Precision Drilling (PDS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $43.38 +1.23 (+2.91%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.43 +0.05 (+0.13%) As of 04/17/2025 04:42 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Precision Drilling Short Interest DataPrecision Drilling (PDS) has a short interest of 372,800 shares, representing 2.88% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.52% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.8, indicating that it would take 2.8 days of the average trading volume of 83,089 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest372,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest337,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.52%Dollar Volume Sold Short$17.36 millionShort Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares13,371,000 sharesFloat Size12,950,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.88%Today's Trading Volume123,583 sharesAverage Trading Volume83,089 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average149% Short Selling Precision Drilling? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Precision Drilling and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPDS Short Interest Over TimePDS Days to Cover Over TimePDS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Precision Drilling Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/2025372,800 shares $17.36 million +10.5%2.9%2.8 $46.57 3/15/2025337,300 shares $15.06 million +26.0%2.6%3.3 $44.64 2/28/2025267,700 shares $13.30 million +18.1%2.0%2.8 $49.67 2/15/2025226,700 shares $12.39 million +21.0%1.7%2.8 $54.68 1/31/2025187,400 shares $10.94 million -0.6%1.4%2.5 $58.36 1/15/2025188,500 shares $12.40 million -2.7%1.4%2.4 $65.79 12/31/2024193,800 shares $11.84 million +4.2%1.4%2.6 $61.07 12/15/2024186,000 shares $11.23 million +7.1%1.4%2.5 $60.35 11/30/2024173,600 shares $10.97 million +38.2%1.3%2.4 $63.17 11/15/2024125,600 shares $7.82 million -1.4%0.9%1.7 $62.30 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PDS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Precision Drilling and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024127,400 shares $7.65 million -30.8%0.9%2 $60.05 10/15/2024184,100 shares $11.04 million -22.1%1.3%3.2 $59.98 9/30/2024236,200 shares $14.52 million -45.0%1.7%4.3 $61.47 9/15/2024429,600 shares $27.26 million +32.3%3.1%8.7 $63.46 8/31/2024324,800 shares $23.49 million +3.4%2.4%6.8 $72.31 8/15/2024314,000 shares $22.19 million -9.6%2.3%6.6 $70.66 7/31/2024347,500 shares $26.71 million -20.4%2.5%6.8 $76.85 7/15/2024436,400 shares $32.90 million -8.2%3.1%7.9 $75.38 6/30/2024475,400 shares $33.44 million -10.8%3.4%7.9 $70.34 6/15/2024533,000 shares $34.93 million +13.1%3.8%8.1 $65.54 5/31/2024471,200 shares $35.15 million +0.9%3.4%7 $74.60 5/15/2024466,800 shares $33.24 million -9.5%3.4%6.8 $71.20 4/30/2024515,700 shares $36.19 million +30.5%3.7%6.3 $70.18 4/15/2024395,200 shares $27.25 million +12.4%2.9%4.8 $68.95 3/31/2024351,600 shares $23.66 million +1.0%2.5%4.2 $67.29 3/15/2024348,100 shares $22.34 million +1.2%2.5%4.1 $64.17 2/29/2024344,100 shares $20.47 million +20.2%2.5%3.8 $59.49 2/15/2024286,300 shares $17.95 million +31.4%2.1%3.1 $62.68 1/31/2024217,900 shares $13.48 million +26.7%1.6%2.3 $61.88 1/15/2024172,000 shares $9.45 million -0.1%1.2%1.8 $54.93 12/31/2023172,200 shares $9.35 million +39.7%1.2%1.9 $54.29 12/15/2023123,300 shares $6.63 million -23.6%0.9%1.4 $53.80 11/30/2023161,300 shares $9.32 million +11.5%1.1%1.8 $57.75 11/15/2023144,700 shares $8.52 million +28.3%1.0%1.7 $58.86 10/31/2023112,800 shares $6.54 million +136.5%0.8%1.5 $57.99 10/15/202347,700 shares $2.94 million +9.9%0.4%0.7 $61.70 9/30/202343,400 shares $2.91 million -34.8%0.3%0.7 $67.12 9/15/202366,600 shares $4.83 million -29.1%0.5%1.1 $72.59 8/31/202393,900 shares $6.19 million +16.4%0.7%1.6 $65.94 8/15/202380,700 shares $5.26 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1/31/2023276,000 