Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT)’s traded shares stood at 16.18 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 4.21. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $6.69, to imply a decrease of -2.90% or -$0.2 in intraday trading. The RIOT share’s 52-week high remains $23.66, putting it -253.66% down since that peak but still an impressive 51.42% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $3.25. The company has a valuation of $1.17B, with an average of 14.88 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 14.67 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of a Buy for Riot Blockchain Inc. (RIOT), translating to a mean rating of 1.80. Of 10 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give RIOT a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 1 advise Hold as 9 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at -$0.15.

Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) trade information

After registering a -2.90% downside in the last session, Riot Blockchain Inc. (RIOT) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 7.27 this Wednesday, 03/15/23, dropping -2.90% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 6.19%, and 22.30% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 97.35%. Short interest in Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) saw shorts transact 28.92 million shares and set a 1.6 days time to cover.

Analysts on Wall Street suggest a consensus price target of $9.34, implying an increase of 28.37% to the stock’s current value. The extremes give us $5.00 and $12.00 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, RIOT has been trading -79.37% off suggested target high and 25.26% from its likely low.

Riot Blockchain Inc. (RIOT) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Riot Blockchain Inc. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. Riot Blockchain Inc. (RIOT) shares are -12.32% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 51.06% against 18.30%. Revenue is forecast to grow 28.60% this quarter before falling -126.70% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 19.30% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 10 analysts is $55.31 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Mar 2023, a total of 9 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $71.49 million.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $90.89 million and $79.79 million respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -39.10% before dropping -10.40% in the following quarter.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -57.00% for the past 5-year period. While 2023 is set for a 91.20% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 20.00% annually.

RIOT Dividends

Riot Blockchain Inc. has its next earnings report out between May 08 and May 12. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Riot Blockchain Inc. has a forward dividend ratio of 0, with the share yield ticking at 0.00% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.

Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT)’s Major holders

Riot Blockchain Inc. insiders hold 7.53% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 35.70% of the shares at 38.61% float percentage. In total, 35.70% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Vanguard Group, Inc. (The). As of Sep 29, 2022, the company held over 14.49 million shares (or 8.66% of shares), all amounting to roughly $101.59 million.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Blackrock Inc. with 9.47 million shares, or about 5.66% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Sep 29, 2022, these shares were worth $66.36 million.

We also have Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Riot Blockchain Inc. (RIOT) shares. Going by data provided on Sep 29, 2022, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 4.58 million shares. This is just over 2.74% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $32.1 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 3.92 million, or 2.35% of the shares, all valued at about 27.51 million.