Kestra Advisory Services LLC Grows Position in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 13.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 45,985 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,339 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $4,771,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 2,391.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,219,326 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,474,000 after buying an additional 3,090,103 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at $231,635,000. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at $188,496,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the third quarter worth about $238,511,000. Finally, Orbis Allan Gray Ltd raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% in the second quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $976,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. 21.90% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius announced an asset-light AI cloud model that lets infrastructure partners fund and operate data centers, which could help the company scale capacity faster while preserving cash and reducing capital intensity. Nebius (NBIS) Launches Asset Light AI Cloud Model Through Partner Data Centers
• Positive Sentiment: The new partner-driven model is being viewed as a potential catalyst for faster global growth because it could expand AI compute availability without requiring Nebius to fund every data center build itself. Nebius Unveils an Asset-Light AI Cloud Model: Key to Faster Growth?
• Positive Sentiment: Despite the selloff, bullish commentary noted that Nebius still has strong demand for AI computing power and a large contracted backlog, including a reported $1 billion Reflection AI deal that supports its long-term growth narrative. Blueprint for a Billion: Nebius Group Secures the AI Floor
• Neutral Sentiment: Several analysts and commentators argued the stock remains compelling on a long-term basis, but others say the rapid rally has made Nebius look more fairly valued, limiting near-term upside unless growth continues to accelerate. Nebius (NBIS) Stock Looks Fairly Valued As AI Cloud Expansion Draws Interest
• Negative Sentiment: Shares sold off as investors reacted to concerns about Nebius’s heavy capital expenditure plans and reported executive stock sales, which raised questions about dilution, cash needs, and execution risk. Nebius (NBIS) Stock Plummets 11% on Massive CapEx Plans and Executive Stock Sales
• Negative Sentiment: The broader “neocloud” trade weakened, and some reports linked the decline to worries that Meta’s cloud/compute expansion could intensify competition and pressure Nebius’s growth outlook. Meta Cloud Threat Sparks Nebius Stock Selloff Despite $1 Billion AI Deal

Nebius Group Stock Performance

NBIS opened at $171.77 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $228.02 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $152.74. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52-week low of $49.00 and a 52-week high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $43.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.41 and a beta of 4.10. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a net margin of 95.27% and a negative return on equity of 9.11%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on NBIS shares. Freedom Capital cut Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Wall Street Zen raised Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. DA Davidson lowered Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Wolfe Research started coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Nebius Group currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.25.

Insider Activity at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $7,974,926.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 551,338 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. This trade represents a 5.81% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170 in 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.