Nabors Industries (NBR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $29.05 -7.63 (-20.79%) Closing price 04/4/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$29.06 +0.01 (+0.04%) As of 04/4/2025 07:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Nabors Industries Short Interest DataNabors Industries (NBR) has a short interest of 1.40 million shares, representing 16.09% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -2.10% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.5, indicating that it would take 3.5 days of the average trading volume of 332,121 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,400,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,430,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.10%Dollar Volume Sold Short$60.83 millionShort Interest Ratio3.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares9,604,000 sharesFloat Size8,700,000 sharesShort Percent of Float16.09%Today's Trading Volume1,059,856 sharesAverage Trading Volume332,121 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average319% Short Selling Nabors Industries? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Nabors Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNBR Short Interest Over TimeNBR Days to Cover Over TimeNBR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Nabors Industries Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/20251,400,000 shares $60.83 million -2.1%16.1%3.5 $43.45 2/28/20251,430,000 shares $57.43 million +10.9%16.8%4 $40.16 2/15/20251,290,000 shares $60.64 million +26.5%15.1%4 $47.01 1/31/20251,020,000 shares $58.41 million -11.3%12.1%3.3 $57.26 1/15/20251,150,000 shares $78.28 million -18.4%13.7%3.5 $68.07 12/31/20241,410,000 shares $80.61 million -4.7%16.7%4.2 $57.17 12/15/20241,480,000 shares $96.76 million +5.7%17.4%4.1 $65.38 11/30/20241,400,000 shares $102.80 million -22.2%16.4%3.8 $73.43 11/15/20241,800,000 shares $130.00 million +7.1%21.1%4.9 $72.22 10/31/20241,680,000 shares $125.01 million +15.1%19.7%4.8 $74.41 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NBR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nabors Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/20241,460,000 shares $109.21 million -10.4%17.1%4 $74.80 9/30/20241,630,000 shares $105.09 million -15.1%19.1%4.4 $64.47 9/15/20241,920,000 shares $120.21 million -1.5%22.5%5.9 $62.61 8/31/20241,950,000 shares $146.97 million +9.6%22.9%6.4 $75.37 8/15/20241,780,000 shares $153.31 million +14.8%20.9%6.3 $86.13 7/31/20241,550,000 shares $159.39 million -2.5%17.7%5.8 $102.83 7/15/20241,590,000 shares $124.94 million +12.8%18.2%6.8 $78.58 6/30/20241,410,000 shares $100.34 million +14.6%16.3%6.7 $71.16 6/15/20241,230,000 shares $74.89 million +13.9%14.2%5.9 $60.89 5/31/20241,080,000 shares $80.79 million +6.9%12.5%5.2 $74.81 5/15/20241,010,000 shares $75.01 million -5.6%11.7%4.9 $74.27 4/30/20241,070,000 shares $77.06 million +3.9%12.2%4.6 $72.02 4/15/20241,030,000 shares $80.67 million +16.6%11.8%4.2 $78.32 3/31/2024883,300 shares $76.08 million +4.3%10.1%3.7 $86.13 3/15/2024847,300 shares $75.92 million -14.6%9.7%3.5 $89.60 2/29/2024992,300 shares $77.52 million -4.6%11.4%3.9 $78.12 2/15/20241,040,000 shares $86.12 million -1.9%11.9%3.8 $82.81 1/31/20241,060,000 shares $89.65 million -10.2%11.9%3.8 $84.58 1/15/20241,180,000 shares $90.32 million -9.2%13.2%4.2 $76.54 12/31/20231,300,000 shares $106.12 million +4.8%14.6%4.7 $81.63 12/15/20231,240,000 shares $105.76 million +58.1%13.9%4.7 $85.29 11/30/2023784,200 shares $68.10 million +1.2%8.8%3 $86.84 11/15/2023774,700 shares $73.14 million +0.0%8.7%3.2 $94.42 10/31/2023774,600 shares $75.61 million -7.2%8.7%3.5 $97.61 10/15/2023834,400 shares $98.75 million -11.2%9.3%4.2 $118.35 9/30/2023939,800 shares $115.73 million -11.3%10.4%4.4 $123.14 9/15/20231,060,000 shares $144.66 million -5.4%11.8%5 $136.47 8/31/20231,120,000 shares $124.10 million -7.4%12.4%5.5 $110.80 8/15/20231,210,000 shares $131.26 