If Strategy bought Agnico Eagle Mines instead of Bitcoin…
$103.1B↑ vs $54.1B BTC value
Total invested
$63.9B
116 transactions
AEM value today
$103.1B
+61.4% return
BTC value today
$54.1B
-15.2% return
AEM outperformed by
+$48.9B
+77% more return on capital
Bitcoin (actual)
AEM (hypothetical, total return)
Quietly working in the background
Dividends earned along the way
AEM paid 24 dividends over this period
Cash dividends paid
$2.1B
before reinvestment
Compounded reinvested value
$3.2B
↑ $1.1B from reinvestment
Share of AEM's total return
3.1%
rest is price appreciation
Where AEM's $103.1B value comes from
total return = price + dividends
Price appreciation · $99.9B
Dividends · $3.2B
Price-only return
Reinvested dividends (compounded at ex-date avg price)
AEM's lead over Bitcoin is largely price appreciation. $2.1B in dividends were reinvested along the way, compounding into the total.
Per-transaction breakdown
Showing 10 most recent of 116 transactions
Transaction date
Amount
BTC value now
AEM value now
Jul 6, 2026Sale
$135M
$135M
$135M
Jun 30, 2026Sale
$81M
$81M
$81M
Jun 22, 2026
$35M
$33M
$32M
Jun 15, 2026
$100M
$102M
$87M
Jun 8, 2026
$101M
$99M
$93M
Jun 1, 2026Sale
$2M
$2M
$2M
May 18, 2026
$2.0B
$1.6B
$1.7B
May 11, 2026
$43M
$34M
$33M
Apr 27, 2026
$255M
$210M
$194M
Apr 20, 2026
$2.5B
$2.2B
$1.8B
AEM value includes reinvested dividends. Splits are silently adjusted. Saylor often makes multiple purchases per month — each is its own row. See methodology.