Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Buys New Stake in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 14,003 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,867,000.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NBIS. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Nebius Group in the second quarter valued at about $25,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its position in Nebius Group by 62.5% during the 1st quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 260 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Nebius Group Trading Up 3.2%

Shares of NASDAQ NBIS opened at $210.63 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 4.03, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $212.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $181.46. Nebius Group N.V. has a 52-week low of $63.26 and a 52-week high of $299.86. The stock has a market capitalization of $53.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -7,018.66 and a beta of 4.23.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.67) by $0.55. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 6.03% and a net margin of 4.55%.The company had revenue of $582.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $567.91 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.38 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 454% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nebius Group News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Technical analysis cited by Barron’s suggests NBIS could find support near current levels and potentially gain nearly 50% by year-end if bullish chart patterns hold. This provides a near-term trading catalyst, though it is not based on fundamentals. Why Nebius Group Should Find a Floor at Current Levels
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius’s increase in its year-end contracted power target from more than 3 gigawatts to 5 gigawatts highlights faster capacity expansion and stronger demand for its AI-cloud services. Higher contract values per megawatt could improve the revenue potential of the build-out. How Nebius’s AI Data Center Power Surge Could Reshape Investors
• Positive Sentiment: NBIS was included in articles highlighting AI stocks to watch, keeping investor attention focused on the company’s exposure to the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market. Nebius Group and 2 Top AI Stocks to Watch
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius plans to participate in upcoming investor conferences, giving management an opportunity to discuss customer agreements, capacity growth, pricing and financial targets. Nebius to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary argues that the economics may not justify Nebius’s valuation, particularly given its substantial planned capital spending, ongoing losses and reliance on long-term infrastructure commitments. Nebius: The Math Doesn’t Work
• Negative Sentiment: Articles warn that neocloud providers are taking on significant debt to fund data-center construction, raising circular-financing and balance-sheet risks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also cautioned about “unsustainable silliness” among new AI-cloud companies claiming massive future computing capacity, adding to concerns about oversupply and competition. Should CoreWeave and Nebius Group Investors Be Worried About Circular Financing? Sam Altman Sees Unsustainable Silliness in AI Compute Spending
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares for approximately $92,120, reducing her direct holdings by 3.71%. The transaction is small relative to her remaining stake but may modestly affect sentiment. SEC Insider Transaction Filing

Insider Activity

In other Nebius Group news, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,812 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $253.29, for a total transaction of $1,472,121.48. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 378,665 shares in the company, valued at $95,912,057.85. The trade was a 1.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Andrey Korolenko sold 33,871 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 $129,812,532.10. This trade represents a 5.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 159,013 shares of company stock valued at $39,216,975 over the last three months.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have issued reports on NBIS shares. Freedom Capital raised shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 16th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $278.00 to $324.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 14th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Nebius Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.00.

About Nebius Group

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.