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Ranger Energy Services, Inc. short interest

520K shares of Ranger Energy Services were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (304K to 561K). Short sellers would need 3.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short520Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+21.3%+37% over a year
Days to cover3.78at 138K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.22%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the top of its range over the last year (304K to 561K), and the share price moved +18% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026520K+21.3%138K3.78
    30 September 2026429K-1.8%164K2.61
    15 September 2026437K+4.3%178K2.45
    31 August 2026419K-1.3%179K2.34
    14 August 2026424K-4.5%253K1.68
    31 July 2026444K+0.0%213K2.09
    15 July 2026444K-20.8%228K1.95
    30 June 2026561K+48.8%230K2.43
    15 June 2026377K-2.0%164K2.30
    29 May 2026384K+19.7%223K1.73
    15 May 2026321K-26.5%259K1.24
    30 April 2026437K-1.4%396K1.10
    15 April 2026443K-3.2%133K3.34
    31 March 2026458K+3.1%272K1.68
    13 March 2026444K+5.2%142K3.14
    27 February 2026422K-7.1%141K3.00
    13 February 2026454K+18.4%168K2.70
    30 January 2026383K+16.2%164K2.34
    15 January 2026330K+8.6%224K1.47
    31 December 2025304K-18.3%154K1.97
    15 December 2025372K+0.3%141K2.64
    28 November 2025371K-5.3%133K2.78
    14 November 2025392K+9.9%191K2.06
    31 October 2025357K-5.8%142K2.51
    15 October 2025379K-1.7%151K2.50
    30 September 2025385K+31.5%223K1.73
    15 September 2025293K+1.1%117K2.49
    29 August 2025290K-23.8%164K1.76
    15 August 2025380K+10.7%133K2.86
    31 July 2025343K+7.4%218K1.57
    15 July 2025320K+14.6%197K1.62
    30 June 2025279K+17.1%267K1.04
    13 June 2025238K-44.7%319K1.00
    30 May 2025431K+232.7%135K3.18
    15 May 2025129K+37.8%149K1.00
    30 April 202594K-22.8%104K1.00
    15 April 2025122K-28.9%134K1.00
    31 March 2025171K-29.7%105K1.62
    14 March 2025244K+49.9%149K1.63
    28 February 2025163K-17.0%93K1.74
    14 February 2025196K+2.7%78K2.51
    31 January 2025191K-24.0%127K1.51
    15 January 2025251K-14.3%139K1.81
    31 December 2024293K+1.7%139K2.10
    13 December 2024288K+3.1%218K1.32
    29 November 2024280K-5.7%196K1.43
    15 November 2024296K-3.0%185K1.60
    31 October 2024306K-13.2%65K4.70
    15 October 2024352K-2.3%40K8.82
    30 September 2024361K-17.7%62K5.82
    13 September 2024438K+4.9%42K10.53
    30 August 2024418K-4.7%64K6.54
    15 August 2024438K+3.1%68K6.45
    31 July 2024425K-8.9%84K5.06
    15 July 2024466K-1.9%82K5.72
    28 June 2024475K+13.7%105K4.53
    14 June 2024418K-8.0%96K4.37
    31 May 2024455K+14.2%94K4.86
    15 May 2024398K+17.0%159K2.51
    30 April 2024340K-12.1%144K2.36
    15 April 2024387K-18.3%115K3.38
    28 March 2024474K-9.0%213K2.23
    15 March 2024521K+32.8%213K2.45
    29 February 2024392K-14.2%153K2.56
    15 February 2024457K+36.0%188K2.43
    31 January 2024336K+28.4%164K2.05
    12 January 2024262K+4.4%261K1.00
    29 December 2023251K-10.6%227K1.10
    15 December 2023280K+26.3%325K1.00
    30 November 2023222K-20.5%222K1.00
    15 November 2023279K-18.7%177K1.58
    31 October 2023344K-4.8%122K2.81
    13 October 2023361K+15.7%123K2.93
    29 September 2023312K-3.7%167K1.86
    15 September 2023324K-0.0%99K3.29
    31 August 2023324K+6.7%123K2.63
    15 August 2023304K-40.1%181K1.68
    31 July 2023507K+3.8%96K5.30
    14 July 2023488K+14.3%141K3.45
    30 June 2023427K+1346.4%410K1.04
    15 June 202330K-56.1%167K1.00
    31 May 202367K-28.6%128K1.00
    15 May 202394K+17.9%101K1.00
    28 April 202380K+73.8%56K1.42
    14 April 202346K+203.6%62K1.00
    31 March 202315K+36.3%56K1.00
    15 March 202311K+15.9%50K1.00
    28 February 202310K+98.7%34K1.00
    15 February 20235K-73.8%44K1.00
    31 January 202318K+149.6%33K1.00
    13 January 20237K-64.6%41K1.00
    30 December 202221K+65.6%22K1.00
    15 December 202213K-3.9%31K1.00
    30 November 202213K-15.7%41K1.00
    15 November 202216K-72.1%46K1.00
