J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Reduces Position in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 54.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 15,174 shares of the company’s stock after selling 18,314 shares during the quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $1,270,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 1,909.1% in the 4th quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 22,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,877,000 after purchasing an additional 21,305 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the fourth quarter valued at $7,414,000. Cibc World Market Inc. grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 102.3% during the fourth quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 108,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,108,000 after purchasing an additional 55,030 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Nebius Group by 376.1% during the fourth quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 13,764 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,235,000 after purchasing an additional 10,873 shares during the period. Finally, Evolution Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth about $92,000. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of NBIS stock opened at $220.12 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $55.69 billion, a PE ratio of 71.01 and a beta of 4.03. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $43.89 and a 1 year high of $278.84. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $177.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $125.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 8.33 and a quick ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. The firm had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Nebius Group news, CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 1,509 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $416,785.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 12,672 shares in the company, valued at $3,500,006.40. The trade was a 10.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total transaction of $2,253,641.78. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,228,403.64. This represents a 50.28% 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. Insiders sold 694,898 shares of company stock valued at $130,681,379 over the last 90 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on NBIS shares. Compass Point assumed 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. Citizens Jmp raised their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. BWS Financial boosted their price objective on Nebius Group from $130.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Freedom Capital lowered Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.25.

Key Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius launched an NVIDIA-backed Physical AI Living Lab for robotics startups in the UK and Europe, adding a new growth angle and boosting sentiment around its AI platform. Nebius surges after launching NVIDIA-backed Physical AI Lab; eyes UK, European startups
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America Securities raised its price target on Nebius and reiterated a Buy rating, signaling continued Wall Street confidence in the company’s AI infrastructure demand. Nebius Group (NBIS) Receives a Buy from Bank of America Securities
• Positive Sentiment: Investors are also reacting to Nebius’s £1.7 billion UK AI infrastructure build-out, which expands capacity with new NVIDIA-powered deployments and strengthens its European growth story. Nebius expands in UK with more NVIDIA-powered infrastructure, more customers, and more cloud capabilities for agentic and enterprise AI
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful change, so it is not a major driver of the move today.
• Neutral Sentiment: A recent analyst downgrade highlights valuation concerns, but this appears secondary to the stronger positive catalysts around NVIDIA partnerships and expansion plans. Nebius: Please Don’t Push It Off The Cliff (Rating Downgrade)
• Negative Sentiment: Some recent commentary warns that Nebius’s premium valuation and ongoing dilution risks could limit upside if AI spending growth slows. Nebius Falls: Hyperscalers Are Hyperscaling

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.