Nutanix $NTNX Shares Sold by Perpetual Ltd

Perpetual Ltd lessened its stake in shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) by 12.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 441,743 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 63,748 shares during the quarter. Perpetual Ltd owned about 0.16% of Nutanix worth $22,834,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in Nutanix by 3,122.7% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 709 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 687 shares during the period. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new stake in shares of Nutanix in the 3rd quarter worth $68,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB lifted its stake in shares of Nutanix by 135.3% in the 3rd quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 1,059 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $79,000 after acquiring an additional 609 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Nutanix by 31.2% in the third quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,223 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $94,000 after acquiring an additional 291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Nutanix by 18.2% in the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,453 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $111,000 after acquiring an additional 224 shares in the last quarter. 85.25% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently issued reports on NTNX. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Nutanix from $75.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 9th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on Nutanix from $62.00 to $56.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Bank of America dropped their target price on Nutanix from $75.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group increased their target price on Nutanix from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Nutanix from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nutanix currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $62.27.

Key Nutanix News

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutanix this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rosenblatt initiation: Rosenblatt started coverage on Nutanix with a Strong‑Buy/Buy call and a $60 target (roughly ~46% upside from recent levels), which triggered intraday buying and raised visibility among institutional and retail investors. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wide media pickup: Multiple outlets (MSN, Benzinga, Globe & Mail) amplified the Rosenblatt call, increasing short‑term momentum and liquidity as traders respond to the new analyst coverage. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst consensus: Coverage shows a moderate buy consensus overall, so while Rosenblatt is bullish, the analyst community is mixed-to-cautiously positive rather than uniformly aggressive — limiting how sustained the rally may be without follow‑through fundamental news. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation re‑assessment: Coverage from Yahoo and other outlets is prompting investors to recheck Nutanix’s valuation versus revenue and profitability metrics; this creates short‑term debate that can amplify volatility. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Longer‑term weakness and technicals: Despite the upgrade, Nutanix has been well off its highs (notable one‑year declines and a 200‑day moving average well above the current price), which leaves the stock vulnerable to profit‑taking unless fundamental momentum improves. Article Title

Nutanix Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NTNX opened at $41.10 on Friday. Nutanix has a 52 week low of $35.39 and a 52 week high of $83.36. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $39.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $53.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.40 and a beta of 0.52.

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The technology company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.12. Nutanix had a net margin of 9.95% and a negative return on equity of 37.41%. The company had revenue of $722.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $709.83 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.47 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Nutanix will post 0.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Nutanix

Nutanix, Inc is an enterprise cloud computing company that develops software to simplify the deployment and management of datacenter infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is best known for pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), an approach that integrates compute, storage and virtualization into a single software-defined platform aimed at reducing complexity and operational overhead in private and hybrid cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio centers on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which includes its core AOS software for HCI, Prism for infrastructure management and automation, and a suite of additional services such as Calm for application automation, Files and Volumes for file and block services, Karbon for Kubernetes orchestration, and Era for database management.