Janus Henderson Group PLC Increases Position in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 14.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,221,553 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 416,733 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $334,263,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NBIS. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in Nebius Group by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 2,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC increased its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 1.6% in the first quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC now owns 5,008 shares of the company’s stock valued at $520,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the period. Aspen Grove Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Nebius Group by 3.7% during the first quarter. Aspen Grove Capital LLC now owns 2,522 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 3.6% during the first quarter. WPG Advisers LLC now owns 2,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the period. Finally, Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group by 20.0% during the first quarter. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. now owns 600 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Vera Rubin deployment goes live: Nebius said a Vera Rubin compute rack is operational at its Mäntsälä, Finland, facility. Investors viewed the milestone as evidence of execution and expanding AI-compute capacity. Nebius stock soars on achieving an incremental milestone
• Positive Sentiment: Broader neocloud rebound: Strong results and spending plans from major technology companies, including Microsoft, renewed confidence in demand for AI infrastructure and helped lift Nebius alongside other AI-cloud providers. Nebius stock surges as Microsoft’s cloud beat lifts neocloud sentiment
• Positive Sentiment: Potential large-customer demand: Meta could potentially spend as much as $62 billion with CoreWeave and Nebius, highlighting the scale of demand for third-party AI capacity, although the report describes a possible arrangement rather than a confirmed contract. Meta could spend $62 billion with CoreWeave and Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: Forced-selling concerns eased: Analysts argued that recent margin-related liquidation in AI stocks may have removed leveraged positions, creating room for a rebound if underlying AI infrastructure fundamentals remain intact. Buying the AI Reset
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius published its 2025 sustainability report, detailing energy, water and community initiatives as the company scales toward multiple gigawatts of compute capacity. The report provides transparency but is unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Nebius publishes 2025 Sustainability Report
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius will report second-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on August 12, giving investors a forthcoming test of growth, utilization and spending plans. Nebius announces second-quarter results date
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a risk after a substantial 12-month gain. Some analysis views the shares as reasonable on selected multiples but expensive on broader measures, raising concerns that much of the AI-growth outlook is already reflected in the stock. Nebius stock still looks reasonable despite fresh AI partnership news

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. DA Davidson cut shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday, May 18th. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 target price on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price target for the company. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $222.15.

Nebius Group Trading Up 27.1%

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $188.43 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $50.10 and a 1 year high of $299.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $225.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $159.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $47.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.78 and a beta of 4.10.

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

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value of $10,978,327.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at $193,460,317.90. This trade represents a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the insider directly owned 551,338 shares in the company, valued at approximately $129,812,532.10. This represents a 5.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170.

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.