Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS Shares Sold by Principal Financial Group Inc.

Principal Financial Group Inc. decreased its stake in Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) by 20.2% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,727 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,244 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Nebius Group were worth $1,736,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 1st quarter worth $195,000. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG increased its position in Nebius Group by 16.6% in the first quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG now owns 8,848 shares of the company’s stock worth $918,000 after buying an additional 1,261 shares during the period. Global Assets Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Nebius Group by 45.7% in the first quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC now owns 7,130 shares of the company’s stock valued at $740,000 after buying an additional 2,235 shares during the last quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Nebius Group in the first quarter valued at $223,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Nebius Group during the first quarter valued at $614,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 21.90% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Nebius Group

In other Nebius Group news, CTO Danila Shtan sold 16,937 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $3,987,816.65. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 274,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $64,692,948.35. This trade represents a 5.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total transaction of $10,978,327.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 821,662 shares in the company, valued at $193,460,317.90. This trade represents a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 668,405 shares of company stock worth $140,422,170 over the last ninety days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NBIS. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Nebius Group from $169.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Nebius Group from $126.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Nebius Group from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Freedom Capital raised Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $222.15.

Key Headlines Impacting Nebius Group

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

• Positive Sentiment: Vera Rubin deployment goes live: Nebius said a Vera Rubin compute rack is operational at its Mäntsälä, Finland, facility. Investors viewed the milestone as evidence of execution and expanding AI-compute capacity. Nebius stock soars on achieving an incremental milestone
• Positive Sentiment: Broader neocloud rebound: Strong results and spending plans from major technology companies, including Microsoft, renewed confidence in demand for AI infrastructure and helped lift Nebius alongside other AI-cloud providers. Nebius stock surges as Microsoft’s cloud beat lifts neocloud sentiment
• Positive Sentiment: Potential large-customer demand: Meta could potentially spend as much as $62 billion with CoreWeave and Nebius, highlighting the scale of demand for third-party AI capacity, although the report describes a possible arrangement rather than a confirmed contract. Meta could spend $62 billion with CoreWeave and Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: Forced-selling concerns eased: Analysts argued that recent margin-related liquidation in AI stocks may have removed leveraged positions, creating room for a rebound if underlying AI infrastructure fundamentals remain intact. Buying the AI Reset
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius published its 2025 sustainability report, detailing energy, water and community initiatives as the company scales toward multiple gigawatts of compute capacity. The report provides transparency but is unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Nebius publishes 2025 Sustainability Report
• Neutral Sentiment: Nebius will report second-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on August 12, giving investors a forthcoming test of growth, utilization and spending plans. Nebius announces second-quarter results date
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains a risk after a substantial 12-month gain. Some analysis views the shares as reasonable on selected multiples but expensive on broader measures, raising concerns that much of the AI-growth outlook is already reflected in the stock. Nebius stock still looks reasonable despite fresh AI partnership news

Nebius Group Trading Up 27.1%

NASDAQ:NBIS opened at $188.43 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a 1 year low of $50.10 and a 1 year high of $299.86. The stock has a market cap of $47.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.78 and a beta of 4.10. The business has a fifty day moving average of $225.99 and a 200-day moving average of $159.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 8.33 and a current ratio of 8.33.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.23) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.81) by $0.58. Nebius Group had a negative return on equity of 9.11% and a net margin of 95.27%.The company had revenue of $399.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.13 million. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 684.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts predict that Nebius Group N.V. will post -1.91 earnings per share for the current year.

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.