The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Riot Platforms Inc shares valued at $2,283,518 were sold by Les Jason on Oct 03 ’25. At $20.04 per share, Les Jason sold 113,948 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 769,911 shares worth approximately $16.93 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Les Jason sold 12,800 shares, netting a total of over 256,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $20.00 each, the insider now holds 883,859 shares.
Before that, Les Jason had sold 23,252 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $465,970, the CEO traded Riot Platforms Inc shares for $20.04 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 23,252 shares, worth approximately $19.72 million.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on September 26, 2025, Riot Platforms Inc [RIOT] has been rated up from a Neutral to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $19. Analysts at Citigroup upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 24, 2025, Arete has initiated its “Buy” rating for RIOT.
Analyzing RIOT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Riot Platforms Inc [NASDAQ: RIOT] rose 2.42% to $21.99. The stock’s lowest price that day was $21.375, but it reached a high of $22.415 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 16.16%. Over the course of the year, Riot Platforms Inc shares have jumped approximately 180.13%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $22.42 on 10/08/25 and a 52-week low of $6.19 on 04/17/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 21.43, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 20.88. In the upper region, resistance lies at 22.48. The next price resistance is at 22.97. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.84 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Riot Platforms Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Riot Platforms Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-15 dropping by -1.17 million shares to 74.18 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 75.35 million shares. A decline of -1.57% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.82 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.82.
Which companies own the most shares of Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT)?
In terms of Riot Platforms Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 11.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -46.44% from the previous closing price of $21.47. Analysts anticipate Riot Platforms Inc stock to reach 20 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7.5. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Riot Platforms Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 06, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $13.75.
