Riot Blockchain Inc. [NASDAQ: RIOT] jumped around 0.2 points on Friday, while shares priced at $6.33 at the close of the session, up 3.26%. The company report on January 4, 2023 that Riot Announces December 2022 Production and Operations Updates.
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Riot Blockchain Inc. stock is now 86.73% up from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. RIOT Stock saw the intraday high of $6.39 and lowest of $5.95 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 23.66, which means current price is +91.82% above from all time high which was touched on 01/23/23.
Compared to the average trading volume of 12.86M shares, RIOT reached a trading volume of 11701408 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for RIOT shares is $9.55 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on RIOT stock is a recommendation set at 1.80. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
H.C. Wainwright have made an estimate for Riot Blockchain Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on November 23, 2022. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price to Equal Weight. The new note on the price target was released on September 29, 2022, representing the official price target for Riot Blockchain Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $14, while Compass Point analysts kept a Buy rating on RIOT stock. On March 08, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for RIOT shares from 45 to 39.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Riot Blockchain Inc. is set at 0.53, with the Price to Sales ratio for RIOT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.54. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.75, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.36.
How has RIOT stock performed recently?
Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.10. With this latest performance, RIOT shares gained by 85.09% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -14.46% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -55.83% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for RIOT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.20, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 65.34, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.48 for Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 4.64, while it was recorded at 6.26 for the last single week of trading, and 6.61 for the last 200 days.
Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT] shares currently have an operating margin of +8.16 and a Gross Margin at +49.16. Riot Blockchain Inc.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -3.72.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -0.97, with Return on Assets sitting at -0.88.
Riot Blockchain Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 4.50 and a Current Ratio set at 4.50.
Earnings analysis for Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for RIOT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Riot Blockchain Inc. go to 20.00%.
Insider trade positions for Riot Blockchain Inc. [RIOT]
There are presently around $368 million, or 36.10% of RIOT stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of RIOT stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 14,492,593, which is approximately 27.473% of the company’s market cap and around 6.90% of the total institutional ownership; BLACKROCK INC., holding 9,466,156 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $59.92 million in RIOT stocks shares; and STATE STREET CORP, currently with $21.75 million in RIOT stock with ownership of nearly 21.806% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in Riot Blockchain Inc. stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of March and at the time of the March reporting period, where 116 institutional holders increased their position in Riot Blockchain Inc. [NASDAQ:RIOT] by around 15,458,524 shares. Additionally, 91 investors decreased positions by around 9,812,047 shares, while 53 investors held positions by with 32,848,267 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 58,118,838 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. RIOT stock had 39 new institutional investments in for a total of 2,098,753 shares, while 39 institutional investors sold positions of 4,444,698 shares during the same period.