Riot Platforms operates a cash-burning Bitcoin mining business with a quality score of 2.1 below the minimum threshold, trading above analyst consensus targets with 18% short interest and a put/call ratio of 3.42, making the risk profile highly unfavorable regardless of the Bitcoin price direction.
Thesis pillars
- Cash Burn Quality Floor Breach↑Improving
- Extreme Bearish Positioning↑Improving
- Earnings Volatility Pattern→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Capital Markets
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $19.07: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality.
Riot Platforms operates large-scale Bitcoin mining and data center facilities in Texas (Rockdale 700 MW, Corsicana 400 MW) and Kentucky (~137 MW), with 38.5 EH/s deployed hash rate at December 31, 2025, mining 5,686 bitcoin in 2025. Revenue comes primarily from block rewards... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $19.07: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 74d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-16Recent Developments — Riot Platforms, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Anthropic and OpenAI Revenues Soar, But a New Threat is Emerging — benzinga Aug 16, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Nebius Jumps But Forms Risky Pattern as Short Interest Hits 25.6% — benzinga Aug 16, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Benzinga Bulls and Bears: Riot Platforms, Firefly, Virgin Galactic — benzinga Aug 15, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Stanley Druckenmiller Bets Big on AMZN, AMD — Dumps AVGO, INTC and MU in Q2 — benzinga Aug 15, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Starboard Value LP Cuts Share Stake In Riot Platforms By 34.9% To 10.1M Shares — benzinga Aug 14, 2026 negative
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -196.3%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $19.07: Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 3.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $17.68. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $29.08 (+52.9% upside). Prior stop was $17.68. Stop-loss: $17.68.
Quality below floor (2.4 < 4.0).
Riot Platforms, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -20.3). TrendMatrix value score: 6.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
28 analysts cover RIOT with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $32.
What does Riot Platforms, Inc. do?Riot Platforms operates large-scale Bitcoin mining and data center facilities in Texas (Rockdale 700 MW, Corsicana 400...
Riot Platforms operates large-scale Bitcoin mining and data center facilities in Texas (Rockdale 700 MW, Corsicana 400 MW) and Kentucky (~137 MW), with 38.5 EH/s deployed hash rate at December 31, 2025, mining 5,686 bitcoin in 2025. Revenue comes primarily from block rewards under a Full-Pay-Per-Share mining pool arrangement plus engineering services. In January 2026, Riot signed a 10-year data center lease with AMD for 25 MW at Rockdale.