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PTEN

Patterson Uti Energy Inc

Company with tickers: PTEN

CIK
889900
CUSIP
703481101
Shares Outstanding
379,617,653
13F Activity (30d)
28 filings 5 filers

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score
73/100
Short interest 6.9% of shares — P82 Days to cover 3.3 — P57 Short-volume trend +9.0% — P81

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
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
2025-09-30 38,291,934 39,476,435 -1,184,501 4.70
2025-09-15 39,476,435 37,495,748 +1,980,687 4.78
2025-08-29 37,495,748 36,195,681 +1,300,067 4.94
2025-08-15 36,195,681 35,642,211 +553,470 4.68
2025-07-31 35,642,211 35,221,914 +420,297 3.61
2025-07-15 35,221,914 33,428,755 +1,793,159 4.27
2025-06-30 33,428,755 37,649,492 -4,220,737 2.31
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