--- title: "Weekly Recap | Strategy +0.88%, most brokers rate it buy" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/300850102.md" description: "Strategy (MSTR) rose 0.88% this week to close at $160.01, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.27%, leaving the stock ahead of the benchmark by about 1.15 percentage points. Trading was wide and volatile. The stock opened near $157.76 on Monday, 28 September, drifted down toward $152 in the following two sessions, then turned higher from Thursday and reclaimed the $160 level. On Friday, 2 October, it spiked to $170.17 intraday before paring gains to finish at $160.01." datetime: "2026-10-03T07:18:35.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/300850102.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/300850102.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/300850102.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Strategy +0.88%, most brokers rate it buy ## The Week Strategy (MSTR) rose 0.88% this week to close at $160.01, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.27%, leaving the stock ahead of the benchmark by about 1.15 percentage points. Trading was wide and volatile. The stock opened near $157.76 on Monday, 28 September, drifted down toward $152 in the following two sessions, then turned higher from Thursday and reclaimed the $160 level. On Friday, 2 October, it spiked to $170.17 intraday before paring gains to finish at $160.01. Weekly amplitude reached 11.5%, and volume ran moderately above the median, indicating active two-way positioning between $152 and $170. ## Key Events The most company-specific driver was the handling of the STRC preferred: Strategy kept STRC near $100 even as MSTR swung, maintained a high dividend rate, and disclosed continued Bitcoin purchases alongside STRC buybacks, with the dividend reform read as a confidence signal for holders. The company also filed five DEFA14A proxy statements during the week, pointing to ongoing shareholder matters. On the sector front, Bitcoin broke above $86,000 and briefly topped $87,000, lifted by hopes of a Fed pause and easing yields. Crypto-linked shares rallied broadly, and Strategy led gains in several sessions, climbing more than 6% at one point in pre-market on Friday. The week also carried a patch of uncertainty around MSCI’s proposed index-rule change, which, if adopted, could exclude Strategy from certain indexes. ## Analyst Ratings As of 2 October, 16 brokers cover Strategy: 13 rate it buy, 2 rate it outperform and 1 rates it hold, with none at under or sell, leaving a consensus of strong buy. The consensus target sits at $236.8, about 48% above the $160.01 close, although the range is wide, from $160 to $435. Within the application-software industry, Strategy ranks 42nd out of 202 names, in the top quartile but not in the very front tier. ## The Week Ahead Next week’s macro calendar is weighted toward services data. On Monday, 5 October, the final S&P Global services PMI and ISM non-manufacturing PMI are due; the former printed 58.7 previously, while the latter stood at 55.4 with a consensus of 55. Trade figures follow on Tuesday, 6 October, with the market expecting the deficit to widen to $102 billion. Given how closely Strategy tracked Bitcoin and Treasury yields this week, these releases could again feed through to the stock via the crypto-asset channel. ## In Short This week leaves a tension in place. The rating picture is favourable, with most brokers on buy and a consensus target well above spot, yet the target band of $160 to $435 shows wide disagreement about the longer-term path. Latest-session money flow showed small and medium orders as net buyers while large orders turned net sellers, and the MSCI index question adds another layer of uncertainty. 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