Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Boosts Stake in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 4.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 62,045 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,822 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $6,438,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Caldwell Trust Co purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Nicholas Wealth LLC. grew its stake in Nebius Group by 408.8% during the 1st quarter. Nicholas Wealth LLC. now owns 16,626 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,725,000 after purchasing an additional 13,358 shares in the last quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth approximately $52,000. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth approximately $216,000. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 7,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $782,000 after purchasing an additional 180 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Nebius Group Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $215.62 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 8.33, a current ratio of 8.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The business’s 50 day moving average is $219.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $144.83. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52 week low of $43.89 and a 52 week high of $299.86. The company has a market cap of $54.56 billion, a PE ratio of 69.56 and a beta of 4.10.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.77) by $0.54. The business had revenue of $399.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $375.13 million. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 EPS for the current year.

Nebius Group News Roundup

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

• Negative Sentiment: Meta’s cloud infrastructure ambitions sparked a selloff in Nebius and other AI cloud stocks, as investors worried a well-funded competitor could pressure future demand and pricing. Nebius (NBIS) Stock Plunges 17% on Meta’s Cloud Infrastructure Ambitions
• Negative Sentiment: BNP Paribas issued a fresh cautious note on Nebius and CoreWeave, adding to the pressure on AI cloud names and reinforcing fears that the sector’s valuations have gotten ahead of fundamentals. BNP Paribas Sends Fresh Message on CoreWeave and Nebius Stocks
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage around Nebius this week focused on the tension between its strong revenue growth and its expensive valuation, suggesting the stock may stay volatile as investors debate whether the growth can justify the price. AI Fears Hit Nebius Stock, But Has the Growth Thesis Changed?
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius also highlighted its AI Discovery Awards for healthcare and life sciences startups, a sign of continued product and ecosystem investment, but the announcement appears unlikely to offset the broader valuation and competition concerns. Nebius celebrates healthcare and life sciences innovators at expanded AI Discovery Awards

Insider Buying and Selling at Nebius Group

In other news, Director Elena Bunina sold 10,894 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director directly owned 10,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,228,403.64. This trade represents a 50.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CRO Marc Boroditsky sold 10,776 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $276.20, for a total transaction of $2,976,331.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 26,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,425,913.20. This trade represents a 28.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 626,887 shares of company stock worth $124,696,143.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NBIS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Citigroup increased their target price on Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. DA Davidson lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $200.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $129.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $203.25.

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.