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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>MicroStrategy Inc's fourth quarter 2023 earnings point towards a strong performance from being the world's largest corporate holder of bitcoin, possessing 190,000 bitcoins with a market value of $8.1 billion.</li><li>Over 2023, the company added another 56,650 bitcoins to its portfolio costing $1.9 billion, making the company's bitcoin strategy a long-term focus.</li><li>Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.</li></ul>

MicroStrategy Inc's fourth quarter 2023 earnings point towards a strong performance from being the world's largest corporate holder of bitcoin, possessing 190,000 bitcoins with a market value of $8.1 billion.Over 2023, the company added another 56,650 bitcoins to its portfolio costing $1.9 billion, making the company's bitcoin strategy a long-term focus.Baptista Research looks to evaluate the different factors that could influence the company's price in the near future and attempts to carry out an independent valuation of the company using a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) methodology.

MicroStrategy: Is Its Bitcoin Strategy Changing The Game? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on MicroStrategy, a company at the forefront of enterprise analytics software.</li><li>In the third quarter of 2023, the company revealed notable developments in both its primary software ventures and its strategic Bitcoin investments.</li><li>The overall revenue for this period reached $129.5 million, marking a 3% year-over year increase, with a significant 16% rise in software license revenues, totaling $45 million.</li></ul>

This is our first report on MicroStrategy, a company at the forefront of enterprise analytics software.In the third quarter of 2023, the company revealed notable developments in both its primary software ventures and its strategic Bitcoin investments.The overall revenue for this period reached $129.5 million, marking a 3% year-over year increase, with a significant 16% rise in software license revenues, totaling $45 million.

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Concise Playbook for the Week, Global Markets Playbook

Kevin George

Concise Playbook for the Week

Global Markets Playbook

I am an active trader in stocks, FX and commodities with over 15 years' market experience. I hold a master's degree in finance and have developed a strong skill base in technical analysis. 

Alongside technical setups I will provide earnings analysis, company valuation analysis and macroeconomic studies for the key market releases.

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<li>MicroStrategy is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of up to 75%, making it an unwise investment for Bitcoin exposure.</li>
<li>Analyst at TD Cohen makes a bullish call on MicroStrategy as a Bitcoin play, but author disagrees.</li>
<li>MicroStrategy (<span class="ticker-hover-wrapper">NASDAQ:MSTR</span>) is set to release its second quarter earnings.</li>
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MicroStrategy is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of up to 75%, making it an unwise investment for Bitcoin exposure.
Analyst at TD Cohen makes a bullish call on MicroStrategy as a Bitcoin play, but author disagrees.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) is set to release its second quarter earnings.


MicroStrategy: A Dilutive Share Issue Or Bitcoin Sale May Be Due

Technical Analysis / Chartered Market Technician, The Markets Academy

David Coloretti, CMT

Technical Analysis / Chartered Market Technician

The Markets Academy

TMA implements 2 strategies. 1) Tactical ... Trend Sustainability Score (TSS) allows TMA to identify exhaustion / reversal points in interim trends by utilising our proprietary analysis of ST momentum indicators. 2) Medium Term ... our 3 Pillars approach to technical analysis allows TMA to determine high probability medium term outcomes in markets.

Technical Analysis

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<li>TSS or "Trend Sustainability Score" is our proprietary momentum based tactical methodology. TSS has a proven record of identifying the exhaustion points in interim trends. </li>
<li>On 17 February 2023 TSS identified exhaustion in the MSTR US uptrend and targeted a minimum 10% reversal in 1-2 weeks.</li>
<li>On 24 February 2023 MSTR US completed a 12.4% reversal from 284.03 to 248.87.</li>
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TSS or "Trend Sustainability Score" is our proprietary momentum based tactical methodology. TSS has a proven record of identifying the exhaustion points in interim trends. 
On 17 February 2023 TSS identified exhaustion in the MSTR US uptrend and targeted a minimum 10% reversal in 1-2 weeks.
On 24 February 2023 MSTR US completed a 12.4% reversal from 284.03 to 248.87.


MicroStrategy Inc (MSTR US): 12.4% Profit Target Achieved in 5 Days

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<li>MSTR US has rallied strongly in 2023 (+138%), peaking at a new 6 month high of 315.00 on 16 February 2023.</li>
<li>The 315.00 peak was plagued by extreme ST momentum failure and new highs were quick to fail and reverse.</li>
<li>Our TSS methodology triggered a TSS &lt; 10 at the high and justifies a further 10-13% decline in the coming 1-2 weeks.</li>
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MSTR US has rallied strongly in 2023 (+138%), peaking at a new 6 month high of 315.00 on 16 February 2023.
The 315.00 peak was plagued by extreme ST momentum failure and new highs were quick to fail and reverse.
Our TSS methodology triggered a TSS &lt; 10 at the high and justifies a further 10-13% decline in the coming 1-2 weeks.


MicroStrategy Inc (MSTR US): TSS < 10 - Target Tactical 10-13% Decline

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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30+ years as a technical analyst and a razor sharp focus on momentum confirmation delivered TMA a 75% unleveraged return on our 7 Smartkarma...

David Coloretti, CMT

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