million +0.8%13.4%5.5 $108.48 7/31/20231,200,000 shares $146.99 million -1.6%13.3%5.2 $122.49Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 7/15/20231,220,000 shares $132.27 million +9.9%13.6%4.8 $108.42 6/30/20231,110,000 shares $103.16 million +42.9%12.3%4.7 $92.94 6/15/2023776,600 shares $81.40 million +8.6%8.6%3.2 $104.82 5/31/2023715,400 shares $59.96 million +4.5%7.9%2.7 $83.81 5/15/2023684,600 shares $62.06 million +14.9%7.6%2.8 $90.65 4/30/2023595,600 shares $59.41 million +4.1%6.6%2.3 $99.74 4/15/2023572,200 shares $68.10 million +1.0%6.4%2.4 $119.01 3/31/2023566,300 shares $69.04 million +15.5%6.4%2.5 $121.91 3/15/2023490,400 shares $57.04 million -23.6%5.5%2.4 $116.31 2/28/2023641,600 shares $96.44 million -17.2%7.2%3.6 $150.31 2/15/2023775,000 shares $128.50 million +21.7%8.7%4.7 $165.80 1/31/2023636,700 shares $113.04 million +31.4%7.3%4.9 $177.54 1/15/2023484,600 shares $81.87 million +24.1%5.5%3.6 $168.95 12/30/2022390,500 shares $60.48 million +1.6%4.5%3 $154.87 12/15/2022384,300 shares $55.88 million +5.8%4.4%2.8 $145.40 11/30/2022363,100 shares $57.49 million -8.4%4.1%2.6 $158.33 11/15/2022396,200 shares $70.71 million -11.4%4.5%2.8 $178.47 10/31/2022447,400 shares $77.86 million -5.3%5.0%3.1 $174.03 10/15/2022472,300 shares $54.90 million -6.1%5.3%3.5 $116.24 9/30/2022503,000 shares $51.03 million +11.9%5.7%3.4 $101.45 9/15/2022449,600 shares $58.86 million +3.0%5.1%2.9 $130.91 8/31/2022436,700 shares $57.87 million -0.1%4.9%2.7 $132.51 8/15/2022437,200 shares $55.01 million -16.8%4.9%2.5 $125.82 7/31/2022525,500 shares $74.88 million -4.1%5.9%2.8 $142.49 7/15/2022548,100 shares $56.90 million +4.3%6.2%2.8 $103.81 6/30/2022525,700 shares $70.39 million -4.8%6.0%2.6 $133.90 6/15/2022552,100 shares $83.89 million -8.3%6.3%2.8 $151.95 5/31/2022602,200 shares $100.43 million +15.0%6.9%3.1 $166.77 5/15/2022523,700 shares $69.75 million +20.9%6.0%2.4 $133.19 4/30/2022433,100 shares $66.97 million -16.7%5.4%2 $154.62 4/15/2022519,700 shares $101.44 million -11.2%6.5%2.5 $195.19 3/31/2022585,400 shares $89.40 million -11.9%7.3%3 $152.72 3/15/2022664,400 shares $90.69 million +26.1%8.7%3.6 $136.50 2/28/2022527,000 shares $66.16 million -16.8%6.9%3.1 $125.54 2/15/2022633,000 shares $79.55 million +50.7%8.3%4.4 $125.67 1/31/2022420,000 shares $43.47 million +4.0%5.5%3.1 $103.51 1/15/2022403,900 shares $46.46 million -1.8%5.3%3.1 $115.02 12/31/2021411,300 shares $33.35 million -5.1%5.4%3.3 $81.09 12/15/2021433,600 shares $38.33 million -18.4%5.6%3.1 $88.39 11/30/2021531,100 shares $43.26 million +1.6%6.9%3.7 $81.46 11/15/2021522,600 shares $49.69 million -11.0%6.8%3.8 $95.08 10/29/2021586,900 shares $60.16 million +4.0%7.8%4.4 $102.50 10/15/2021564,300 shares $68.10 million +3.0%7.5%4.1 $120.68 9/30/2021548,100 shares $52.88 million +10.8%7.3%3.9 $96.48 9/15/2021494,600 shares $43.29 million -4.1%6.6%3.6 $87.52 8/31/2021515,800 shares $43.50 million +12.2%6.8%3.5 $84.34 8/13/2021459,800 shares $35.34 million No Change6.1%2.8 $76.87 7/15/2021507,000 shares $47.75 million +0.7%6.7%2.8 $94.19 6/30/2021503,400 shares $57.51 million -31.9%6.7%2.8 $114.24 6/15/2021738,800 shares $93.34 million +50.2%9.8%4.2 $126.34Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 5/28/2021491,800 shares $46.04 million +2.1%7.1%2.9 $93.62 5/14/2021481,500 shares $46.01 million -24.9%7.0%2.8 $95.56 4/30/2021641,000 shares $56.65 million +7.9%9.3%3.4 $88.37 4/15/2021594,300 shares $55.44 million -22.2%7.5%3 $93.29 3/31/2021763,500 shares $70.62 million +11.8%11.2%3.3 $92.50 3/15/2021682,900 shares $88.69 million -8.9%10.0%2.7 $129.87 2/26/2021749,700 shares $80.15 million +5.1%11.0%2.6 $106.91 2/12/2021713,200 shares $58.08 million -16.3%10.6%2.2 $81.43 1/29/2021851,600 shares $54.89 million -14.3%12.6%2.3 $64.46 1/15/2021993,200 shares $67.49 million +11.7%15.9%2.6 $67.95 12/31/2020889,000 shares $50.38 million -12.8%14.2%2.3 $56.67 12/15/20201,020,000 shares $72.02 million +3.2%16.1%2.4 $70.61 11/30/2020988,300 