Earnings Lift Five Stocks 14%+ During Nasdaq's 5.52% Selloff
Earnings lifted five stocks 14% to 31% on Thursday as Nasdaq fell 5.52% on midterm and AI spending worries.
Strategy bought back $139 million of its preferred stock last week instead of adding bitcoin. It still holds 845,050 BTC.
Strategy once again refrained from purchasing bitcoin during the past week. The Nasdaq-listed firm reported it bought $139 million of its STRC preferred shares instead.
According to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company repurchased 1.42 million STRC preferred shares for roughly $139.3 million from September 8 through September 13.
Strategy continues to hold 845,050 bitcoin valued at $66.2 billion at current prices. It also maintains two cash reserves: USD Reserve with $5.1 billion and USD Cash with $1.3 billion.
Strategy has repurchased $139M of $STRC. As of 9/13/26, we hold 845,050 $BTC and $6.4B of USD Assets. $MSTRhttps://t.co/awLZ666Nuq
— Strategy (@Strategy) September 14, 2026
The largest corporate bitcoin holder, Strategy, changed its approach this year, moving away from consistent bitcoin purchases to stock buybacks and building up cash reserves.
At times, Strategy has sold small amounts of its bitcoin holdings, even though founder Michael Saylor has famously advised to "never sell your bitcoin."
Following a ten-week pause, the company resumed bitcoin purchases in the last week of August, acquiring close to $370 million of the top digital asset.
No further bitcoin acquisitions have occurred since then.
Strategy's Nasdaq-listed shares (MSTR) traded 3% higher on Monday. The stock has fallen more than 75% from its November 2024 record high, reached one month before bitcoin surpassed the long-anticipated $100,000 level.
Strategy, previously known as MicroStrategy, is an enterprise software firm that shifted to accumulating and holding bitcoin in 2020.
Initially, it acquired bitcoin to safeguard shareholders against inflation, but since then it has aggressively accumulated the asset and transformed into a bitcoin treasury company.
The company has justified its recent bitcoin sales. CEO Phong Le stated that the firm now possesses a "bullet-proof balance sheet."
In its July quarterly earnings, Strategy reported an $8.22 billion loss. However, Le reassured investors that the paper loss was not a concern.
"We're the J.P. Morgan of the crypto economy, so whether we sell 1,000 bitcoin out of 840,000 to me is irrelevant to the conversation," Le said in a subsequent interview.
Share to
Disclaimer: this article comes from third-party media and is provided for reference only. It does not constitute investment advice. Crypto and other financial products carry significant price volatility risk, so please make your own decisions carefully.
Earnings lifted five stocks 14% to 31% on Thursday as Nasdaq fell 5.52% on midterm and AI spending worries.
The Nasdaq 100 fell 6.36% on Thursday, its worst day since 2020, as a broad selloff hit AI and chip stocks.
A broad market selloff on Thursday sent the Nasdaq 100 plunging 6.36%, while crude rebounded and gold gained on falling Treasury yields.
The Magnificent 7 stocks all declined as U.S. indices fell sharply, with Nvidia and Tesla dropping most. Apple and Alphabet showed relative strength.