BitMine’s $1B repurchase plan favors shares over more ETH — for now
With its stock trading below net asset value, BitMine has chosen to focus on buybacks instead of further growing its ETH reserve.
BitMine Immersion, a Bitcoin mining company and Ether’s largest publicly traded holder, has announced the approval of an open-ended $1 billion stock buyback program to repurchase its outstanding shares through open market or negotiated transactions.
With shares trading below the company’s net asset value (NAV), BitMine has opted to repurchase its stock rather than allocating more capital to expand its Ether (ETH) reserve, at least for now.
The company’s NAV per share is estimated at $22.76, witth crypto holdings of 625,000 ETH and 192 Bitcoin (BTC), according to a press release on Monday. Rather than continue accumulating ETH at elevated prices, BitMine is using the NAV gap as a trigger for buybacks, aiming to increase per-share value and investor exposure to Ethereum reserves.