Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. Buys 35,227 Shares of Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Key Points

• Newbridge Financial increased its stake in Nebius by 1,092.6% in Q4, buying 35,227 shares to hold 38,451 shares worth about $3.22 million at quarter-end.
• Research firms have largely bullish views—multiple buy ratings and raised targets (e.g., BWS/DA Davidson to $200, Citi $169, BofA $150)—with a MarketBeat consensus of "Moderate Buy" and a $157.09 average target.
• Nebius missed Q4 estimates (EPS -$0.69 vs. -$0.42 expected; revenue $227.7M vs. $246.1M expected) and insiders have sold heavily, totaling 73,823 shares (~$7.46M) over the past 90 days, including the CEO's sale of 33,358 shares.

Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS - Free Report) by 1,092.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 38,451 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 35,227 shares during the period. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc.'s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $3,219,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 73.8% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 500.0% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 360 shares of the company's stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Western Pacific Wealth Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, Grove Bank & Trust bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the third quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on NBIS. BWS Financial lifted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. They set a "buy" rating and a $169.00 price objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Nebius Group from a "hold (c-)" rating to a "sell (d+)" rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a "buy" rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $157.09.

Nebius Group Price Performance

NASDAQ NBIS opened at $112.54 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -77.08 and a beta of 4.20. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. Nebius Group N.V. has a 12-month low of $18.31 and a 12-month high of $141.10. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $100.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $102.08.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. Analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 33,358 shares of the business's stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 868,289 shares of the company's stock, valued at $90,067,617.97. The trade was a 3.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 26,976 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.78, for a total transaction of $2,664,689.28. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 616,566 shares in the company, valued at $60,904,389.48. This trade represents a 4.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 73,823 shares of company stock valued at $7,457,358 over the last ninety days.

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.

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