Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $27.69: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.86; 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 $27.69: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.86; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 3.6/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 45d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Riot Platforms, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS 10 Information Technology Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session — benzinga May 29, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Needham Maintains Buy on Riot Platforms, Raises Price Target to $28.5 — benzinga May 22, 2026 positive
- NEWS CleanSpark Stock Pulls In Bigger Bet From Situational Awareness Hedge Fund — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- NEWS Bitcoin Miners Will Gain From AI Deals, Bernstein Says: The Tickers To Watch — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
- NEWS Starboard Value Increases Stake Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. To 449,999 Shares; Riot Platforms Increases Sta — benzinga May 15, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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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
5 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
Volatile — 7.7% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.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 $27.69: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 1.86; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $25.76. Score 3.6/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $28.36 (+2.4% upside). Prior stop was $25.76. Stop-loss: $25.76.
Concentration risk — Commodity: bitcoin; Concentration risk — Supplier: MicroBT; Target reached (-7.2% upside).
Riot Platforms, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -45.1). TrendMatrix value score: 2.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover RIOT with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $29.
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.