MicroStrategy Stock Soaring – Key Factors Behind Today's Surge

This afternoon we watched MicroStrategy rise 9.8% to a price of $358.43 per share. The Large-Cap Software company is now trading -30.9% below its average target price of $518.68. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $212.11 to $650.0 per share for MicroStrategy, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

MicroStrategy has an elevated short interest of 10.9%. The stock's short ratio, or the number of days needed for all shorts to cover their positions, is 0.63. At 0.2%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation. MicroStrategy's rate of institutional ownership is 42.4%, which indicates a decent level of confidence in the stock. Based on these factors, Market Inference considers MicroStrategy to be the target of mixed market sentiment.

Institutions Invested in MicroStrategy

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-09-30 Capital International Investors 8% 17,528,145 $6,282,560,462
2024-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 8% 17,452,753 $6,255,537,933
2024-09-30 Morgan Stanley 4% 9,595,008 $3,439,109,951
2024-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 4% 9,477,584 $3,397,022,018
2024-09-30 State Street Corporation 2% 3,322,631 $1,190,920,667
2024-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1% 2,766,283 $991,510,522
2024-09-30 Susquehanna International Group, LLP 1% 2,754,659 $987,344,166
2024-06-30 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 1,578,900 $565,920,393
2024-09-30 Clear Street Derivatives LLC 1% 1,307,134 $468,512,120
2024-09-30 Jane Street Group, LLC 0% 1,055,191 $378,208,946
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