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Precision Drilling PDS

US equityMarket cap rank #3207Oil & Gas Drilling
$83.56 −$1.16 (-1.37%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:50 am ET · After hours $83.56 0.00%
Open$84.34
Prev close$84.72
Day range$81.86 – $86.28
Volume144.9K
Market cap$1.05B
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership73.9%-1.24 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding167+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)5 buys / 4 sellsNet buying
Short interest6.28% of floatDays to cover 8.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share21.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

9%16%22%28%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$1.79M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$1.6MSuper+$148.1KBig+$375.2KMid−$123.0KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 23.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • National Bank Investments Inc.5.92%
  • Fidelity International Ltd5.64%
  • Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.4.02%
  • Aegis Financial Corporation3.95%
  • The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.3.81%
  • BMO Asset Management3.13%
  • Encompass Capital Advisors LLC2.62%
  • Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership2.49%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund48.88%
  • Hedge Fund10.32%
  • Public Company8.24%
  • Private Company5.46%
  • Individual/Insider2.25%
  • VC/PE Fund0.49%
  • Government Pension Fund0.46%
  • Family Office/Trust0.03%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.51% to 6.28% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +281,628 3.8%
Driehaus Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +167,700 1.3%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +147,171 2.0%
Barclays Bank Plc Private Company 2026/Q3 +147,138 1.4%
Barclays PLC Public Company 2026/Q3 +132,437 1.3%
RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Private Company 2026/Q3 +107,290 1.1%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +97,123 1.8%
Sir Capital Management, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +94,100 0.9%
Quadrature Capital Limited Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +91,818 1.3%
Orion Resource Partners (USA), L.P. VC/PE Fund 2026/Q3 +62,689 0.5%
Hartree Partners, LP Private Company 2026/Q3 +47,500 1.0%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +47,325 0.5%
State of Wisconsin Investment Board Government Pension Fund 2026/Q3 +46,800 0.4%
Picton Mahoney Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +37,940 1.8%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +28,974 2.5%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
20 May 2026 Darren Ruhr Chief Administrative Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -10,000 $98.13 –
12 Mar 2026 Steven Krablin Independent Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Retained +680 – 4,932
12 Mar 2026 William Donovan Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +680 – 11,741
12 Mar 2026 David Williams Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +680 – 3,682
12 Mar 2026 Kevin Meyers Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +680 – 6,157
12 Mar 2026 Alice Wong Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +2,392 – 2,942
16 Feb 2026 Darren Ruhr Chief Administrative Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -12,000 $88.26 –
25 Aug 2024 David Williams Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,500 $74.33 –
12 Dec 2023 Shuja Goraya Chief Technology Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -20,567 $49.73 –

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 806,855 6.3% 8.5
31 Aug 2026 823,633 6.4% 8.2
14 Aug 2026 749,595 5.8% 5.4
31 Jul 2026 557,711 4.3% 4.7
15 Jul 2026 394,129 3.0% 4.4
30 Jun 2026 454,211 3.5% 5.0

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