shares $21.99 million +11.3%2.1%4.5 $79.67 1/15/2023248,000 shares $20.24 million +5.1%1.9%3.9 $81.60 12/30/2022236,000 shares $18.10 million -1.2%1.8%3.8 $76.70 12/15/2022238,800 shares $17.78 million -1.8%1.8%3.6 $74.46 11/30/2022243,100 shares $19.39 million +17.7%1.8%3.7 $79.77 11/15/2022206,500 shares $17.28 million +9.0%1.5%3.1 $83.68 10/31/2022189,400 shares $14.00 million -7.3%1.4%2.9 $73.91 10/15/2022204,400 shares $11.40 million -2.9%1.5%3.5 $55.78 9/30/2022210,600 shares $10.66 million -4.0%1.6%3.4 $50.63 9/15/2022219,300 shares $13.71 million -8.4%1.6%3.5 $62.52 8/31/2022239,300 shares $14.70 million -6.6%1.8%3.6 $61.43 8/15/2022256,200 shares $16.81 million -15.4%1.9%3.7 $65.61 7/31/2022302,900 shares $20.65 million -7.7%2.3%4.1 $68.17 7/15/2022328,200 shares $17.45 million -7.8%2.4%4.3 $53.16 6/30/2022356,000 shares $22.79 million +24.6%2.7%4.6 $64.02 6/15/2022285,800 shares $20.10 million +19.7%2.1%3.6 $70.33 5/31/2022238,800 shares $18.56 million +9.2%1.8%3 $77.72 5/15/2022218,700 shares $14.16 million +9.1%1.6%2.6 $64.73 4/30/2022200,400 shares $14.39 million -16.6%1.5%2.2 $71.79 4/15/2022240,400 shares $19.80 million +11.9%1.8%2.8 $82.37 3/31/2022214,900 shares $15.89 million +6.1%1.6%2.6 $73.92 3/15/2022202,500 shares $12.47 million +5.3%1.5%2.6 $61.58 2/28/2022192,300 shares $11.23 million -5.9%1.5%2.6 $58.42 2/15/2022204,300 shares $11.24 million +16.3%1.6%3.1 $55.00 1/31/2022175,700 shares $7.65 million -16.8%1.3%3.3 $43.54 1/15/2022211,100 shares $9.47 million +2.9%1.6%4.3 $44.86 12/31/2021205,100 shares $7.27 million +0.1%1.5%4.3 $35.43 12/15/2021204,900 shares $6.84 million +1.6%1.5%4.3 $33.37 11/30/2021201,700 shares $6.43 million +12.3%1.5%4.8 $31.87 11/15/2021179,600 shares $6.98 million -19.1%1.4%4.5 $38.86 10/29/2021221,900 shares $9.82 million +18.5%1.7%5.5 $44.26 10/15/2021187,200 shares $9.24 million -16.1%1.4%4.7 $49.36 9/30/2021223,100 shares $9.02 million +7.1%1.7%4.9 $40.41 9/15/2021208,400 shares $7.21 million -4.9%1.6%3.9 $34.58 8/31/2021219,200 shares $7.15 million +8.5%1.7%3.5 $32.60 8/13/2021202,000 shares $6.38 million No Change1.5%2.7 $31.59 7/15/2021200,200 shares $7.18 million +6.2%1.5%2.3 $35.86 6/30/2021188,600 shares $7.86 million -22.3%1.4%2.2 $41.70Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 6/15/2021242,800 shares $9.75 million -1.3%1.8%2.9 $40.16 5/28/2021246,000 shares $7.79 million -6.0%1.9%2.6 $31.66 5/14/2021261,800 shares $7.06 million -0.3%2.0%2.7 $26.97 4/30/2021262,500 shares $7.04 million -5.7%2.0%2.5 $26.81 4/15/2021278,400 shares $7.43 million -19.0%2.1%2.6 $26.68 3/31/2021343,600 shares $7.19 million +41.0%2.6%3 $20.94 3/15/2021243,700 shares $6.66 million -7.3%1.8%2.1 $27.33 2/26/2021262,900 shares $6.29 million +11.4%1.9%2.4 $23.94 2/12/2021236,000 shares $5.35 million -12.5%1.7%1.9 $22.66 1/29/2021269,700 shares $5.46 million +42.3%2.0%2.2 $20.26 1/15/2021189,600 shares $4.73 million -25.3%1.4%1.7 $24.93 12/31/2020253,900 shares $4.19 million +38.0%1.9%2.5 $16.51 12/15/2020184,000 shares $3.69 million +5.0%1.4%2.1 $20.04 11/30/2020175,300 shares $3.47 million -7.6%1.3%2.4 $19.82 11/15/2020189,700 shares $2.84 million -95.7%1.4%3.5 $14.97 10/30/20204,420,000 shares $61.76 million +7.3%1.6%10.2 $13.97 10/15/20204,120,000 shares $58.11 million -7.0%1.5%10.8 $14.10 9/30/20204,430,000 shares $56.70 million -5.1%1.6%11.6 $12.80 9/15/20204,670,000 shares $58.85 million +9.6%1.7%10.6 $12.60 8/31/20204,260,000 shares $59.31 million +7.0%1.6%8 $13.92 8/14/20203,980,000 shares $63.00 million -4.8%1.5%5.6 $15.83 7/31/20204,180,000 shares $52.66 million -6.9%1.5%5.4 $12.60 7/15/20204,490,000 shares $54.78 million -8.7%1.7%4.1 $12.20 6/30/20204,920,000 shares $72.82 million +5.8%1.8%3.9 $14.80 6/15/20204,650,000 shares $75.18 million -38.1%1.7%3.3 $16.17 5/29/20207,510,000 shares $81.92 million -15.1%2.8%4.9 $10.91 5/15/20208,850,000 shares $91.16 million +4.2%3.3%6.1 $10.30 4/30/20208,490,000 shares $93.39 million +11.0%3.1%5.9 $11.00 PDS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Precision Drilling's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Precision Drilling shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, investors have sold 372,800 shares of PDS short. 