HighVista Strategies LLC Makes New Investment in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

HighVista Strategies LLC acquired a new position in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 5,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $584,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NBIS. NewEdge Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the first quarter worth $40,000. Western Pacific Wealth Management LP bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Grove Bank & Trust purchased a new position in Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter worth $50,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. boosted its holdings in Nebius Group by 38.5% during the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the 3rd quarter worth $56,000. Institutional investors own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Nebius signed a five‑year agreement to provide Meta with $12B of dedicated AI compute capacity and an option for up to $15B more (totaling ~ $27B), a blockbuster commercial win that materially expands contracted demand and underpins Nebius’s growth story. Nebius signs AI capacity deal with Meta
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s strategic relationship and financing (including a disclosed ~$2B investment) remains a strong catalyst — validates Nebius’s tech roadmap (Vera Rubin deployments) and eases access to hardware and engineering support. QuiverQuant analysis of Meta deal and NVIDIA tie-up
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street upgraded/raised targets: BWS Financial bumped its price target to $200 (buy) and Citi initiated coverage with a buy and $169 target — fresh analyst backing likely added momentum to the rally. Benzinga coverage of analyst moves
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad market tailwinds (equities up, oil and yields down) and heavy NBIS trading volume amplified the move, helping push the stock higher alongside sector peers. US Equity Indexes Rise After US Proposal
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional and analyst coverage has increased (multiple price targets and buy ratings, median targets well above current levels), which supports liquidity and interest but also concentrates expectations. QuiverQuant institutional and price target summary
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns: some DCF-based commentary argues the stock looks stretched after the rally, warning that the current price already prices in aggressive growth assumptions. That can raise downside risk if execution or demand slips. DCF model suggests Nebius is overvalued
• Negative Sentiment: Execution & capex risk remains: Nebius’s growth depends on large, capital‑intensive buildouts (management flagged CapEx as the key variable), so missed build schedules or higher-than-expected costs could hurt margins and cadence. Seeking Alpha: CapEx is the key variable

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a report on Monday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $169.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley started coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $126.00 price objective for the company. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Compass Point began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. They set a “buy” rating and a $150.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $157.80.

Nebius Group Trading Up 15.0%

NASDAQ NBIS opened at $129.85 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $97.83 and its 200-day moving average is $98.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 3.08 and a quick ratio of 6.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -88.94 and a beta of 4.02. Nebius Group N.V. has a one year low of $18.31 and a one year high of $141.10.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.42) by ($0.27). Nebius Group had a net margin of 19.02% and a negative return on equity of 11.70%. The company had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Equities research analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 EPS for the current year.

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.