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title: "STRC preferred stock investors are mispricing major 'dislocation' risk: Analyst"
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description: "Analyst Matt Dines from Build Markets highlights that investors are mispricing risks associated with perpetual preferred stocks, specifically referencing Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC). He notes that corporate issuers of these stocks are not obligated to repay holders, indicating a significant 'dislocation' risk."
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# STRC preferred stock investors are mispricing major 'dislocation' risk: Analyst

Investors are mispricing risk for perpetual preferred stocks, like Bitcoin treasury company Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC), according to Matt Dines, the chief investment officer of credit asset management company Build Markets.

The corporate issuers of perpetual preferred stocks never have to repay holders their principal investment, and can just pay dividends indefinitely, without renegotiating the investment terms, Dines told the Truth for the Commoner (TFTC) media outlet.

If holders want to cash out, they must sell the perpetuals on the secondary market to recover their principal, which leaves holders exposed to liquidity contraction and interest rate risks that exist forever because perpetuals lack a maturity date, he said. He added:

“If spreads start to rise and the market demands higher yields from corporate borrowers, you also have to attach that to the infinite duration of the perpetual. So, if this dislocation comes in liquidity, it will come from the fiat side.”

_Basic performance metrics for Strategy's STRC perpetual preferred stock. Source:_ SaylorTracker

The analysis comes amid growing demand for STRC; on Thursday, its daily trading volume surged to $1.5 billion, a new record for the financial instrument, as Strategy leans into preferred stock issuance to fund its Bitcoin purchases.

**Strategy’s preferred funding vehicle may hit a ceiling in the next year**

STRC currently has an authorized issuance cap of about $28 billion, according to crypto research company Delphi Digital.

If the authorized issuance cap is not raised before the $28 billion threshold, the company’s BTC accumulation may slow down, Delphi’s researchers said.

The total notional face value of outstanding STRC shares already sits at $8.5 billion, with the total market value of all outstanding shares at the time of this writing totaling about $8.4 billion.

STRC is trading at about $99 per share at the time of publication and carries a dividend rate of 11.5%, according to Strategy.

_Detailed STRC performance metrics. Source:_ Strategy

The preferred stock’s dividend rate is variable, meaning that the yield offered to investors is subject to change on a monthly basis.

Strategy has also opened up voting for its common equity and STRC holders to approve semi-monthly dividend payments.

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