ASST price
$21.59
+9.43% · August 25, 13:46 EDT
Strive Shares Climb 9% After $81.5 Million Bitcoin Purchase Faces Dilution Challenge
Shares of Strive, Inc. rose 9.43% on Tuesday following the bitcoin-treasury firm’s announcement of its biggest weekly acquisition in several months. The stock changed hands at $21.59 as of 13:46 EDT. Trading volume hit 9.3 million shares, exceeding double the stock’s recent average.
NASDAQ: ASST · Bitcoin treasury
Strive’s 5.5% Bitcoin gain became 1.2% per share
The latest purchase expanded the treasury faster than common shares, but preferred issuance raised the senior capital claim.
U.S. regular session
Volume
9.32M
2.10× 4.44M recent average
Bitcoin held
21,356
+1,110 in the latest week
Bitcoin / share
0.0002381
+1.19% week over week
Treasury growth versus the denominator
Bitcoin heldEffective common shares
Lines are indexed for visual comparison; data labels show reported values. Effective shares combine Class A and Class B.
Latest filing: August 14 → August 21
Bitcoin20,246 → 21,356 +5.48%
Effective common shares86.04M → 89.68M +4.24%
Fully diluted, before warrants89.30M → 92.95M
Traditional warrant shares26.60M
SATA preferred shares7.83M → 8.27M +5.64%
Cash$154.8M → $171.9M
The treasury grew faster than the common-share count. That made the weekly transaction modestly accretive on Strive’s preferred metric.
Common-equity value bridge
Estimate at Bitcoin $78,646, August 25, 13:46 EDT. Gross liquid assets include 21,356 BTC, $171.9M cash and $48.6M STRC. SATA claim assumes $100 liquidation preference. It excludes operating value, taxes, other liabilities and warrant dilution.
Fundamentals and capital cost
| Q2 revenue | $2.9M |
| H1 revenue | $5.7M |
| H1 GAAP net loss | $523.5M |
| H1 preferred dividends | $39.7M |
| H1 operating cash flow | -$39.4M |
| SATA annualized dividend rate | 13.0% |
| Short- and long-term debt | $0 by Aug. 7 |
GAAP losses were dominated by bitcoin and preferred-security revaluation. The dividend burden is a recurring cash claim.
Verified analyst recommendations
| Firm | Date | Action | Rating | Target | Upside / downside vs $21.59 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.C. Wainwright | Aug. 11 | Maintained; target cut | Buy | $36 | +66.7% |
| TD Cowen | Jul. 22 | Maintained; target cut | Buy | $28 | +29.7% |
| Benchmark | Jun. 2 | Initiated | Buy | $32 | +48.2% |
| B. Riley | May 15 | Maintained | Buy | $20 | -7.4% |
| S&P Global consensus | Current | Five analysts | Strong Buy | $26.60 | +23.2% |
What moves the next print
Bitcoin sensitivityEach $1,000 BTC move changes gross treasury value by about $21.4 million before tax and other claims.
Issuance efficiencyWatch whether bitcoin-per-share growth stays positive as common and SATA programs remain active.
Preferred coverageAt 8.27 million SATA shares and a 13% rate, the annualized dividend burden is roughly $107.5 million.
Sources: Strive August 24 Form 8-K; Strive Q2 Form 10-Q; Yahoo Finance; Reuters; Benzinga analyst history. TS2 calculations use reported figures and the August 25 market snapshot.
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