MicroStrategy, an enterprise-software company that holds more than 1% of the supply of bitcoin on its balance sheet and calls itself the largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency, said late Wednesday it plans to raise $42 billion over the next three years to buy more bitcoin.
"Our focus remains to increase value generated to our shareholders by leveraging the digital transformation of capital," Chief Executive Phong Le said in a statement.
The $42 billion of capital would be comprised of $21 billion of equity and $21 billion of debt. The plan is to use the additional capital "to buy more bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset," the company said.
Shares of MicroStrategy are up nearly 300% so far this year, eclipsing market darlings like NVIDIA Corp, up about 180%, and Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR), up around 150%.
The company's shares fell around 2% in the extended session Wednesday.
MicroStrategy posted third-quarter results as well, unveiling a net loss of $340.2 million, or $1.72 a share, compared with a net loss of $143.4 million, or $1.01 a share, in the third quarter of 2023.
FactSet consensus called for a loss of 12 cents a share.
Revenue fell 10% to $116.1 million, the company said, which was below FactSet expectations of revenue of $124.3 million.
Bitcoin's price (BTCUSD) hovered above $72,000 on Wednesday, and is up about 72% year to date.
Comments