Q: It seems you don't have it in your companies list, the question is, if one will buy it today will they receive the dividend? What do you think about the strategy in general?
5i Research Answer:
The ex-dividend date for the June 6, 2025 distribution is today (June 5, 2025), which means an investor buying shares on or after June 5, 2025 will not receive the upcoming distribution.
MSTY does not hold MSTR, but rather it buys and sells call options on MSTR, and aims to harvest yelds, while retaining some participation in the price gains of MSTR, albeit capped.
It is interesting, but largely we feel one needs to have an underlying bullish thesis on MSTR and bitcoin, and also be OK with capped upside potential in the name. It is unclear how this strategy will unfold in the event of a bitcoin price decline, but with positive momentum in MSTR, we think this can work out for the time being. We would consider it to be fairly risky overall.