Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) is down 7.9% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.
Analysis: The most likely driver is a sharp intraday decline in Bitcoin, which tends to pull publicly traded miners down by a larger percentage due to their operating leverage and sentiment sensitivity. The move may also reflect lingering investor caution following Riot’s recent full-year update, where profitability and capital needs remain key debate points for the sector.
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Sources:
OpenAI Market Data, SEC EDGAR, GlobeNewswire
Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.
$RIOT Insider Trading Activity
$RIOT insiders have traded $RIOT stock on the open market 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $RIOT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JASON LES (CEO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 126,748 shares for an estimated $2,539,517.
- RYAN D. WERNER (SVP, CAO) sold 14,984 shares for an estimated $344,632
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$RIOT Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 214 institutional investors add shares of $RIOT stock to their portfolio, and 254 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP added 12,428,894 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $157,474,086
- FMR LLC removed 7,635,146 shares (-37.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $96,737,299
- VALUE ALIGNED RESEARCH ADVISORS, LLC added 6,250,219 shares (+185.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $79,190,274
- NOMURA HOLDINGS INC added 5,082,670 shares (+34529.0%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $64,397,428
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 4,958,863 shares (+209.4%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $94,367,162
- JANE STREET GROUP, LLC removed 4,586,732 shares (-48.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $58,113,894
- STARBOARD VALUE LP added 3,926,576 shares (+44.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $49,749,717
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$RIOT Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $RIOT in the last several months. We have seen 9 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 01/20/2026
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 12/22/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 11/25/2025
- Citizens issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 11/19/2025
- Bernstein issued a "Outperform" rating on 11/03/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/31/2025
- Macquarie issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/22/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $RIOT, check out Quiver Quantitative's $RIOT forecast page.
$RIOT Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $RIOT recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $RIOT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $24.25.
Here are some recent targets:
- Peter Christiansen from Citigroup set a target price of $21.0 on 03/18/2026
- Paul Golding from Macquarie set a target price of $30.0 on 03/04/2026
- Patrick Moley from Piper Sandler set a target price of $21.0 on 03/03/2026
- Brett Knoblauch from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $29.0 on 03/03/2026
- John Todaro from Needham set a target price of $24.0 on 03/03/2026
- Mike Colonnese from HC Wainwright & Co. set a target price of $23.0 on 03/03/2026
- Stephen Glagola from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a target price of $23.0 on 01/27/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
