Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) short interest & short volume · 7.0M shares short
Helmerich and Payne Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HP short interest rose 1.3% to 7.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 47th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 7.0M
- prior 6.9M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.3
- avg vol 959K
- Change vs prior report
- +1.3%
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 46.8%
- 246K of 525K
- 20-day average
- 61.4%
- prior 61.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 47th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +0.5%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · HP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 245,937 | 525,410 | 46.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 625,611 | 899,413 | 69.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 490,877 | 658,372 | 74.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 285,481 | 395,569 | 72.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 173,102 | 530,992 | 32.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 161,717 | 286,731 | 56.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 134,337 | 192,016 | 70.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 178,293 | 235,945 | 75.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 312,249 | 395,446 | 79.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 165,187 | 268,081 | 61.6% |
Energy peers with similar quant ratings
HP is rated 3.47 of 5 among 153 rated Energy stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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HP short interest FAQ
What is HP's short interest?
Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) had 7.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HP have?
7.3 days: 7.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 959K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HP short interest rising or falling?
HP short interest rose (+1.3%) from 6.9M to 7.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HP 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 18.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.4/15, price change since settlement date 0.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of HP daily volume is sold short?
61.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 47th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) was 245,937 shares, 46.8% of 525,410 total volume.
How many HP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did HP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Helmerich and Payne Inc (HP) moved from 69.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 46.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 22.8 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.