MicroStrategy shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Monday as the software company and bitcoin buyer was set to join the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index that could further strengthen a rally in the stock.
MicroStrategy's inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 and its massive Bitcoin holdings, now the second largest globally, drive its stock's impressive performance. The company's leveraged strategy to accumulate Bitcoin increases Bitcoin per share, now at ~0.94 BTC per share, enhancing shareholder value despite traditional valuation metrics suggesting otherwise. Risks include Bitcoin price volatility and potential stock price drops below convertible bond conversion prices, which could pressure MicroStrategy's leveraged strategy.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Axon Enterprise (AXON) joined the Nasdaq 100 Index on Monday, pushing out Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Moderna (MRNA), and Illumina (ILMN), the Nasdaq said Friday.
MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares rose in premarket trading Monday after Bitcoin (BTCUSD) set a new record high above $106,000 and the company's stock secured inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index.
New names will join the Nasdaq-100. Microstrategy (MSTR) and Palantir (PLTR) will enter the index alongside Axon Enterprise (AXON) later this month.
Shares of MicroStrategy rallied Monday after the corporate bitcoin holder earned a spot in a key stock index, an apparent institutional vote of confidence in the company whose stock has been red hot amid the cryptocurrency boom.
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MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR.O), a leading software company and prominent Bitcoin holder, is set to join the Nasdaq 100 on December 23. The inclusion in the $25.7 trillion index, which tracks the largest non-financial companies, reflects its growing relevance in the tech and cryptocurrency sectors.
Aug. 11, 2020, is a day that changed the cryptocurrency market forever, for better or for worse. For technology company MicroStrategy (MSTR 4.20%) and its shareholders, it seems that it was a change for the better.
Shares of MicroStrategy were higher Monday after Nasdaq announced the bitcoin proxy will join the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index.
For many years, MicroStrategy (MSTR 4.20%) was a sleepy tech stock. Between 2010 and 2020, the data mining and analytics software provider only grew its annual revenues at a compound annual rate of 0.6%, and it struggled to stay relevant against nimbler cloud-based competitors like Salesforce.
MicroStrategy will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, the exchange operator said on Friday, following a meteoric surge in the shares of the bitcoin buyer.