Strategy Announces Q3 2026 Operating Profit of About $21.0 Billion
Strategy founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said in a post on his X account on October 29, 2026, that the company’s Q3 2026 operating profit was about $21.0 billion, a record quarterly high; capital raised year to date was about $21.0 billion; STRC had returned to health; and it held 848,517 bitcoins, up 26% from the start of the year.
The company’s official announcement showed that operating profit in the third quarter was $20.91 billion, including $20.91 billion in digital asset fair value gains. Software business revenue was $125.4 million, down 3% year over year. As of October 25, bitcoin holdings were 848,517 coins, with a cost basis of about $64.02 billion. Capital raised year to date was $21.23 billion. The company had repurchased about $2.04 billion of STRC.
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Title: Strategy announces Q3 2026 results... Publisher: Michael Saylor (@saylor) Publication date: 2026-10-29 URL: https://x.com/saylor/status/2115897719449403879 Source type: company executive original post Verification status: The full text of the post and the company’s official announcement (2026-10-29) were actually read for this report Supporting content: core figures for operating profit of about $21.0 billion, capital raised of about $21.0 billion, STRC returning to health, and bitcoin holdings of 848,517 coins
Title: Strategy Announces Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Publisher: Strategy Publication date: 2026-10-29 URL: https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-third-quarter-2026-financial-results_10-29-2026 Source type: official company announcement Verification status: The full announcement (2026-10-29) was actually read for this report Supporting content: precise figures for operating profit of $20.91 billion, digital asset gains of $20.91 billion, bitcoin holdings of 848,517 coins, and capital raised of $21.23 billion
ABAB AI Insight
Strategy’s operating profit came almost entirely from fair value changes in its bitcoin holdings. Under current accounting standards, even if bitcoin is not sold, market price changes are recognized in current-period profit or loss. Excluding digital asset gains, the software business contributed only limited profit.
The company has continued to raise funds through equity and preferred stock issuance to increase its bitcoin holdings and manage its preferred stock structure. Large-scale repurchases of STRC have brought the preferred stock’s price close to par value, which the company describes as having “returned to health.” Bitcoin holdings grew 26% during the year, but the pace of net accumulation slowed within the quarter.
Metrics to watch are the impact of subsequent quarterly digital asset fair value changes on profit, the pace of preferred stock buybacks and dividends, and whether bitcoin holdings continue to grow net.
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Quarterly operating profit at bitcoin treasury companies is mainly driven by fair value changes in holdings rather than operating software revenue.
The scale and price performance of preferred stock buybacks can be used by a company to illustrate the market status of financing instruments, but the buybacks themselves consume capital that has already been raised.