Swedbank AB Makes New Investment in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Swedbank AB acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 52,432 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,389,000.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 73.8% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 332 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 500.0% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 360 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the third quarter worth about $54,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the third quarter worth about $56,000. Finally, Pandora Wealth Inc. acquired a new stake in Nebius Group during the third quarter worth about $56,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. BWS Financial increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Compass Point started 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Nebius Group from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. One research 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $154.75.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In related news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 31,357 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 585,209 shares in the company, valued at $65,075,240.80. This trade represents a 5.09% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,819 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.86, for a total transaction of $2,000,000.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 21,666 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,005,176.76. This trade represents a 33.30% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 146,441 shares of company stock valued at $17,672,342.

Nebius Group Stock Down 4.2%

NBIS stock opened at $177.08 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $44.59 billion, a P/E ratio of -121.28 and a beta of 4.03. The company has a current ratio of 3.08, a quick ratio of 3.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. Nebius Group N.V. has a 12 month low of $27.20 and a 12 month high of $197.89. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $125.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $107.25.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). The company had revenue of $227.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.71% and a net margin of 19.02%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -2.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Recent articles highlighted Nebius as a top AI infrastructure winner, driven by its partnership with Nvidia, a growing backlog, and expectations for monster revenue growth this year. Nvidia’s $2.2 Billion Investment in This Rapidly Growing AI Company Is Working Out Great
• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary also said Nebius has become a serious contender in AI inference and continues to benefit from a large order book, which has helped keep sentiment strong. Nebius just became a serious contender in AI inference. It’s a strong buy even at all-time highs.
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple writeups noted that Nebius has already surged significantly this year, reinforcing that momentum remains powerful but also that expectations are high. This Stock Has Soared 110% This Year, and It’s Just Getting Started
• Negative Sentiment: Director Elena Bunina disclosed a sale of 10,819 shares under a pre-arranged trading plan, which can still pressure sentiment when a stock is near all-time highs. Elena Bunina Sells 10,819 Shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) Stock
• Negative Sentiment: One recent market note warned the stock looks frothy ahead of Nebius’ May 13 earnings report, raising the risk of a “sell-the-news” reaction if results do not exceed lofty expectations. MarketBeat Week in Review – 05/04 – 05/08

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.