MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR – Get Free Report)’s share price traded up 6.1% on Tuesday after Barclays raised their price target on the stock from $225.00 to $275.00. Barclays currently has an overweight rating on the stock. MicroStrategy traded as high as $243.46 and last traded at $236.66. 7,335,279 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 56% from the average session volume of 16,572,816 shares. The stock had previously closed at $222.99.
Several other research firms have also issued reports on MSTR. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on MicroStrategy in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $194.00 target price for the company. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price objective on MicroStrategy from $173.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. BTIG Research lifted their target price on MicroStrategy from $180.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Maxim Group increased their price target on shares of MicroStrategy from $193.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price objective on shares of MicroStrategy from $2,890.00 to $290.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MicroStrategy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $271.13.
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Insider Buying and Selling at MicroStrategy
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC bought a new stake in shares of MicroStrategy during the first quarter valued at about $58,000. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in MicroStrategy during the first quarter valued at approximately $377,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its holdings in MicroStrategy by 16.8% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 3,219 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,487,000 after acquiring an additional 464 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC purchased a new stake in MicroStrategy in the 1st quarter worth approximately $806,000. Finally, Wealthspire Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in MicroStrategy in the 1st quarter worth approximately $203,000. Institutional investors own 72.03% of the company’s stock.
MicroStrategy Stock Performance
The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $173.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $154.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.41 billion, a P/E ratio of -107.96 and a beta of 3.05. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.12.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The software maker reported ($1.56) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by ($1.44). The business had revenue of $116.07 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $121.45 million. MicroStrategy had a negative net margin of 87.05% and a negative return on equity of 17.31%. MicroStrategy’s quarterly revenue was down 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($8.98) EPS.
About MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy Incorporated provides artificial intelligence-powered enterprise analytics software and services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers MicroStrategy ONE, which provides non-technical users with the ability to directly access novel and actionable insights for decision-making; and MicroStrategy Cloud for Government service, which offers always-on threat monitoring that meets the rigorous technical and regulatory needs of governments and financial institutions.
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