Riot Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) is 26.25% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.36 and a high of $18.36 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The RIOT stock was last observed hovering at around $12.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.55%.
Currently trading at $12.89, the stock is 9.03% and 9.66% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 27.51 million and changing 4.46% at the moment leaves the stock 29.23% off its SMA200. RIOT registered -18.73% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 37.13%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.6925 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $9.971875.
The stock witnessed a -0.46% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 64.20%, and is 17.29% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 9.54% over the week and 9.79% over the month.
Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT) has around 534 employees, a market worth around $5.23B and $312.91M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 44.14. Profit margin for the company is 16.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 102.83% and -29.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.88%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.43% this year.
Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT) Top Institutional Holders
372.0 institutions hold shares in Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT), with institutional investors hold 43.09% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 324.28M, and float is at 318.61M with Short Float at 18.68%. Institutions hold 40.05% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 29.54 million shares valued at $269.95 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.3814% of the RIOT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 21.48 million shares valued at $$196.31 million to account for 8.2764 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 8.97 million shares representing 3.4567% and valued at over $81.99 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 2.7497 of the shares totaling 7.14 million with a market value of $65.22 million.
Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Les Jason,the company’sCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. SEC filings show that Les Jason sold 50,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 10 ’24 at a price of $11.34 per share for a total of $0.57 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1.02 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 18 ’24, Cho Hannah (Director) disposed off 10,025 shares at an average price of $12.57 for $0.13 million. The insider now directly holds 71,265 shares of Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT).
