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Helmerich & Payne HP

US equityMarket cap rank #2271
$40.13 +$1.57 (+4.07%)
Market closed · Oct 5, 10:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $40.13 0.00%
Open$38.44
Prev close$38.56
Day range$38.24 – $40.73
Volume1.22M
Market cap$4.01B
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield2.49%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership103.0%+0.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding427+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)22 buys / 27 sellsNet selling
Short interest7.28% of floatDays to cover 5.7 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share22.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%19%24%29%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$12.13M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 40.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.69%
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company7.85%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.18%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.91%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.84%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.53%
  • American Century Investment Management3.85%
  • Invesco Ltd.3.35%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund77.02%
  • Private Company10.00%
  • Hedge Fund6.30%
  • Public Company5.58%
  • Individual/Insider3.86%
  • Government Pension Fund2.11%
  • Insurance Company1.37%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.27%

Reported short interest has fallen from 9.10% to 7.28% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 7,276,172 7.3% 5.7
31 Aug 2026 7,283,017 7.3% 6.2
14 Aug 2026 8,252,091 8.3% 4.9
31 Jul 2026 8,375,555 8.4% 9.0
15 Jul 2026 8,810,766 8.8% 7.2
30 Jun 2026 9,098,079 9.1% 6.1

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