Strategy stock jumps 6% as insider buys $780K – Will MSTR rally now?
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After a grueling Q4 2025 that saw Strategy struggling with multi-billion dollar unrealized losses and liquidity concerns, the tide in 2026 isn’t just turning. With BTC climbing past the $95,000 mark, Strategy’s stock MSTR jumped by 6.34% to $179.33 as per Google Finance. What could be behind the MSTR stock surge? According to a 12th of January filing with the SEC, Director Carl Rickertsen purchased 5,000 shares of the company at an average price of approximately $155.88 per share. So, the total transaction was valued at nearly $780,000. This carries significant weight because Rickertsen, a board member since 2002, has spent the last several years almost exclusively as a seller. This move marks his first open-market purchase since 2022 and suggests that leadership views the recent 68% pullback from 2024 highs as a bottoming-out phase rather than a structural failure. MSTR price prediction Amidst this, TD Cowen made a recent MSTR price target revision. Yet despite that, the broader institutional consensus remains overwhelmingly aggressive. According to data from 13 Wall Street analysts who have provided 12-month price targets for Strategy in the last quarter, the outlook is nothing short of vertical. Source: TipRanks The average price target sat at $448.18, representing a staggering 149.92% upside from the current trading price of $179.33. While forecasts vary, the range remains high, with a floor estimate of $229.00 and a ceiling that stretches as high as $705.00. Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings Additionally, the firm recently reported its largest weekly acquisition since mid-2025, snapping up 13,627 Bitcoin [BTC] in just seven days. This buying spree brings the total corporate hoard to a staggering 687,410 BTC, cementing its position as the world’s largest corporate holder. This followed the MSCI reviewing a policy that would exclude “Digital Asset Treasury” (DAT) firms with more than 50% of their…
Filed under: News - @ January 15, 2026 9:17 pm