PTEN · Patterson Uti Energy Inc

$11.37 +0.47 (+4.31%) At close · Aug 14

Market Cap

$4.34B

381.38M

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

Model estimate

Expected Aug 14 short interest

as of Aug 14

29,523,086 -2.2% vs reported

The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

65/100

Short interest 7.9% of shares — P85 Days to cover 3.1 — P49 Price vs VWAP +8.4% — P76 Short-volume trend +0.3% — P53 Short interest change +6.1% — P72 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P33

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-31). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14 Scheduled FINRA publishes Aug 25	—	—	—	—	—
2026-07-31	30,191,174	28,450,788	+1,740,386	9,899,309	3.05
2026-07-15	28,450,788	30,324,436	-1,873,648	9,181,934	3.10
2026-06-30	30,324,436	21,095,682	+9,228,754	10,994,273	2.76
2026-06-15	21,095,682	26,352,142	-5,256,460	8,780,781	2.40
2026-05-29	26,352,142	14,465,559	+11,886,583	7,961,491	3.31
2026-05-15	14,465,559	13,985,667	+479,892	6,997,839	2.07
2026-04-30	13,985,667	17,159,086	-3,173,419	10,512,802	1.33
2026-04-15	17,159,086	26,124,570	-8,965,484	10,822,573	1.59
2026-03-31	26,124,570	30,414,994	-4,290,424	10,777,116	2.42
2026-03-13	30,414,994	41,466,379	-11,051,385	12,796,477	2.38
2026-02-27	41,466,379	31,502,882	+9,963,497	8,203,940	5.05
2026-02-13	31,502,882	26,256,092	+5,246,790	11,926,300	2.64
2026-01-30	26,256,092	24,738,918	+1,517,174	10,051,315	2.61
2026-01-15	24,738,918	28,782,360	-4,043,442	12,580,721	1.97
2025-12-31	28,782,360	30,820,204	-2,037,844	7,974,425	3.61
2025-12-15	30,820,204	40,135,544	-9,315,340	7,873,259	3.91
2025-11-28	40,135,544	28,938,237	+11,197,307	7,802,143	5.14
2025-11-14	28,938,237	31,415,837	-2,477,600	7,880,091	3.67
2025-10-31	31,415,837	37,328,645	-5,912,808	11,367,550	2.76
2025-10-15	37,328,645	38,291,934	-963,289	8,490,712	4.40
2025-09-30	38,291,934	39,476,435	-1,184,501	8,153,411	4.70
2025-09-15	39,476,435	37,495,748	+1,980,687	8,259,168	4.78
2025-08-29	37,495,748	36,195,681	+1,300,067	7,591,013	4.94
2025-08-15	36,195,681	35,642,211	+553,470	7,728,967	4.68

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