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$11.30 +0.38 (+3.48%) At close · Oct 1
S&P 600 member Russell 2000 member Rebalance outlook locked
Market Cap
$4.16B
Shares
381.38M
Volume · Oct 1 8.37M Avg daily vol (3M) 8.49M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

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PTEN Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 34,265,673 PTEN shares sold short as of the September 15, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 4,045,711 shares. Days to cover was 4.35 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

PTEN Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 34,588,928 shares sold short for the September 30, 2026 settlement, +0.9% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 30,603,867 to 38,786,367 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through September 30, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 9, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Sep 30 short interest

as of Sep 30 Low confidence 54% chance it falls
34,588,928 +0.9% vs reported
Likely range 30,603,867 to 38,786,367 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 9. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
62/100
Short interest 9.0% of shares — P86 Days to cover 4.4 — P58 Price vs VWAP +3.7% — P84 Short-volume trend -3.1% — P33 Short interest change -10.6% — P20 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P46

Positioning score 61.8 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-09-15). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-10-02 05:22 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

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    • Short Interest History

    Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
    2026-10-15 Scheduled
    FINRA publishes Oct 26
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    2026-09-30 Scheduled
    FINRA publishes Oct 9
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    2026-09-15 34,265,673 38,311,384 -4,045,711 4.35
    2026-08-31 38,311,384 29,162,834 +9,148,550 4.93
    2026-08-14 29,162,834 30,191,174 -1,028,340 3.93
    2026-07-31 30,191,174 28,450,788 +1,740,386 3.05
    2026-07-15 28,450,788 30,324,436 -1,873,648 3.10
    2026-06-30 30,324,436 21,095,682 +9,228,754 2.76
    2026-06-15 21,095,682 26,352,142 -5,256,460 2.40
    2026-05-29 26,352,142 14,465,559 +11,886,583 3.31
    2026-05-15 14,465,559 13,985,667 +479,892 2.07
    2026-04-30 13,985,667 17,159,086 -3,173,419 1.33
    2026-04-15 17,159,086 26,124,570 -8,965,484 1.59
    2026-03-31 26,124,570 30,414,994 -4,290,424 2.42
    2026-03-13 30,414,994 41,466,379 -11,051,385 2.38
    2026-02-27 41,466,379 31,502,882 +9,963,497 5.05
    2026-02-13 31,502,882 26,256,092 +5,246,790 2.64
    2026-01-30 26,256,092 24,738,918 +1,517,174 2.61
    2026-01-15 24,738,918 28,782,360 -4,043,442 1.97
    2025-12-31 28,782,360 30,820,204 -2,037,844 3.61
    2025-12-15 30,820,204 40,135,544 -9,315,340 3.91
    2025-11-28 40,135,544 28,938,237 +11,197,307 5.14
    2025-11-14 28,938,237 31,415,837 -2,477,600 3.67
    2025-10-31 31,415,837 37,328,645 -5,912,808 2.76
    2025-10-15 37,328,645 38,291,934 -963,289 4.40

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