KBC Group NV Increases Stock Holdings in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

KBC Group NV increased its holdings in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 46.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 48,189 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 15,289 shares during the period. KBC Group NV’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $13,308,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NBIS. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter worth $28,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at $28,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB boosted its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 95.7% during the second quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 229 shares of the company’s stock valued at $63,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its position in Nebius Group by 62.5% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

Nebius Group stock opened at $277.58 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a 12-month low of $62.01 and a 12-month high of $299.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 4.03 and a quick ratio of 8.33. The company has a market capitalization of $70.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9,249.58 and a beta of 4.23. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $222.53 and its 200 day moving average price is $168.13.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted 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. The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 4.55% and a negative return on equity of 6.03%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.38 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Exceptional quarterly growth: Nebius reported revenue of $582.3 million, up 454% year over year, while adjusted EBITDA reached $236 million and annualized revenue run rate approached $3 billion. Its AI Cloud segment grew 514%, exceeding many investor expectations. Nebius Group Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights
• Positive Sentiment: Large contracts and expanding capacity: Four AI infrastructure contracts reportedly exceed $1 billion in total value, helping push the contracted power target to 5 gigawatts and supporting a backlog of more than $40 billion. Investors see this as improving multiyear revenue visibility. Nebius Is Up After Multi-Billion AI Cloud Wins
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism: Citigroup raised its target to $324 and maintained a buy rating, while Bank of America lifted its target to $310 and Robert W. Baird raised its target to $340 with an outperform rating. Northland Securities also reiterated its buy rating. Northland Securities Reiterates Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: UK expansion and trading momentum: Nebius is deploying NVIDIA-powered infrastructure at Vantage Data Centers’ Newport, Wales campus, expanding access to domestic UK AI compute. A reported “Power Inflow” order-flow signal also attracted momentum traders. Vantage and Nebius Expand UK AI Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Execution remains central: A capacity auction cleared above prior pricing records, and customer prepayments may fund a substantial portion of planned capital expenditures. These developments improve funding flexibility but increase expectations for timely capacity delivery and sustained premium pricing. Nebius Q3 Auction Broke Its Price Ceiling
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and balance-sheet risks: Critics argue that Nebius is priced for very strong execution, while debt, asset depreciation and capital intensity could pressure long-term returns. Michael Burry’s reported short position and DA Davidson’s $175 neutral target add a bearish counterpoint. The Neoclouds Are a Trade, Not an Investment

Analyst Ratings Changes

NBIS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $250.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Freedom Capital raised Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Monday, August 3rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Northland Securities increased their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $248.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $226.00.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. The trade was a 5.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total transaction of $1,472,121.48. Following the sale, the director owned 378,665 shares in the company, valued at approximately $95,912,057.85. This trade represents a 1.51% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 136,310 shares of company stock worth $32,569,613 over the last quarter.

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.