Helmerich & Payne, Inc. short interest
Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers submit it twice a month, and days to cover is how many days of normal trading it would take to buy them all back.
Short interest in Helmerich & Payne, Inc. was 6.9 million shares at the 30 September 2026 settlement, down 5.6% on the previous settlement, with 5.72 days to cover at an average daily volume of 1.2 million shares, as reported to FINRA.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Average daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2026 | 6,871,455 | -5.6% | 1,200,331 | 5.72 |
| 15 September 2026 | 7,276,172 | -0.1% | 1,283,864 | 5.67 |
| 31 August 2026 | 7,283,017 | -11.7% | 1,179,029 | 6.18 |
| 14 August 2026 | 8,252,091 | -1.5% | 1,679,940 | 4.91 |
| 31 July 2026 | 8,375,555 | -4.9% | 928,510 | 9.02 |
| 15 July 2026 | 8,810,766 | -3.2% | 1,224,833 | 7.19 |
| 30 June 2026 | 9,098,079 | +19.8% | 1,487,674 | 6.12 |
| 15 June 2026 | 7,596,408 | -7.3% | 1,100,528 | 6.90 |
| 29 May 2026 | 8,197,772 | +0.6% | 1,185,235 | 6.92 |
| 15 May 2026 | 8,152,968 | -2.5% | 1,231,836 | 6.62 |
| 30 April 2026 | 8,358,804 | +4.2% | 1,118,537 | 7.47 |
| 15 April 2026 | 8,018,657 | +1.2% | 1,042,840 | 7.69 |
FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.
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Days to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.Source
FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.
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