Patterson-UTI Energy closed at $10.65 on Nov 4, down 9.36%, 20.0% below its 52-week closing high. Volume of 14.3M shares was 2.04× its 20-day average (well above normal).
Split-adjusted performance: -6.7% over one month, -8.0% over six months, +66.4% over one year.
In the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $1.34B, up 14.1% from a year earlier, with a net margin of 2.1%.
Short interest was 27.0M shares at the Oct 15 settlement, down 11.9% from the prior report (7.3% of float, 4.4 days to cover).