{"id":128353,"date":"2025-05-01T07:16:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128353"},"modified":"2025-05-01T07:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:16:35","slug":"strategy-ends-april-up-32-in-best-month-since-november-as-q1-earnings-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128353","title":{"rendered":"Strategy ends April up 32% in best month since November as Q1 earnings loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsKey takeaways:<\/p>\n<p>Strategy\u2019s stock rose 32% in April, its biggest monthly gain since November.<br \/>\nSpeculation is building that Strategy will announce a major capital raise during its Q1 earnings call on May 1 as it continues to grow its Bitcoin holdings.<br \/>\nAnalysts expect a 1% year-on-year revenue bump to $116.6 million, following the firm\u2019s $120.7 million revenues for Q4 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Saylor\u2019s Strategy closed April with its highest monthly gain since November, ahead of the firm\u2019s highly anticipated earnings call on May 1.<br \/>\nStrategy (MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, closed April 30 trading at $380.11, a 32% increase from its closing price of $288 on March 31, according to Google Finance data.<br \/>\nSpeculation mounts on \u201chuge capital raise\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nIt\u2019s Strategy&#8217;s highest monthly gain in five months, following a 59% rise over November as the value of its vast Bitcoin (BTC) holdings swelled amid a price rally that saw BTC reach $100,000 for the first time on Dec. 5, which was kicked off by Donald Trump\u2019s Nov. 5 election win.<br \/>\nSource: Mark HarveyThe recent surge in Strategy\u2019s stock price comes as the firm prepares to announce its first-quarter 2025 results after the US markets close on May 1. Saylor will host a webinar to discuss the results shortly after, at 9 pm UTC.<br \/>\nAccording to Seeking Alpha, analysts expect Strategy to report revenue of $116.6 million, reflecting a 1% year-on-year increase. The analytics firm also said that Strategy has beaten revenue estimates 25% of the time over the past two years.<br \/>\nThe estimate represents a 3.40% decline compared to the previous quarter. The firm reported $120.7 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024, marking a 3% year-on-year fall that missed analyst estimates by about $2 million.<br \/>\nStrategy reported a net loss of $670.8 million in Q4 2024 as the firm stacked an additional 218,887 Bitcoin.<br \/>\nApollo Sat&#8217;s founder Thomas Fahrer said in an April 30 X post, that \u201cMSTR will announce a huge capital raise in their earnings call tomorrow. $100B is in play.\u201d<br \/>\nRelated: Strategy added 15,355 Bitcoin for $1.42B as the price surged above $90K<br \/>\nOn March 10, Strategy announced that it had entered into a new sales agreement that would allow the firm to issue and sell shares of its 8% Series A perpetual strike preferred stock to raise funds for general corporate purposes, including potential Bitcoin acquisitions.<br \/>\nAt the time of publication, Strategy is holding 553,555 Bitcoin, worth approximately $52.57 billion, according to Saylor Tracker data.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Syz Capital partner Richard Byworth recently mulled over the idea that Strategy should take a more aggressive approach to buying Bitcoin by acquiring companies to use their cash holdings to fund purchases and do away with over-the-counter buys.<br \/>\n\u201cShould Saylor buy Bitcoin really carelessly? As in, not try and buy it through OTC desks\u2026and actually just buy it with the intention of massively ramping the price,\u201d Byworth said.<br \/>\nMagazine: TV hit Peaky Blinders to launch crypto game, FIFA Rivals on Polkadot: Web3 Gamer<br \/>\nThis article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/michael-saylor-strategy-mstr-stock-price-april-surge-earnings-call?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsKey takeaways: Strategy\u2019s stock rose 32% in April, its biggest monthly gain since November. Speculation is building that Strategy will announce a major capital raise during its Q1&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128353"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}