STRC changes to paying dividends every half month! MicroStrategy founder Saylor also recommends that friends and family buy in

The Bitcoin reserve strategy pioneer is MicroStrategy Strategy ( originally named MicroStrategy) announced that it will change the preferred dividend payment frequency of its preferred stock STRC from monthly to semi-monthly, while keeping the same annual interest rate and total obligations. The goal is to keep the price stable near the $100 par value by reducing periodic volatility around ex-dividend dates, improving liquidity, and increasing demand for this perpetual preferred stock backed by Bitcoin with a yield of 11.5%. STRC Sharpe Ratio is as high as 4.5, and even founder Michael Saylor recommends that friends and family buy it.

Strategy is proposing to pay semi-monthly dividends on $STRC, instead of monthly. No change to the annual dividend obligations or dividend rate. These proposed changes are intended to stabilize price, dampen cyclicality, drive liquidity, and grow demand. pic.twitter.com/jHFRaDz6oP

— Michael Saylor (@saylor) April 17, 2026

What is STRC?

The STRC that MicroStrategy has recently been strongly pushing is a floating-rate perpetual preferred stock. Its annualized dividend rate is currently 11.5%, and it has features such as monthly dividend payments and dividend accumulation. However, it cannot be converted into MSTR common stock. From the perspective of corporate financial management, because perpetual preferred stock has no fixed maturity date, it can help the company avoid liquidity pressure that would otherwise force it to liquidate digital assets during downturn cycles in the crypto market to repay principal.

In addition, MicroStrategy defines future preferred stock distributions as “return of capital” (ROC). In U.S. tax law, this is treated as a recovery of investment cost, giving investors room for tax deferral. For Taiwanese investors, this addresses the long-standing pain point of the high withholding tax on U.S. stocks, allowing the full 11.5% high annualized dividend yield to be kept instead of being eroded by the 30% withholding tax.

(Buy MicroStrategy preferred stock and enjoy a 10%+ high dividend yield—Taiwan investors are exempt from 30% dividend tax)

STRC shortens dividend payment frequency from one month to half a month

Strategy’s recent proposal will change the $STRC dividend payment frequency from monthly to semi-monthly payments, while keeping the same annual interest rate and total obligations.

MicroStrategy has found that the trading volume of STRC sharply increases on the Record Date ( when certain shareholders holding STRC are recorded, and the stock price falls after the Record Date. This indicates that many investors buy before the Record Date to qualify for the dividend, and then sell the shares afterward.

In order to reduce periodic volatility around ex-dividend cycles, increase liquidity, and increase demand for this perpetual preferred stock supported by Bitcoin with a yield of 11.5%, keeping the price stable near the $100 par value, MicroStrategy has decided to shorten the dividend payment frequency from one month to half a month.

This proposal will open up for shareholder voting, with the voting period running from 4/28 to 6/8. If the proposal is approved, STRC will become the first-ever stock to pay dividends on a semi-monthly basis ) subject to Nasdaq exchange rules, and cannot further shorten the dividend interval). Future dividend dates will fall on the 15th of each month and at month-end, and the record date will be set on the same day ( but with dividends paid half a month later (.

STRC Sharpe value is as high as 4.5—Saylor recommends friends and family to buy

Founder Saylor emphasizes that STRC is a stock he would strongly recommend friends and family to buy, because its annual dividend yield is as high as 11.5%. If you include the tax advantages, it’s even higher—up to 18.3%. It has extremely low volatility of only 1.7%, good liquidity, and behind it there are strong company U.S. dollar reserves to cover interest payments for more than 1.8 years. And its Sharpe Ratio is even as high as 4.5. The Sharpe Ratio is one of the most classic indicators used in finance to measure “risk-adjusted returns.” In simple terms, it tells investors: “For every unit of risk you take, how much excess return can you get?”

This extremely high value of 4.5 is not because it has explosive gains like Bitcoin does by multiplying several times, but because of its special product design: “very low volatility” and “very high dividend yield.” On Wall Street, it is very rare for funds or commodities to maintain a Sharpe Ratio of above 3 over the long term— even Nvidia, one of the Magnificent Seven, has only 1.78, while junk bonds are about 0.38, and Bitcoin is 0.83.

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