Is Riot Platforms (RIOT) a Buy Right Now?
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What Riot Platforms actually does
Riot Platforms, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a Bitcoin mining company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Bitcoin Mining and Engineering. The company offers comprehensive and critical infrastructure for bitcoin mining and data center services at its facilities. The company also designs and manufactures power distribution equipment and engineered-to-order electrical products; and electricity distribution product design, manufacturing, and installation services for large-scale industrial and governmental customers, as well as data center, power generation, utility, water, industrial, and alternative energy markets. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Riot Platforms by the numbers
Riot Platforms's earnings history
Earnings per share for Riot Platforms's last 4 reported financial years, as filed — EPS has risen over that span. We don't hold analyst consensus estimates for these periods, so no beat-or-miss judgement is shown.
| Period end | EPS reported |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | -1.95 |
| 2024-12-31 | 0.40 |
| 2023-12-31 | -0.28 |
| 2022-12-31 | -3.65 |
Who owns Riot Platforms?
Institutions — pension funds, asset managers, index providers — hold 87.6% of RIOT, and the concentration matters: the largest single holder alone controls 8.52% of the company.
| Holder | Shares | % held |
|---|---|---|
| 31.98M | 8.52% | |
| 21.73M | 5.79% | |
| 19.65M | 5.24% |
Names withheld — plus 3 more records not shown.
See who owns itWhat Riot Platforms insiders have been doing
Executives and directors must disclose their own trades in company stock. Of the last 6 disclosed transactions we hold for Riot Platforms, 2 were sales and 0 were open-market purchases; the other 4 were awards, vesting or option exercises rather than a decision to buy or sell. Insiders sell for many ordinary reasons — scheduled plans, tax, diversification — so a sale is not by itself a signal.
| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AWARD / VEST | 21.2K | — | |
| 2026-08-05 | SELL | 47.7K | $1.1M | |
| 2026-07-07 | SELL | 17.8K | $383.7K |
Names withheld — plus 3 more records not shown.
See which insidersThe numbers behind the read
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This page is for educational and informational purposes only and is not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, nor a recommendation, offer, or solicitation to buy, sell, or hold Riot Platforms (RIOT) or any other security. The Money GPS is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or financial planner, and no content here should be relied upon to make an investment decision.
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