William John Sempolinski Makes New $1.13 Million Investment in Nebius Group N.V. $NBIS

William John Sempolinski purchased a new stake in shares of Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ:NBIS) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 4,093 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,130,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust purchased a new position in shares of Nebius Group in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. SHP Wealth Management bought a new position in Nebius Group during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC grew 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 during the last quarter. 21.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Arkadiy Volozh sold 46,627 shares of Nebius Group stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.45, for a total value 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. The trade was a 5.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director John Wilson Iv Boynton sold 5,296 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.99, for a total transaction of $1,435,163.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 415,844 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $112,689,565.56. This trade represents a 1.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 159,013 shares of company stock valued at $39,216,975 over the last three months.

More Nebius Group News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital opened a position in Nebius during the second quarter, making NBIS the fund’s largest holding. The investment adds credibility to the AI infrastructure story and may encourage other investors to reassess the company’s growth prospects. Billionaire Stephen Mandel’s Top 2 AI Stock Picks
• Positive Sentiment: Nebius is targeting major 2027 expansion, supported by multibillion-dollar AI-cloud agreements, premium pricing and increased data-center capacity. The company’s year-end contracted power target reportedly rose from more than 3 gigawatts to 5 gigawatts, strengthening the potential revenue base if that capacity is deployed successfully. Will Nebius Group’s Mega AI Deals Power Its 2027 Growth Story?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage points to technical upside and continued investor interest in Nebius as a leading AI infrastructure stock. Its latest quarterly results also showed revenue growth of 454% year over year and an earnings loss narrower than analysts expected, supporting the growth narrative. Why Nebius Group Should Find a Floor at Current Levels
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentators continue comparing Nebius with CoreWeave and other “neocloud” providers. The comparisons highlight strong AI-compute demand but also raise questions about pricing, competitive differentiation and how much future growth is already reflected in NBIS’s valuation. Sam Altman Sees Unsustainable Silliness in AI Compute Spending
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish analysis warns that the economics may not justify the stock’s valuation, particularly as Nebius and peers take on significant debt to fund data-center construction. Planned capital spending, customer concentration and the risk of excess AI capacity remain material risks. Nebius: The Math Doesn’t Work
• Negative Sentiment: CFO Sanchez Maria Del Dado Alonso sold 470 shares for approximately $92,120, reducing her direct stake by 3.71%. The relatively small transaction is unlikely to alter fundamentals but could modestly weigh on sentiment. CFO Sells Nebius Group Shares

Nebius Group Trading Up 7.5%

NASDAQ NBIS opened at $226.39 on Friday. Nebius Group N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $63.26 and a fifty-two week high of $299.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 4.03 and a current ratio of 4.03. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $212.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $181.77. The stock has a market cap of $57.28 billion, a P/E ratio of -7,543.82 and a beta of 4.23.

Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $582.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $567.91 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.38 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 454% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts forecast that Nebius Group N.V. will post -3.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NBIS has been the topic of a number of 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 target on the stock. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Freedom Capital upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of Nebius Group in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $224.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nebius Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Sunday, August 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.