RIOT
Riot Platforms, Inc. · Financial Services · Capital Markets
$14.91
-1.26% today · -11.46% 1W
Oct 15 close or latest
ReadoutWhy it's moving
Analyst cuts weighing on the stock
- RIOT −1.26% on the last session vs SPY +0.09%: −1.3 pts of stock-specific move.
- Against the group: its crypto-linked peers +1.2% (+1.0 pts vs SPY).
- Filing: 8-K: material agreement (item 1.01) (filing)
- Aftermath, rsi oversold (Oct 14): After its 12 oversold readings in the past 5 years, RIOT was higher a day later 4 times out of 12; half the outcomes fell between -5.5% and +0.4%. History, not a forecast.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 1 negative); latest: Morgan Stanley maintained Overweight, lowered target $43.00 → $35.50.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Assembled from Wallsti's own signals.
Meta Analyst score Buy 9.7/10 (+1.04 raw)
Every firm's latest rating in the past year, each weighted by its age (a 3-month-old call counts half as much as today's), blended with the consensus of 22 analysts (+1.27, counted like 1.5 fresh ratings). 14 firms, 10 with a call in the past 3 months.
| Firm | Latest rating | Date | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Oct 12, 2026 | 10% |
| B. Riley Securities | Buy | Sep 29, 2026 | 9% |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Aug 17, 2026 | 7% |
| Needham | Buy | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| HC Wainwright & Co. | Buy | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Aug 11, 2026 | 6% |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Outperform | Jul 28, 2026 | 6% |
| Citigroup | Buy | Jul 8, 2026 | 5% |
| BTIG | Buy | Jun 25, 2026 | 4% |
Buy is what the ratings average to, +1.04 on a scale from −2 (strong sell) to +2 (strong buy). 9.7/10 means better than 97% of S&P 500 stocks (503 scored, Oct 11, 2026): analysts rarely say sell, so most stocks land between +0.4 and +0.8, and the 0–10 shows where this one sits among them.
Mean target
$31.20
+109.2% upside
Median target
$30.00
+101.2% upside
Target range
22.00–42.00
low to high
Analysts
22
as of Oct 15
Price vs. targets
Low $22
Mean $31
High $42
Now $14.91
Consensus
Strong buy 7Buy 14Hold 1Sell 0Strong sell 0
Rating and target changes
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Lowered target | Overweight | $43.00 → $35.50 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | B. Riley Securities | Raised target | Buy | $28.00 → $33.00 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | JP Morgan | Raised target | Overweight | $20.00 → $22.00 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Raised target | Overweight | $36.00 → $43.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Needham | Raised target | Buy | $28.50 → $30.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Raised target | Overweight | $23.00 → $30.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | HC Wainwright & Co. | Raised target | Buy | $25.00 → $40.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Raised target | Overweight | $23.00 → $25.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Bernstein | Raised target | Outperform | $30.00 → $35.00 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Macquarie | Raised target | Outperform | $30.00 → $35.00 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Lowered target | Outperform | $37.00 → $35.00 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Initiated | Overweight | $36.00 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Citigroup | Raised target | Buy | $21.00 → $28.00 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | BTIG | Raised target | Buy | $28.00 → $40.00 |
| May 22, 2026 | Needham | Raised target | Buy | $24.00 → $28.50 |
| May 6, 2026 | HC Wainwright & Co. | Raised target | Buy | $23.00 → $25.00 |
| May 1, 2026 | Needham | Reiterated | Buy | $24.00 |
| May 1, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Raised target | Overweight | $20.00 → $23.00 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Chardan Capital | Initiated | Buy | $27.50 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Raised target | Overweight | $21.00 → $23.00 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Lowered target | Overweight | $29.00 → $20.00 |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Citigroup | Lowered target | Buy | $23.00 → $21.00 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Macquarie | Reiterated | Outperform | $30.00 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | HC Wainwright & Co. | Lowered target | Buy | $26.00 → $23.00 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Needham | Lowered target | Buy | $30.00 → $24.00 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Lowered target | Overweight | $26.00 → $21.00 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Lowered target | Overweight | $31.00 → $29.00 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Raised target | Outperform | $16.00 → $23.00 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Needham | Raised target | Buy | $28.00 → $30.00 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Citigroup | Lowered target | Buy | $28.00 → $23.00 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | JP Morgan | Raised target | Overweight | $17.00 → $20.00 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | JP Morgan | Lowered target | Overweight | $19.00 → $17.00 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Citizens | Initiated | Market Outperform | $25.00 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Lowered target | Overweight | $26.00 → $25.00 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Bernstein | Raised target | Outperform | $19.00 → $25.00 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Needham | Raised target | Buy | $19.00 → $28.00 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Piper Sandler | Raised target | Overweight | $25.00 → $26.00 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Macquarie | Raised target | Outperform | $22.00 → $30.00 |
| Oct 14, 2025 | BTIG | Raised target | Buy | $22.00 → $28.00 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Raised target | Overweight | $22.00 → $26.00 |
Source: Yahoo Finance analyst data, collected daily.