Strategy holds STRC dividend at 12%

SummaryStrategy is maintaining the dividend on its high-yielding preferred stock, STRC, at 12%.In the past, the company has raised the payout on STRC anytime it spent enough of the previous month trading sizably below par.CEO Phong Le this week said Strategy’s Corporate Objective is for STRC to trade at $99-$100 over time.Holders of Strategy’s (MSTR) high-yielding preferred stock STRC will not see a dividend increase in August.Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy is maintaining the current 12% dividend on the shares.STRC investors may have been expecting as much as a 50-basis-point hike in the dividend as Strategy has customarily raised the payout anytime the stock traded sizably below its par value ($100) for the month.As recently as July 1, Strategy had lifted the dividend 50 basis points following June’s plunge in STRC to as low as $71. While that hike — along with Strategy’s sale of some bitcoin to fund dividends, and a bit of stabilization in the price of bitcoin — helped STRC bounce in July to the current $89.46, that level is still significantly below par.CEO Phong Le yesterday said Strategy’s Corporate Objective is for STRC to trade at $99-$100 over time.Nevertheless, the company is under no obligation to raise the dividend and chose not to do so this month.