KBC Group NV Boosts Holdings in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

KBC Group NV boosted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 26.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 32,900 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,958 shares during the quarter. KBC Group NV’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $3,414,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. State Street Corp increased 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 valued at $269,474,000 after buying an additional 3,090,103 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth $231,635,000. Accel Leaders 3 Associates L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth $188,496,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter valued at $238,511,000. Finally, Orbis Allan Gray Ltd grew its position in shares of Nebius Group by 12.4% during the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 17,651,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $976,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NBIS has been the subject of several analyst reports. BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $255.00 price objective for the company. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Nebius Group in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Citizens Jmp upped their price target on Nebius Group from $175.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $222.15.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NBIS opened at $187.77 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $47.51 billion, a PE ratio of 60.57 and a beta of 4.10. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $50.00 and a 1 year high of $299.86. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $228.29 and a 200-day moving average price of $157.09. 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 released its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. The company had revenue of $399.00 million for 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $3,987,816.65. Following the completion of the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.87, for a total value of $2,253,641.78. Following the sale, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at $2,228,403.64. This trade represents a 50.28% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 668,405 shares of company stock valued at $140,422,170.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s 9.3% stake disclosure continues to validate Nebius as a key AI infrastructure player and has drawn fresh investor attention to the stock. Nebius Group (NBIS) Draws Nvidia Backing, Is It Still Below Fair Value?
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Nebius’ partnership momentum with NVIDIA, including validation of its first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland, reinforcing its early access to next-generation AI hardware. Nebius validates first Vera Rubin NVL72 rack in Finland days after NVDA stake
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive, with recent upgrades from Robert W. Baird and Freedom Capital helping support the stock’s longer-term AI growth narrative. Nebius Group upgraded by Robert W. Baird
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful change in the reported share count, so it does not appear to be a real driver of the stock’s move.
• Negative Sentiment: Friday’s decline was linked to a broader market rotation away from AI infrastructure stocks, pressuring Nebius alongside peers despite the recent bullish news. Why Is Nebius Stock Falling on Friday?
• Negative Sentiment: After the recent surge on NVIDIA-related headlines, some of today’s weakness may reflect profit-taking and valuation concerns following a steep multi-day move. Nebius Is Down 9% Today: How Does NBIS Compare to Other AI Cloud Stocks Like CoreWeave and Cloudflare?

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.