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Shares of MicroStrategy are set for 30% gains if Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>) climbs to $150,000 by the end of 2025, according to an Aug. 2 analyst report shared with Cointelegraph.
The stock could reach $2,150 per share if MicroStrategy sustains the BTC buying spree started by founder Michael Saylor in 2020, according to Benchmark fintech analyst Mark Palmer. It currently trades at around $1,450. 
“Our valuation assumes that [MicroStrategy] will continue to aggressively accumulate Bitcoin during the next 1.5 years and that Bitcoin’s price will reach $150,000” by the end of 2025, Palmer told Cointelegraph in an email. 
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-q2-earnings-reveals-bitcoin-stockpile-14-7-billion">MicroStrategy’s Q2 earnings reveals Bitcoin stockpile now $14.7B</a>
On its Aug. 1 earnings call, MicroStrategy doubled down on BTC buying by committing to a unique performance metric: Bitcoin yield. 
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Bitcoin yield measures the ratio of BTC holdings to outstanding shares and effectively sets BTC-per-share as a lodestar for corporate performance. The idea is to "demonstrate the efficacy of its bitcoin acquisition strategy and its use of intelligent leverage,” Palmer said.
“While [MicroStrategy’s] approach has had plenty of detractors, […] management has responded to criticism by pointing to the scoreboard: since the company adopted its bitcoin acquisition strategy on August 10, 2020, the company’s stock has appreciated by 1,206%,” the report said, adding that MicroStrategy greatly outperformed both BTC and stocks during that time frame. 
Benchmark’s “buy” rating is “based on a sum-of-the-parts analysis that combines (1) our estimate of the year-end 2025 value of the company’s Bitcoin holdings and (2) our estimate of the year-end 2025 value of its enterprise software business,” Palmer said. 
MicroStrategy traded down some 10% since its investor call after posting losses of $5.74 per share, driven by declining revenue in its core enterprise software business.&nbsp;
Despite the weak quarter, MicroStrategy still scooped up 12,222 BTC for $805 million — or around $65,800 per coin — financed from “cash flows, as well as proceeds from equity and debt financings,” CEO Phong Q. Le said on the call.
It now owns a stockpile of 226,500 BTC, worth around $14.7 billion at current prices. 
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/thorchain-founder-jp-thor-vampire-attack-defi/">THORChain founder and his plan to ‘vampire attack’ all of DeFi</a>

MicroStrategy stock set to gain 30% if BTC hits $150K in 2025 — Analyst

Cointelegraph

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