MicroStrategy Incorporated MSTR
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
MicroStrategy Incorporated is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Software - Application), with a market value of $63.8B, based in the USA.
It employs about 1,539 people and has been listed since Jun 11, 1998.
Strategy Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a bitcoin treasury company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers investors varying degrees of economic exposure to Bitcoin by offering a range of securities, including equity and fixed income instruments. The company also provides AI-powered enterprise analytics software, including Strategy One, which provides non-technical users with the ability to directly access novel and actionable insights for decision-making.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
The company is loss-making, so it has no P/E — we compare on price-to-sales instead.
Its price-to-sales (P/S) is 128.0 versus 14.3 for 3 direct peers — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 7% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 229.87, 44% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 28% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The company is loss-making, and its cash covers about 591 quarters at the current burn rate.
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- ⚠️ The share count grew 15% in a year — each share owns a smaller slice of the company.
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 3.6) — big daily moves both ways.
- • The stock is 56% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (15 vs 0).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 0.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
This week's news
- Bitcoin holds below $85,000 as SEC custody proposal boosts institutional outlook finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Nvidia, Tesla, Seagate, ON Semi, Strategy, HPE, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Strategy Inc (MSTR) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Bitcoin Crosses $86,000 on Fed Pause Hopes. Strategy Leads Crypto Stocks Higher. finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Premarket movers: Nike tumbles 10%, Synaptics jumps on $5.7B deal finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- ON Semi, Synaptics, Nike, Strategy, Moderna, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.