Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Grows Holdings in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 6.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 282,940 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,978 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. owned about 0.11% of Nebius Group worth $78,140,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter worth $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the second quarter worth about $28,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Nebius Group by 76.0% during 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. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the 2nd quarter worth about $52,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, Director Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.53, for a total value of $13,276,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 272,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $72,365,687.49. The trade was a 15.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at $64,692,948.35. The trade was a 5.81% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 186,506 shares of company stock worth $46,264,387 over the last ninety days.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NBIS. Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Sunday. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Citizens Jmp upped their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Nebius Group has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.00.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

Shares of NBIS stock opened at $248.43 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03. Nebius Group N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $62.01 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $224.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $170.92. The company has a market capitalization of $62.86 billion, a P/E ratio of -8,278.24 and a beta of 4.23.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The firm had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.38 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism remains a support for NBIS. DA Davidson reportedly restored a previously reduced price target after a New Jersey data-center approval removed a key capacity concern, while other coverage cited targets as high as $324. DA Davidson Reverses Course on Nebius Target Cut
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius continues to benefit from strong AI-compute demand. Recent reports highlighted rising data-center pricing, capacity expansion supported by customer backlogs, and multi-billion-dollar contracts or commitments involving major technology customers. Its latest quarter also showed 454% year-over-year revenue growth and an earnings beat.
• Positive Sentiment: Soros Fund Management’s second-quarter 13F reportedly included Nebius among a group of AI-infrastructure investments, potentially reinforcing institutional interest in the sector. 5 AI Infrastructure Stocks Soros Just Bought
• Neutral Sentiment: Two directors sold shares under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans: Charles E. Ryan sold 50,000 shares for approximately $13.3 million, reducing his stake by 15.5%, while John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares for about $1.4 million, reducing his ownership by 1.26%. Both directors retained substantial positions, limiting the signal’s significance. SEC Insider Transaction Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Neocloud stocks sold off broadly as the 19-year Treasury yield reached a new high and investors questioned whether AI revenue growth can justify the sector’s heavy capital spending. Nebius was among the affected operators. Neocloud Stocks Plummet on Rising Overspend Fears
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a major risk. Analysts and commentators note that NBIS trades at an exceptionally high sales multiple despite projected annual losses, leaving the stock vulnerable if growth, pricing, or capacity expansion disappoints.
• Negative Sentiment: Investor Michael Burry has questioned the economics of AI-compute contracts, while the potential Crusoe IPO could introduce another competitor for capital and customer demand in AI data centers. Is This the Next CoreWeave or Nebius Group?

Nebius Group 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.