MicroStrategy Outpaces Bitcoin, Tech Giants, and Gold in Stunning Market Rally

Move over, Bitcoin—Michael Saylor’s bet on corporate crypto is smoking the competition.

While gold bugs lick their wounds and Big Tech stumbles, MicroStrategy’s stock has become the unlikely heavyweight champ of 2025’s portfolio showdown. The enterprise software-turned-Bitcoin-holding-company just left its former peers eating dust.

Who needs FAANG stocks when you’ve got a CEO who converts his balance sheet into a crypto rocket ship? (Though let’s be honest—Wall Street still thinks this is all just leveraged speculation dressed up as ’corporate strategy.’)

MicroStrategy stock price has quietly rallied over the past year, far outpacing both traditional assets and big-tech stocks.

According to charts CEO Michael Saylor posted on May 24, 2025, MicroStrategy stock price is up about 139% in the last 12 months. By contrast, Bitcoin (BTC) has gained roughly 58% over the same period, and gold is up about 44%.

Even high-flying tech names lagged: Tesla is roughly +95% year-over-year, Nvidia about +26%, Microsoft +5% and Apple just +4%.

Broad market benchmarks are modest by comparison – the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) returned around +10% and the Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) about +12% in 12 months.

Microstrategy Stock Performance Versus Peers

Over the past three months, MicroStrategy again led the pack. The company’s stock has climbed roughly +31%, based on Saylor’s chart.

Bitcoin is up about +19% in the quarter, while gold has gained +14%. Among tech stocks, Microsoft is about +11%, Tesla +3% and Nvidia +1%.

Apple stands out on the downside, down roughly 21% over three months. By contrast, broad indexes barely budged – the S&P 500 (SPY) and Nasdaq (QQQ) moved only low-single-digit percentages. These figures come from the charts Saylor shared on May 24, 2025.

Looking back 12 months, MicroStrategy stock’s rise is even more striking. The stock is up about +139%, dwarfing every other asset in the chart.

Tesla is second at +95%, and bitcoin third at +58%. Gold (via GLD) is +44%, and Meta Platforms +35%. Nvidia is +26%, while broad ETFs and tech lag: QQQ +12%, Amazon +11%, SPY +10%, VNQ +6%, Microsoft +5%, Apple +4%.

Google’s parent Alphabet is slightly negative at –3%. The data underscore that MicroStrategy dramatically outperformed both tech giants and commodity benchmarks over the past year.

Bitcoin and Gold Trends

Bitcoin price rise has helped fuel MicroStrategy stock’s rally. BTC recently surged above the six-figure mark – trading around $111,100 on May 22 after briefly topping $112,000.

Over the past year, the Bitcoin price has climbed roughly 58%, reflecting renewed institutional demand. Gold price has also jumped, with the metal now over $3,300 per ounce and up roughly 44% year-over-year. Gold price is up over 60% from early 2024 lows.

Industry analysts highlight Bitcoin’s growing store-of-value case. Bitwise Research projects massive inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs — about $120 billion by end-2025 and $300 billion by 2026 — outpacing Gold ETF flows.

Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer recently noted that Bitcoin trading above $100,000 “signals its potential to take over gold’s role as a store of value”.

Timmer also observed that Bitcoin’s risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio) are converging with gold’s. These trends suggest a lasting demand that underpins both Bitcoin and MicroStrategy’s stock as a de facto Bitcoin proxy.

Saylor: MicroStrategy as a Bitcoin Proxy

Chief Executive Michael Saylor has explicitly framed MSTR as a Leveraged Bitcoin play. On May 24, he posted charts of asset returns on X (Twitter), captioning them “The only thing better than Bitcoin is more Bitcoin.”. He has stressed that Strategy’s large Bitcoin treasury makes the stock’s performance mirror crypto’s moves.

As one chart note explains, “investors frequently treat MSTR as a proxy for Bitcoin exposure.”. Saylor has repeatedly urged buying Bitcoin even at high levels; in an X post, he wrote, “If you’re not buying bitcoin at the all-time high, you’re leaving money on the table”. This philosophy – using MSTR stock as indirect Bitcoin ownership – has driven investor interest as BTC climbs.

Saylor’s team continues to add Bitcoin: Strategy now holds roughly 576,230 BTC (about $62 billion at current prices). In a cryptic one-liner post on X, Saylor wrote that “I only buy bitcoin with money I can’t afford to lose,” sparking rumors of a $1.2 billion Bitcoin buy on Monday, 26. These record treasuries make the company the largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

The Microstrategy stock’s outsized rally, in turn, reflects Bitcoin’s rebound. In trading, it has quietly hit new highs; MSTR broke past $430 per share in early May 2025, its best level since 2021.