MicroStrategy IncorporatedStock and preferred stocks plunge, market value wiped out, dividend sustainability concerns due to Bitcoin holdings generating no cash return.

Peter Schiff warned that Strategy has no easy way out as its stock and preferred stocks continue to plummet. He highlighted that the preferred stock STRC, which carries an 11% dividend yield, has suffered a sharp decline, along with other preferred stocks STRD, STRK, and STRF, as investors worry about dividend sustainability since Strategy's Bitcoin holdings generate no cash return. Schiff argued that selling Bitcoin would be dangerous because it could trigger a steeper decline, noting that Bitcoin fell below $60,000 after the company sold just 32 coins earlier this month, and that even pausing Bitcoin purchases would put further downward pressure on the cryptocurrency. He also warned that Strategy's collapse would have more severe consequences for the cryptocurrency industry than FTX's downfall in 2022, when FTX customers lost more than $9 billion and the cryptocurrency market shed more than $200 billion in value. Despite the stock plunging from $540 in November 2024 to $82, wiping out over $100 billion in market value, Michael Saylor hinted at further Bitcoin purchases, with Strategy now holding 847,363 coins worth over $50.4 billion but acquired at a total cost of about $64 billion, leaving billions in unrealized losses.
MicroStrategy IncorporatedStock and preferred stocks plunge, market value wiped out, dividend sustainability concerns due to Bitcoin holdings generating no cash return.