2.88% of Precision Drilling's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Precision Drilling's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Precision Drilling? 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. PDS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Precision Drilling's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Precision Drilling? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Precision Drilling: Toronto Dominion Bank, SIG North Trading ULC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and PEAK6 LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Precision Drilling? 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. 2.88% of Precision Drilling's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Precision Drilling's short interest increasing or decreasing? Precision Drilling saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 372,800 shares, an increase of 10.5% from the previous total of 337,300 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 Precision Drilling's float size? Precision Drilling currently has issued a total of 13,371,000 shares. Some of Precision Drilling's 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. Precision Drilling currently has a public float of 12,950,000 shares. How does Precision Drilling's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.88% of Precision Drilling's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "petroleum and natural gas" compare to Precision Drilling: Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (20.37%), Valaris Limited (18.73%), Crescent Energy (7.54%), Transocean Ltd. (18.25%), Liberty Energy Inc. (6.61%), Sable Offshore Corp. (12.46%), Mach Natural Resources LP (1.33%), Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (9.88%), Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (0.91%), Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP (2.17%), 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 ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Precision Drilling stock? Short selling PDS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Precision Drilling as its price is falling. PDS shares are trading up $1.23 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 Precision Drilling? A short squeeze for Precision Drilling occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of PDS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Precision Drilling's 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 PDS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Northern Oil and Gas Short Interest Data Valaris Short Interest Data Crescent Energy Short Interest Data Transocean Short Interest Data Liberty Energy Short Interest Data Sable Offshore Short Interest Data Mach Natural Resources Short Interest Data Aris Water Solutions Short Interest Data Dorchester Minerals Short Interest Data Kimbell Royalty Partners Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:PDS) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersClaim Your FREE Protection GuideIn the final days of his first term, Trump quietly left open an "off the books" wealth-protection loophole hid...American Alternative | SponsoredTrump’s betrayal exposed Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to ...Porter & Company | Sponsored100-year-old investment secret predicts what?!A 100-year-old indicator has quietly predicted nearly every major market meltdown — including the Dot-Com Bust...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredThe first casualty of the 2025 trade warThe headlines scream tariffs and export bans — but the real damage is happening in retirement portfolios. 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