Strategy Inc Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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  • Company Rebrand: MicroStrategy rebranded as "Strategy" to reflect its evolution beyond business intelligence into Bitcoin treasury and broader strategic initiatives. New branded platforms launched include strategy.com and merchandise store at store.strategy.com.
  • Software Segment:
    • Q4 2024 software revenues: $121M, down 3% YoY; FY 2024 revenues: $464M, down 7% YoY due to cloud transition.
    • Q4 cloud subscription revenue: up 48% YoY to ~$65M; full-year increase: 32% YoY to $106.7M. Represents 20% of total revenues now.
    • Strategy continues to transition from on-premise to a cloud-native, multi-cloud architecture.
  • Bitcoin Treasury Highlights:
    • Strategy holds 471,107 Bitcoins as of Feb 2, 2025, with a market value of $46.1B and average purchase price of $64,511.
    • FY 2024 Bitcoin purchases: 258,320 BTC for $22.1B at avg price of $85,447.
    • In Q4 2024 alone, 218,887 BTC acquired for $20.5B — the company's most active quarter to date.
  • Accounting Change: Adopted FASB's fair value rule for Bitcoin holdings effective Q1 2025. This led to a one-time $12.75B increase in retained earnings on Jan 1, 2025.

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Shirish Jajodia: Hello, everyone, and good evening. I am Shirish Jajodia, Corporate Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations at Strategy. I will be your moderator for Strategy's 2024 Fourth Quarter Earnings Webinar. Before we proceed, I will read the safe harbor statement. Some of the information we provide during today's call regarding our future expectations, plans and prospects may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to various important factors, including the risk factors discussed in our most recent 10-Q filed with the SEC and our 8-K filed on January 6, 2025. We assume no obligation to update these forward looking statements, which speak only as of today. During today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation showing GAAP versus non-GAAP results are available in our earnings release and presentation, which were issued today and are available on our website at strategy.com. I would now like to welcome you all to today's webinar and let, that we will be taking questions using the Q&A feature at the bottom of your screen. You can submit questions throughout the webinar, and Michael, Phong, or Andrew will answer questions at the end of the session. Please be sure to provide your name and your company's name when submitting the questions. Now I'll walk you through the agenda for today's call. First, Phong Le will cover the business highlights for the fourth qu

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