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Is Strategy (MSTR) Cheap As Its $544.5 Million Stock Sale Lifts Cash To $3.75b?

Simply Wall St · 2d ago

Strategy (MSTR) has drawn fresh attention after selling about $544.5 million of common stock, lifting cash reserves to roughly $3.75b while keeping its Bitcoin holdings steady and extending a five week buying pause.

See our latest analysis for Strategy.

Strategy’s latest move to raise equity and pause Bitcoin buying comes alongside a 1 day share price return of 7.61%, yet the stock is still down 37.23% year to date and the 1 year total shareholder return has declined 75.57%. The 3 year total shareholder return remains firmly positive at 125.29%.

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Strategy now looks like a solid Bitcoin operating platform with growing software revenue and a much larger cash cushion. However, after this latest equity raise and a volatile share price record, is the stock itself sensibly priced today?

Price to Book Ratio of 1x: Is it justified?

With Strategy last closing at $98.65, the stock is trading on a P/B of 1x, which screens as low against both its software peers and the broader US software industry.

The P/B ratio compares a company’s market value to its book value, which is essentially net assets on the balance sheet. For a business like Strategy that is currently unprofitable and runs both a Bitcoin treasury operation and a software platform, P/B can be a useful cross check on how much investors are paying for each dollar of net assets.

Here, the P/B of 1x sits well below the US software industry average of 2.9x and also below the peer group average of 7.5x. That gap suggests the market is assigning a much lower valuation to Strategy’s balance sheet and underlying assets than to many comparable software stocks, despite forecasts that earnings could grow and move into profitability in the coming years.

Given this wide discount to both the industry and peer averages, the market appears to be pricing in a cautious view on Strategy’s future returns relative to other software companies, even though the current P/B level would usually be associated with a more asset backed profile.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Result: Price to Book Ratio of 1x (UNDERVALUED)

However, the strategy still carries clear risks, including heavy reliance on Bitcoin sentiment and a recent net income loss of $12,773.698m despite modest 2.6% revenue growth.

Find out about the key risks to this Strategy narrative.

Next Steps

Given the mixed picture around Strategy, it makes sense to look at the underlying data yourself and not just the headline ratios. To see how the current trade off between concerns and potential upside stacks up in one place, start by reviewing the 1 key reward and 2 important warning signs

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.