Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS Stake Trimmed by Investment House LLC

Key Points

• Investment House LLC reduced its Nebius Group stake by 28.5% in the third quarter, selling 59,735 shares and retaining 149,913 shares worth approximately $35.4 million. Institutional investors collectively own 21.9% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment remains broadly positive, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average price target of $243.25, although targets range widely and Weiss Ratings downgraded the stock to “sell.”
• Insider selling has outweighed buying recently: executives sold 158,490 shares worth $38.1 million over 90 days. Nebius reported stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue of $582.3 million, up 454% year over year, but remains unprofitable and its shares were trading at $159.17, down 7.2%.

Investment House LLC cut its position in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS - Free Report) by 28.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 149,913 shares of the company's stock after selling 59,735 shares during the quarter. Nebius Group makes up about 1.6% of Investment House LLC's holdings, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Investment House LLC owned approximately 0.06% of Nebius Group worth $35,361,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Confluence Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Nebius Group by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Confluence Investment Management LLC now owns 2,475 shares of the company's stock worth $684,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Eastern Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 66.3% during the 3rd quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 158 shares of the company's stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Jasper Ridge Partners L.P. now owns 16,132 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,455,000 after buying an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC boosted its position in Nebius Group by 18.8% during the second quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC now owns 475 shares of the company's stock valued at $131,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 76.0% in the second quarter. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC now owns 176 shares of the company's stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during 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 equities analysts recently commented on the company. Citigroup upped their target price on Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 14th. DA Davidson restated a "neutral" rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $260.00 to $399.00 in a report on Thursday, September 24th. Truist Financial raised shares of Nebius Group to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a "hold (c-)" rating to a "sell (d+)" rating in a report on Thursday, October 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $243.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 29,090 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.16, for a total transaction of $6,811,714.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 522,248 shares in the company, valued at approximately $122,289,591.68. This represents a 5.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 14,546 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $234.16, for a total transaction of $3,406,091.36. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 260,217 shares of the company's stock, valued at $60,932,412.72. The trade was a 5.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders bought 595 shares of company stock worth $100,030 and sold 158,490 shares worth $38,111,200.

Nebius Group Stock Down 7.2%

Shares of NBIS stock opened at $159.17 on Friday. 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 N.V. has a 12 month low of $73.52 and a 12 month high of $299.86. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $219.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $209.22.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.91 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.38 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.48 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius continues to point to strong AI-compute demand. Its chief revenue officer said pricing is rising faster than expected, while SpaceX executives indicated that new AI-compute deployments can achieve payback in less than a year. These comments support the potential economics of Nebius’ expansion. Investors question neocloud business model
• Positive Sentiment: The company launched public live spot pricing for GPU compute, improving customer cost transparency and potentially making its NVIDIA-powered cloud more accessible to customers with flexible demand. Nebius also expanded AI collaborations involving NVIDIA and robotics deployments. Nebius brings GPU compute pricing into the open
• Positive Sentiment: Director Arne Grimme purchased 148 shares for approximately $24,855 on October 21, following similar purchases earlier in the week. The trades were made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, so they are a modest rather than decisive confidence signal. SEC insider purchase filing
• Neutral Sentiment: The broader neocloud sell-off has so far remained largely contained within AI infrastructure stocks and has not materially spread to wider equity or credit markets. That limits systemic risk, but does not remove pressure on highly valued operators.
• Negative Sentiment: Credit-market stress at CoreWeave is weighing on the entire sector. Its bonds have entered distressed territory, and credit-default swaps reportedly exceeded 1,000 basis points. Investors fear similar debt and capacity risks could affect Nebius, even though the companies have different financial profiles. CoreWeave and Nebius stocks are crashing
• Negative Sentiment: Piper Sandler lowered its Nebius price target from $237 to $185 and assigned a neutral rating, reflecting increased caution over valuation and financing. Nebius also remains unprofitable, with analysts expecting a loss for the current year, making successful execution of its capital expansion especially important. Piper Sandler cuts Nebius target

Nebius Group Profile

Nebius Group N.V. is a technology company focused on providing cloud infrastructure and services for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. Through its Nebius AI division, the company offers access to high-performance computing, graphics processing units (GPUs), storage, networking, and related tools designed to help businesses and developers train, deploy, and operate AI models.

The company also operates or supports other technology businesses, including Toloka, an AI data and evaluation platform; TripleTen, an online education provider focused on technology careers; and Avride, a developer of autonomous driving and delivery technologies.

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