Capital International Ltd. CA Acquires Shares of 4,840 Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR)

Capital International Ltd. CA bought a new position in shares of Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 4,840 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,402,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System increased its stake in Strategy by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System now owns 8,991 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,604,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC increased its position in Strategy by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 1,120 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $324,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. Oder Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Strategy by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Oder Investment Management LLC now owns 1,268 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $367,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Strategy by 38.2% in the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 141 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WR Wealth Planners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Strategy by 22.6% in the fourth quarter. WR Wealth Planners LLC now owns 260 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. 59.84% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho started coverage on shares of Strategy in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $515.00 price objective on the stock. Maxim Group boosted their price target on shares of Strategy from $480.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded shares of Strategy from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $220.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on Strategy from $613.00 to $619.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on Strategy from $515.00 to $421.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Strategy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $508.09.

Insider Buying and Selling at Strategy

In other news, EVP Wei-Ming Shao sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $315.00, for a total transaction of $3,150,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 10,597 shares in the company, valued at $3,338,055. This trade represents a 48.55 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Leslie J. Rechan sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $335.90, for a total value of $5,038,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 4,970 shares in the company, valued at $1,669,423. This trade represents a 75.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have bought 8,000 shares of company stock worth $680,000 and have sold 32,998 shares worth $10,821,926. 9.16% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Strategy Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of MSTR opened at $317.20 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 0.71 and a quick ratio of 0.65. Strategy Incorporated has a 1-year low of $101.00 and a 1-year high of $543.00. The stock has a market cap of $81.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -56.31 and a beta of 3.46. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $294.28 and a 200-day simple moving average of $309.73.

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The software maker reported ($3.20) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by ($3.07). Strategy had a negative return on equity of 19.01% and a negative net margin of 251.73%.

Strategy Company Profile

Strategy Incorporated, formerly known as MicroStrategy, provides artificial intelligence-powered enterprise analytics software and services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers Strategy ONE, a platform that allows non-technical users to access novel and actionable insights for decision-making, and Strategy Cloud for Government, which provides always-on threat monitoring designed to meet the strict technical and regulatory standards of governments and financial institutions.