price on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $154.75.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.20, for a total value of $3,486,898.40. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $65,075,240.80. This represents a 5.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.73, for a total transaction of $3,460,225.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 868,289 shares in the company, valued at $90,067,617.97. This represents a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 129,740 shares of company stock valued at $14,672,401 over the last quarter.

Nebius Group Stock Down 6.3%

Shares of NBIS opened at $147.16 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.06 billion, a PE ratio of -100.79 and a beta of 4.20. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $21.45 and a 1 year high of $168.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $117.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $105.84.

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

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