shares $54.93 million -29.4%15.6%2.2 $55.58 11/15/20201,400,000 shares $52.14 million -10.8%22.1%3.1 $37.24 10/30/20201,570,000 shares $41.67 million +8.3%24.7%3.3 $26.54 10/15/20201,450,000 shares $42.02 million +3.6%22.8%2.8 $28.98 9/30/20201,400,000 shares $34.22 million +9.4%22.1%2.2 $24.44 9/15/20201,280,000 shares $37.26 million -0.8%20.2%1.8 $29.11 8/31/20201,290,000 shares $51.57 million +15.2%20.3%1.7 $39.98 8/14/20201,120,000 shares $52.92 million -18.3%17.6%1.1 $47.25 7/31/20201,370,000 shares $58.10 million -4.2%21.6%1.2 $42.41 7/15/20201,430,000 shares $44.83 million +3.6%22.5%1.2 $31.35 6/30/20201,380,000 shares $51.09 million -7.4%21.7%1.3 $37.02 6/15/20201,490,000 shares $77.93 million -21.2%N/A1.6 $52.30 5/29/20201,890,000 shares $70.04 million +16.0%28.1%2.3 $37.06 5/15/20201,630,000 shares $26.81 million +8.7%24.2%2.6 $16.45 4/30/20201,500,000 shares $22.10 million -96.8%19.4%3.7 $14.73 4/15/202046,220,000 shares $17.35 million +7.1%N/A179.3 $0.38 NBR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Nabors Industries' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Nabors Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 1,400,000 shares of NBR short. 16.09% of Nabors Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Nabors Industries' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Nabors Industries? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NBR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Nabors Industries's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Nabors Industries? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Nabors Industries: Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Torno Capital LLC, OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC , Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Caption Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Jane Street Group LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Two Sigma Securities LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, and Wolverine Asset Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Nabors Industries? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 16.09% of Nabors Industries' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Nabors Industries' short interest increasing or decreasing? Nabors Industries saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,400,000 shares, a decline of 2.1% from the previous total of 1,430,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Nabors Industries' float size? Nabors Industries currently has issued a total of 9,604,000 shares. Some of Nabors Industries' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Nabors Industries currently has a public float of 8,700,000 shares. How does Nabors Industries' short interest compare to its competitors? 16.09% of Nabors Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "energy" compare to Nabors Industries: Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (6.68%), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (8.03%), HighPeak Energy, Inc. (24.77%), Precision Drilling Co. (2.60%), Borr Drilling Limited (8.20%), Transocean Ltd. (18.21%), Valaris Limited (18.38%), Braskem S.A. (0.74%), Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP (1.49%), Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (0.96%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Nabors Industries stock? Short selling NBR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nabors Industries as its price is falling. NBR shares are trading down $7.63 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Nabors Industries? A short squeeze for Nabors Industries occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of NBR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Nabors Industries' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including NBR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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