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Investment bank B. Riley has entered the corporate bitcoin treasury sector with formal coverage of two Nasdaq-listed companies, Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Strive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASST), assigning Buy ratings and price targets of $175 and $12, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Analyst Fedor Shabalin led the Strive initiation, according<\/a> to Investing.com The move comes as both stocks trade well below their previous highs, with bitcoin near<\/a> $70,000.<\/p>\n

B. Riley framed the current valuation compression in both companies as an opportunity rather than a structural concern. Strategy shares currently trade at 1.2 times net asset value (NAV), down from a 3.4x peak in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Strive<\/a> trades around 0.9 times modified NAV, reflecting early-stage volatility and a discount to the company\u2019s combined bitcoin and asset management value.<\/p>\n

Strategy\u2019s market dominance and Strive\u2019s dual engine structure\u00a0<\/h2>\n

For Strategy, B. Riley highlights scale and market dominance. The company holds<\/a> 738,731 BTC, the largest corporate treasury in the world, and has built a digital credit platform spanning six securities, including five series of perpetual preferred stock alongside common equity and convertible notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This capital structure allows Strategy to access funding across market cycles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company also added 41,002 bitcoin in January 2026 alone and raised $25.3 billion in FY2025 through equity issuance, making it the largest U.S. public issuer for the second consecutive year. Its software subscription business saw Q4 2025 revenue grow 62.1% year over year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite operational progress, MSTR shares have fallen 51.6% over the past year.<\/p>\n

Strive operates a dual-engine model, combining a bitcoin treasury of roughly 13,132 BTC with an asset management business overseeing $2.5 billion in assets. The company went public via a reverse merger in September 2025 and completed an all-stock acquisition<\/a> of Semler Scientific in January 2026, adding a medical device business.\u00a0<\/p>\n

B. Riley highlighted Strive\u2019s strong capital structure and minimal near-term convertible debt, offering predictable cash flows for income-focused investors. ASST shares are down 42.3% year to date and 28.6% over the past month, according to the analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

B. Riley\u2019s initiation comes amid a broader pullback in bitcoin<\/a> and related equities. Bitcoin fell more than 45% from about $126,000 in October 2025 to roughly $69,000 in early March 2026, compressing NAV multiples and slowing equity-driven BTC accumulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each $1,000 move in bitcoin translates to roughly $739 million in treasury value for Strategy and $13.1 million for Strive, underlining the price sensitivity of both firms.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Strategy said they spent a whopping $1.28 billion to buy 17,994 more bitcoin last week, raising its total holdings to 738,731 BTC worth about $50 billion at current prices.<\/p>\n

This post Investment Bank Gives Strategy (MSTR) and Strive (ASST) Buy Ratings, Flags Bitcoin Treasury Discounts<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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