Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>MicroStrategy Incorporated has presented its Q3 2025 earnings, offering insights into its operations, financial status, and ongoing Bitcoin strategy.</li><li>The company has continued to solidify its position as a leading corporate Bitcoin treasury, enabling its shareholders to participate in the value creation associated with its Bitcoin holdings and innovative financial instruments.</li><li>From the earnings results, MicroStrategy reported remarkable financial performance with $3.9 billion in operating income, $2.8 billion in net income, and $8.43 in earnings per share (EPS) for Q3 2025.</li></ul>

MicroStrategy Incorporated has presented its Q3 2025 earnings, offering insights into its operations, financial status, and ongoing Bitcoin strategy.The company has continued to solidify its position as a leading corporate Bitcoin treasury, enabling its shareholders to participate in the value creation associated with its Bitcoin holdings and innovative financial instruments.From the earnings results, MicroStrategy reported remarkable financial performance with $3.9 billion in operating income, $2.8 billion in net income, and $8.43 in earnings per share (EPS) for Q3 2025.

MicroStrategy Inc.: How Its Bitcoin Hoarding Strategy & Growing Yields Are Grabbing Eyeballs!

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>In mid-September, global index provider M _ _ _ announced that they were conducting an index consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. I wrote about it <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/quiddity-index-index-consultation-on-digital-asset-treasury-cos-the-tutes-are-leaving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</li>
<li>My recommended short at the time is down 30%, despite announcing a large buyback program. Others have lost significant premium vs underlying digital assets. </li>
<li>The same index provider expanded their list of affected names on 29 Oct. And a DIFFERENT Index provider this week added DATCOs to a US Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda Wednesday.</li>
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In mid-September, global index provider M _ _ _ announced that they were conducting an index consultation on Digital Asset Treasury Cos. I wrote about it here.
My recommended short at the time is down 30%, despite announcing a large buyback program. Others have lost significant premium vs underlying digital assets. 
The same index provider expanded their list of affected names on 29 Oct. And a DIFFERENT Index provider this week added DATCOs to a US Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda Wednesday.


Index Consultation on DATCos Means MORE Selling Likely, and Another Index Questionable

<ul><li>MicroStrategy's Q2 2025 earnings report and the prevailing strategic focus provide a comprehensive picture of the company's operations, financial outcomes, and the inherent risks and opportunities.</li><li>MicroStrategy's commitment to Bitcoin as a foundational component of its strategy is evident.</li><li>By Q2 2025, the company held 628,791 Bitcoins, comprising about 3% of the world's Bitcoin supply, which underscores its dominant position in the Bitcoin Treasury space.</li></ul>

MicroStrategy's Q2 2025 earnings report and the prevailing strategic focus provide a comprehensive picture of the company's operations, financial outcomes, and the inherent risks and opportunities.MicroStrategy's commitment to Bitcoin as a foundational component of its strategy is evident.By Q2 2025, the company held 628,791 Bitcoins, comprising about 3% of the world's Bitcoin supply, which underscores its dominant position in the Bitcoin Treasury space.

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin-Backed Securities Promise High Yields–Can They Outshine Traditional Investments?

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, ORTEX

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microstrategy-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14717:1" rel="noopener">Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US)</a> became eligible for inclusion in S&amp;P500 following its quarterly earnings of $10bn on 31 July.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/robinhood-markets-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33532:1" rel="noopener">Robinhood Markets (HOOD US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microstrategy-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14717:1" rel="noopener">Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applovin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32989:1" rel="noopener">AppLovin (APP US)</a> are the main candidates for addition from TMI at the September 2025 review.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interactive-brokers-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13335:1" rel="noopener">Interactive Brokers Group, Inc (IBKR US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/emcor-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20703:1" rel="noopener">Emcor Group Inc (EME US)</a> are the main candidates for addition from MidCap at the September 2025 review.</li>
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Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US) became eligible for inclusion in S&amp;P500 following its quarterly earnings of $10bn on 31 July.

Robinhood Markets (HOOD US), Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US), and AppLovin (APP US) are the main candidates for addition from TMI at the September 2025 review.

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc (IBKR US) and Emcor Group Inc (EME US) are the main candidates for addition from MidCap at the September 2025 review.


S&P500 September 2025 Initial Forecast: MicroStrategy (MSTR) Emerges Post-Earnings

Podcast by Joe Weisenthal & Tracy Alloway, Odd Lots

Odd Lots

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<ul><li>Jim Chanos discusses Bitcoin treasury companies and their flaws on Bloomberg Audio Studios Podcasts Radio News</li><li>Companies are continuing to adopt the strategy of using treasury to buy Bitcoin</li><li>The value of companies like MicroStrategy is being inflated by the appreciation of their Bitcoin holdings</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

Jim Chanos discusses Bitcoin treasury companies and their flaws on Bloomberg Audio Studios Podcasts Radio NewsCompanies are continuing to adopt the strategy of using treasury to buy BitcoinThe value of companies like MicroStrategy is being inflated by the appreciation of their Bitcoin holdingsThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Jim Chanos on the Nuttiness of 'Bitcoin Treasury Companies'

United States

Strategy Inc operates a bitcoin treasury company. The Company offers an equity and fixed income instruments to provide investors varying degrees of economic exposure to bitcoin, as well as develops enterprise analytics software to explore improvement in bitcoin applications. Strategy serves customers worldwide.

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MicroStrategy Inc.: How Its Bitcoin Hoarding Strategy & Growing Yields Are Grabbing Eyeballs!

MicroStrategy Incorporated has presented its Q3 2025 earnings, offering insights into its operations, financial status, and ongoing Bitcoin...

Baptista Research

Index Consultation on DATCos Means MORE Selling Likely, and Another Index Questionable

Global Index Provider M updated its list of Digital Asset Treasury Cos at the end of October. Index constituents on that list are down. They could...

Travis Lundy

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin-Backed Securities Promise High Yields–Can They Outshine Traditional Investments?

MicroStrategy's Q2 2025 earnings report and the prevailing strategic focus provide a comprehensive picture of the company's operations, financial...

Baptista Research

S&P500 September 2025 Initial Forecast: MicroStrategy (MSTR) Emerges Post-Earnings

MSTR is now eligible for S&P500 inclusion after reporting $10bn in Q2 earnings on July 31, joining HOOD, IBKR, EME and APP among the top candidates...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Jim Chanos on the Nuttiness of 'Bitcoin Treasury Companies'

Jim Chanos discusses Bitcoin treasury companies and their flaws on Bloomberg Audio Studios Podcasts Radio News Companies are continuing to adopt...

Odd Lots

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