Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd raised its position in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS – Free Report) by 5,938.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,022 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,707 shares during the period. Nebius Group accounts for about 1.5% of Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $2,136,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NBIS. Fred Alger Management LLC raised its position in shares of Nebius Group by 33.4% during the third quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 10,132,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,137,551,000 after acquiring an additional 2,536,832 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new position in Nebius Group in the third quarter valued at about $238,511,000. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd increased its position in 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 purchasing an additional 1,949,708 shares during the period. Clear Street Group Inc. bought a new stake in Nebius Group during the 3rd quarter worth about $202,168,000. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in Nebius Group by 55.7% during the 3rd quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. now owns 4,607,497 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,648,497 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on NBIS. DA Davidson raised their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Compass Point began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $150.00 price objective on the stock. Freedom Capital raised shares of Nebius Group to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Citizens Jmp assumed coverage on Nebius Group in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. They issued a “market outperform” rating and a $175.00 price target on the stock. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $157.80.
Nebius Group Stock Down 10.4%
Shares of NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $116.33 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $98.15 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $99.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 6.57 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company has a market capitalization of $29.29 billion, a PE ratio of -79.68 and a beta of 4.02. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52 week low of $18.31 and a 52 week high of $141.10.
Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by ($0.27). Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 11.70% and a net margin of 19.02%.The firm had revenue of $227.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.05 million. Analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.1 earnings per share for the current year.
Key Stories Impacting Nebius Group
Here are the key news stories impacting Nebius Group this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Landmark Meta agreement provides multi‑year revenue visibility — Nebius landed a five‑year AI capacity deal with Meta that includes $12B of dedicated capacity and up to ~$27B total over the contract term, materially boosting contracted demand and long‑term revenue potential. Reuters: Nebius signs AI capacity deal with Meta
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic tie‑ups with NVIDIA expand tech and capital support — Nebius announced deeper collaboration with NVIDIA (including factory‑supported Vera Rubin deployments and earlier NVIDIA investment), improving access to next‑gen GPUs needed to fulfill large contracts. BusinessWire: Nebius Teams With NVIDIA
- Positive Sentiment: Enterprise security partnership supports customer adoption — A global partnership with CrowdStrike to bring Falcon security to Nebius AI Cloud strengthens enterprise readiness and reduces buyer friction for large AI workloads. BusinessWire: CrowdStrike and Nebius Partner
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher price targets underpin positive sentiment but reflect lofty expectations — Several firms have initiated or raised targets (some as high as ~$200), signaling bullish consensus yet increasing sensitivity to execution. TickerReport/Benzinga: Price target raises
- Neutral Sentiment: Debt profile is large but maturities and management narrative temper immediate solvency fears — MarketBeat notes total debt remains manageable vs. equity and that near‑term maturities are limited, though new financing is planned. That keeps outcomes outcome‑dependent on execution and cash flow. MarketBeat: The Silver Lining to Nebius Debt Cloud
- Negative Sentiment: Convertible note offering spooked investors — Nebius announced a proposed $3.75B private offering of convertible senior notes; markets reacted to potential dilution, higher leverage and the terms of the raise, prompting a pullback in the stock. BusinessWire: Nebius announces $3.75B convertible offering
- Negative Sentiment: Analysts/writers flag increased risk — Coverage noted the bond offering raises execution and financing risk; some sell‑side commentary (and Barron’s coverage) called the name a higher‑risk buy given leverage and the pace of capex. Barron’s: Nebius Falls on Bond Offering
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.
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