PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG) short interest & short volume · 93K shares short
PrimeEnergy Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PNRG short interest rose 16.4% to 93K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 69.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 64.4% the 20 sessions before, the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 93K
- prior 80K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.5
- avg vol 62K
- Change vs prior report
- +16.4%
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)
- 67.9%
- 8K of 12K
- 20-day average
- 69.6%
- prior 64.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 88th
- 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: -2.0%
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 · PNRG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 7,906 | 11,639 | 67.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 8,847 | 13,238 | 66.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 9,915 | 13,133 | 75.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 8,136 | 10,064 | 80.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 11,355 | 17,754 | 64.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 15,080 | 20,587 | 73.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 16,046 | 20,175 | 79.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 11,978 | 16,934 | 70.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 9,135 | 12,074 | 75.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 6,633 | 9,661 | 68.7% |
Energy peers with similar quant ratings
PNRG is rated 2.76 of 5 among 153 rated Energy stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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PNRG short interest FAQ
What is PNRG's short interest?
PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG) had 93K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does PNRG have?
1.5 days: 93K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 62K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PNRG short interest rising or falling?
PNRG short interest rose (+16.4%) from 80K to 93K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PNRG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PNRG 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4.9/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of PNRG daily volume is sold short?
69.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PNRG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG) was 7,906 shares, 67.9% of 11,639 total volume.
How many PNRG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did PNRG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for PrimeEnergy Corporation (PNRG) moved from 66.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 67.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 1.1 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.