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Riot Platforms, Inc.

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$RIOT·$6.4B·Financial - Capital Markets·Financial Services
$13.72-11.5%YTD+28.1%1Y-29.8%
Price updated 6h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
RIRIOT
$RIOTRiot Platforms, Inc.
$13.72-11.48%595 posts1.8×
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $RIOT on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

595X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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How loud $RIOT's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's running louder than usual, louder than 96% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data16 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-15

Riot Platforms is being called an accumulation setup that closed above the 6th horizontal support with a descending-resistance-break buy signal on the RSI. Corsicana is being described by CEO Jason Les as 'probably the most premiere data center development site in the country,' and Batch Zero updates were positive. Whales stacked $340k into $27 January calls (20% OTM); options are up 100%+ from fill.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $RIOT — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Driven by hypeWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

A bitcoin miner being retitled as a data-center developer — Corsicana is the story, Oct 29 is the test.

Riot Platforms is one of the two large US bitcoin miners whose 2026 pivot has become the Corsicana data-center campus — CEO Jason Les has called it 'probably the most premiere data center development site in the country.' Translation: this stock is now a bitcoin-to-AI power landlord bet, not a hashrate bet.

  • The P&L hasn't started reflecting the pivot: Q2 revenue grew just 3.6% YoY to $167M at a -85% operating margin, and the trailing two EPS prints missed Street estimates by 124% and 336% — these are the numbers of a company still spending to build before monetizing.
  • The option flow and chart agree with the setup: whales stacking $340K into $27 January calls (20% OTM) is specific conviction, and a cleared descending-resistance break-of-RSI gives the near-term coil a direction.

Oct 29 earnings is the moment any Corsicana lease or hyperscaler customer disclosure would move the stock meaningfully. A named AI-datacenter customer or dated capacity milestone is the trigger; another miss on burn plus silence on the pivot keeps the $27 calls underwater.

Agrees with X sentimentThe accumulation-setup bull read lines up with the fundamentals-haven't-caught-up stage of a pivot. Bitcoin and power-cost sensitivity are the two risks the thread underweights; both are real.

What to watch: Oct 29 Q3 earnings — any Corsicana customer disclosure, dated capacity milestones, cash-burn trajectory, and bitcoin-mining margin direction. A named customer is the trigger; another all-build-no-customer quarter extends the coil.

On the calendar: 2026-10-29 — Q3 earnings

event ahead 30dpivot in progress

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Mines Bitcoin at large scale in Texas data centers using low-cost power contracts.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Financial - Capital Markets sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $RIOT.

Financial - Capital Markets · Financial Services

No material change from last week — digital-asset platforms drive growth as retail crypto trading and stablecoin adoption (USDC via CRCL) expand.

What this means for $RIOT

Neutral — Mines Bitcoin at large scale in Texas data centers using low-cost power contracts.

Top industry ETF

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-10.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-14.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-70.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-10.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
15.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-28.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-23.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 10, 2026$-0.68$-0.30-124.2%
Q1 2026Apr 30, 2026$-1.44$-0.33-336.4%
Q4 2025Mar 2, 2026$-2.03$-0.22-822.7%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.26$-0.19+236.8%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $-0.33

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$167.2M+3.6%-39.6%-85.1%$-1.44$-298.1M
Q4 FY25$152.8M+7.2%-36.4%-89.8%$-1.86$-188.0M
Q3 FY25$180.2M+112.6%-6.8%-45.5%$0.30$-245.8M
Q2 FY25$153.0M+118.5%-13.9%-63.5%$0.65$-291.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 15 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$675.1M$587.9M – $749.4M-$2.55-$2.78 – -$2.2115
FY27$791.2M$433.9M – $973.8M-$1.14-$1.81 – -$0.4614
FY28$1.2B$810.4M – $1.8B-$0.64-$1.66 – $0.4410
FY29$2.1B$1.6B – $2.7B$1.54$1.07 – $2.035
FY30$3.3B$2.6B – $4.2B$1.59$1.11 – $2.105

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.12%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-31.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-29.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 349.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.6% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β3.765-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 5Ryan D. WernerSVP, CAO47.7K sh$1.1MSellJul 7Ryan D. WernerSVP, CAO17.8K sh$384KSellJun 22Jason LesCEO62.7K sh$1.9MSellJun 22Ryan D. WernerSVP, CAO25.4K sh$761KSellMay 27Ryan D. WernerSVP, CAO37.6K sh$997KSellMay 11Jason LesCEO175.0K sh$4.4M
+ 12 other (6 inkinds · 4 awards · 1 gift · 1 exempt) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementOct 148-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
8-KMaterial eventOct 78-K — Item 5.05
8-KAgreement terminatedSep 258-K — Item 1.02: Agreement terminated
AI summary

Riot Platforms fully prepaid all outstanding principal under its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Coinbase Credit on September 21, 2026, satisfying all obligations and terminating the agreement; the facility was a secured term loan of up to $200 million backed by bitcoin, USDC and cash held in Coinbase custody. As the prepayment fell after the four-month anniversary of the original maturity, no early termination fees applied. This strengthens Riot's balance sheet by eliminating debt and freeing its bitcoin collateral.

8-KMaterial agreementAug 148-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

Riot DC Logistics, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Riot Platforms, Inc., entered into a credit agreement on August 10, 2026 with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding as administrative agent for a senior secured delayed-draw term loan facility of up to $573.0 million. The facility is available for drawing during a defined Availability Period. This significant debt facility for a Bitcoin mining/data center subsidiary signals Riot is funding major infrastructure buildout; a $573M secured facility is transformative in scale for Riot's capital structure.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 158-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) reported director/officer changes (Item 5.02) and annual meeting vote results (Item 5.07) in an 8-K filed June 15, 2026. Body unavailable — excerpt cuts off before specific personnel change details and vote tallies are disclosed.

8-KMaterial agreementApr 278-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

RIOT entered into a credit agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-04-27). Counterparty: Company, as the borrower, and Coinbase Credit, Inc.. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

+ 12 other (4 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 proxys · 1 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT): Should You Buy?zacks.com·17h agoRiot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT) Rises As Market Takes a Dip: Key Factszacks.com·3d agoBitcoin Slide Meets 5.7% Bond Yields: Neoclouds Get Hit From Both Sidesbenzinga.com·9d agoBlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure Says Nebius Prepayment Funds $800M Data Center Buildmarketbeat.com·9d agoStrategy Lost More Than 50% of Its Value Last Year: It Will Return 180% According to One Wall Street Pro247wallst.com·9d ago

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