If Strategy bought Nasdaq 100 (Invesco ETF) instead of Bitcoin…
$94.3B↑ vs $53.3B BTC value
Total invested
$64.1B
113 transactions
QQQ value today
$94.3B
+47.2% return
BTC value today
$53.3B
-16.7% return
QQQ outperformed by
+$40.9B
+64% more return on capital
Bitcoin (actual)
QQQ (hypothetical, total return)
Quietly working in the background
Dividends earned along the way
QQQ paid 23 dividends over this period
Cash dividends paid
$526M
before reinvestment
Compounded reinvested value
$782M
↑ $256M from reinvestment
Share of QQQ's total return
0.8%
rest is price appreciation
Where QQQ's $94.3B value comes from
total return = price + dividends
Price appreciation · $93.5B
Dividends · $782M
Price-only return
Reinvested dividends (compounded at ex-date avg price)
QQQ's lead over Bitcoin is largely price appreciation. $526M in dividends were reinvested along the way, compounding into the total.
Per-transaction breakdown
Showing 10 most recent of 113 transactions
Transaction date
Amount
BTC value now
QQQ value now
Jun 15, 2026
$100M
$100M
$100M
Jun 8, 2026
$101M
$98M
$104M
Jun 1, 2026Sale
$2M
$2M
$2M
May 18, 2026
$2.0B
$1.6B
$2.1B
May 11, 2026
$43M
$34M
$45M
Apr 27, 2026
$255M
$206M
$285M
Apr 20, 2026
$2.5B
$2.2B
$2.9B
Apr 13, 2026
$1.0B
$877M
$1.2B
Apr 6, 2026
$330M
$307M
$416M
Mar 23, 2026
$77M
$65M
$97M
QQQ value includes reinvested dividends. Splits are silently adjusted. Saylor often makes multiple purchases per month — each is its own row. See methodology.