Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.89: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality.
Riot Platforms is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining and data center company with 38.5 EH/s deployed hash rate across large facilities in Rockdale (700MW) and Corsicana (400MW+), Texas, plus an Engineering segment. It mined 5,686 bitcoin in 2025 and is expanding into AI/HPC... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.89: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 3.7/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 73d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Riot Platforms, Inc.
Latest news
- CleanSpark Stock Pulls In Bigger Bet From Situational Awareness Hedge Fund — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Bitcoin Miners Will Gain From AI Deals, Bernstein Says: The Tickers To Watch — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
- Starboard Value Increases Stake Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. To 449,999 Shares; Riot Platforms Increases Sta — benzinga May 15, 2026 neutral
- Riot Platforms Stock Is Flying Today: What's Happening? — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
- Terrestrial Energy Partners With Riot Platforms To Develop Future Data Centers With Co-Located Advanced Nuclear Plants — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCommoditybitcoin10-K Item 1A: 'Our ability to achieve profitability is largely dependent on the price of bitcoin, which has historically been volatile.'
- HIGHSupplierMicroBT10-K Item 1: 'long-term master purchase and sales agreement... with MicroBT Electronics Technology Co., LTD... to secure the long-term supply of state-of-the-art immersion miners from MicroBT'
- HIGHGeographicDallas-Austin corridor of Texas10-K Item 1: 'our substantial and geographically concentrated energy portfolio in the Dallas-Austin corridor of Texas'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -132.8%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.89: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.7/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $21.20. Score 3.7/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $25.34 (+11.1% upside). Prior stop was $21.20. Stop-loss: $21.20.
Concentration risk — Commodity: bitcoin; Concentration risk — Supplier: MicroBT; Target reached (-1.6% upside).
Riot Platforms, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -38.2). TrendMatrix value score: 2.8/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover RIOT with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $25.
What does Riot Platforms, Inc. do?Riot Platforms is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining and data center company with 38.5 EH/s deployed hash rate...
Riot Platforms is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining and data center company with 38.5 EH/s deployed hash rate across large facilities in Rockdale (700MW) and Corsicana (400MW+), Texas, plus an Engineering segment. It mined 5,686 bitcoin in 2025 and is expanding into AI/HPC data center leasing.