Benzinga · Aug 20, 2026
Riot Platforms Stock Gains as Bitcoin Crosses $72,000
Shares of Riot Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) are trading higher Thursday morning alongside the broader crypto sector.
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NASDAQ · RIOT
Riot Platforms, Inc.
Financial Services · Financial - Capital Markets
$18.99
Down-$1.89 (-9.05%)
Updated Aug 29, 2026, 7:13 PM
SID Score
5.5/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
59/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 5.85B
- P/E ratio
- 33.32
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $11.50 – $30.32
- Volume
- 17.34M
- Avg. volume
- 27.46M
Price performance
RIOT price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
RIOT closed at $18.99 after 21 trading sessions, down 5.85% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $18.99
- Period change
- -5.85%
- Period low
- $18.91
- Period high
- $21.56
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $20.52 | $20.61 | $18.75 | $18.99 | 17.34M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $21.125 | $21.855 | $20.65 | $20.88 | 15.33M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $20.91 | $21.33 | $20.49 | $20.61 | 9.17M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $19.88 | $21.60 | $19.57 | $21.30 | 16.58M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $20.02 | $20.87 | $19.60 | $20.00 | 15.3M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $21.665 | $22.20 | $19.56 | $19.83 | 27.43M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $19.80 | $21.02 | $19.62 | $20.98 | 22.47M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $18.875 | $19.888 | $17.862 | $19.38 | 22.44M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $19.46 | $19.96 | $18.77 | $18.91 | 16.54M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $18.95 | $20.085 | $18.90 | $20.04 | 17.71M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $18.82 | $19.55 | $18.455 | $19.015 | 17.06M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $19.98 | $20.86 | $19.0408 | $19.21 | 24.44M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $21.58 | $22.21 | $20.1936 | $20.32 | 34.47M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $23.57 | $23.66 | $19.34 | $20.24 | 76.37M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $20.45 | $20.46 | $19.12 | $19.40 | 20.89M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $21.94 | $22.17 | $20.32 | $20.52 | 12.23M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $21.03 | $22.55 | $20.5725 | $21.21 | 16.3M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $22.61 | $23.84 | $21.405 | $21.50 | 29.34M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $21.27 | $22.325 | $20.84 | $21.56 | 17.39M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $19.62 | $21.67 | $19.36 | $21.42 | 16.52M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $22.985 | $23.15 | $20.02 | $20.17 | 20.99M |
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Company profile
Riot Platforms Inc is a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining company focused on building, supporting, and operating blockchain technologies. The company's segments include Bitcoin Mining and Engineering. The Bitcoin Mining segment generates revenue from the Bitcoin the Company earns through its Bitcoin Mining activities. The Engineering segment generates revenue through customer contracts for custom engineered electrical products. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Bitcoin Mining segment.
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- —
- Average target
- $26.50
- Implied upside
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Macquarie | Outperform | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Bernstein | Outperform | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
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ChartMill · Aug 19, 2026
Riot’s Relative Strength Stands Out in a Brutal Bitcoin Mining Earnings Season
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Benzinga · Aug 17, 2026
Anthropic Paying 33% Above Market for AI Capacity, JPMorgan Says
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BitMine Immersion Technologies Discloses ETH Holdings Of 4.976M Tokens, With Total Crypto And Cash Holdings Valued At $12.9B
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