    31 October 202256K-7.3%62K1.00
    14 October 202260K-1.4%13K4.61
    30 September 202261K-14.1%17K3.51
    15 September 202271K-14.5%13K5.47
    31 August 202283K-38.9%15K5.41
    15 August 2022136K+8.8%16K8.49
    29 July 2022125K-22.2%17K7.52
    15 July 2022161K-13.7%43K3.74
    30 June 2022186K+2156.6%83K2.24
    15 June 20228K+1.0%67K1.00
    31 May 20228K+33.6%33K1.00
    13 May 20226K-40.6%47K1.00
    29 April 202210K-51.7%87K1.00
    14 April 202221K-17.4%33K1.00
    31 March 202226K+1.2%27K1.00
    15 March 202225K+47.7%46K1.00
    28 February 202217K+30.9%10K1.78
    15 February 202213K+42.6%24K1.00
    31 January 20229K-28.3%18K1.00
    14 January 202213K+133.2%25K1.00
    31 December 20216K-53.4%11K1.00
    15 December 202112K+0.2%11K1.06
    30 November 202112K+42.1%20K1.00
    15 November 20218K-2.7%77K1.00
    29 October 20219K-9.3%12K1.00
    15 October 20219K-5.7%19K1.00
    30 September 202110K+62.2%11K1.00
    15 September 20216K+115.1%14K1.00
    31 August 20213K-65.7%7K1.00
    13 August 20218K+402.0%8K1.02
    30 July 20212K-76.6%21K1.00
    15 July 20217K+154.0%31K1.00
    30 June 20213K-43.9%14K1.00
    15 June 20215K-56.4%12K1.00
    28 May 202111K+81.3%12K1.00
    14 May 20216K+23.0%21K1.00
    30 April 20215K-4.0%17K1.00
    15 April 20215K+90.4%10K1.00
    31 March 20213K-49.3%9K1.00
    15 March 20216K+178.2%12K1.00
    26 February 20212K-1.1%10K1.00
    12 February 20212K-74.8%12K1.00
    29 January 20218K+163.4%16K1.00
    15 January 20213K-64.9%22K1.00
    31 December 20209K+231.3%18K1.00
    15 December 20203K-45.2%28K1.00
    30 November 20205K+405.8%12K1.00
    13 November 2020938-59.3%8K1.00
    30 October 20202K-38.9%19K1.00
    15 October 20204K-27.1%8K1.00
    30 September 20205K+1.9%22K1.00
    15 September 20205K+22.0%7K1.00
    31 August 20204K-77.2%8K1.00
    14 August 202018K-45.3%34K1.00
    31 July 202033K-4.4%12K2.73
    15 July 202035K+23.6%9K3.75
    30 June 202028K+24.0%29K1.00
    15 June 202023K+0.8%53K1.00
    29 May 202023K+3.0%7K3.12
    15 May 202022K+28.4%14K1.53
    30 April 202017K+5.3%9K1.81
    15 April 202016K-14.0%7K2.23
    31 March 202019K-25.0%9K2.03
    13 March 202025K+35.0%17K1.46
    28 February 202019K-5.3%3K6.87
    14 February 202020K+9.5%5K4.06
    31 January 202018K+122.1%22K1.00
    15 January 20208K+16.2%17K1.00
    31 December 20197K-70.5%21K1.00
    13 December 201924K+5.4%13K1.77
    29 November 201922K+8.1%7K3.15
    15 November 201921K-35.2%9K2.24
    31 October 201932K+12.6%11K2.93
    15 October 201928K-5.9%2K14.28
    30 September 201930K-11.2%4K7.20
    13 September 201934K+0.3%4K8.95
    30 August 201934K-11.3%8K4.29
    15 August 201938K+78.1%9K4.33
    31 July 201921K+42.4%11K2.02
    15 July 201915K-19.1%6K2.46
    28 June 201919K+18.9%9K2.09
    14 June 201916K+102.9%8K1.91
    31 May 20198K-36.9%17K1.00
    15 May 201912K+10.6%23K1.00
    30 April 201911K-5.1%7K1.60
    15 April 201912K-27.2%12K1.01
    29 March 201916K-23.2%10K1.66
    15 March 201921K-3.6%9K2.45
    28 February 201922K-13.0%4K5.25
    15 February 201925K+7.2%3K7.89
    31 January 201923K-48.8%6K4.00
    15 January 201945K+3.6%4K11.56
    31 December 201844K+8.7%5K8.43
    14 December 201840K-16.6%4K10.91
    30 November 201848K-2.6%5K9.26
    15 November 201850K-15.6%8K5.87
    31 October 201859K-0.9%12K4.76
    15 October 201859K+18.9%9K6.98
    28 September 201850K-34.9%19K2.66
    14 September 201877K+0.0%50K1.53
    31 August 201877K-19.3%15K5.09
    15 August 201895K-11.3%19K4.92
    31 July 2018107K+3.1%15K7.11
    13 July 2018104K-16.6%13K8.22
    29 June 2018125K-48.7%68K1.83
    15 June 2018243K-15.8%16K15.04
    31 May 2018288K-14.0%43K6.78
    15 May 2018335K+1.2%54K6.21
    30 April 2018331K+10.1%26K12.51
    13 April 2018301K+42.2%30K9.97
    29 March 2018212K+59.3%34K6.26
    15 March 2018133K+1.3%32K4.20
    28 February 2018131K-7.0%30K4.43
    15 February 2018141K-2.1%24K5.97
    31 January 2018144K+23.5%23K6.22
    12 January 2018117K+0.2%34K3.47
    29 December 2017116K66K1.76
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.