U.S. Energy (USEG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $1.18 -0.02 (-1.67%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.20 +0.02 (+1.27%) As of 08/1/2025 07:44 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock U.S. Energy Short Interest DataU.S. Energy (USEG) has a short interest of 841,000 shares. This marks a 52.94% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 532,064 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest841,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest549,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+52.94%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.11 millionShort Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares33,990,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted2.47%Today's Trading Volume299,172 sharesAverage Trading Volume532,064 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average56% Short Selling U.S. Energy? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for U.S. Energy and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUSEG Short Interest Over TimeUSEG Days to Cover Over TimeUSEG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time U.S. Energy Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/2025841,000 shares $1.11 million +52.9%N/A0.3 $1.32 6/30/2025549,900 shares $769.86 thousand +3.2%4.1%7.1 $1.40 6/15/2025532,800 shares $1.18 million +44.7%4.0%0.2 $2.21 5/31/2025368,200 shares $458.41 thousand -8.5%3.6%1.5 $1.25 5/15/2025402,500 shares $483 thousand +0.3%3.9%1.4 $1.20 4/30/2025401,200 shares $449.34 thousand -6.7%N/A1 $1.12 4/15/2025430,100 shares $473.11 thousand +15.5%4.2%0.3 $1.10 3/31/2025372,400 shares $446.88 thousand -24.2%3.6%0.1 $1.20 3/15/2025491,300 shares $668.17 thousand -15.5%4.8%0.1 $1.36 2/28/2025581,600 shares $953.82 thousand -17.1%5.7%0.2 $1.64 Get the Latest News and Ratings for USEG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for U.S. Energy and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/2025701,300 shares $1.42 million +117.8%6.9%0.2 $2.03 1/31/2025322,000 shares $721.28 thousand +279.3%9.3%0.1 $2.24 1/15/202584,900 shares $182.54 thousand +65.5%2.5%0 $2.15 12/31/202451,300 shares $83.62 thousand -6.2%N/A0.5 $1.63 12/15/202454,700 shares $88.07 thousand +78.8%N/A0.4 $1.61 11/30/202430,600 shares $56.61 thousand -67.4%N/A0.2 $1.85 11/15/202493,900 shares $156.81 thousand +117.4%N/A0.7 $1.67 10/31/202443,200 shares $58.97 thousand -61.4%N/A0.4 $1.37 10/15/2024111,800 shares $155.40 thousand +142.0%N/A1 $1.39 9/30/202446,200 shares $53.13 thousand +75.0%N/A0.5 $1.15 9/15/202426,400 shares $25.08 thousand +31.3%N/A0.4 $0.95 8/31/202420,100 shares $18.95 thousand -46.7%0.5%0.3 $0.94 8/15/202437,700 shares $35.20 thousand -10.5%1.0%0.6 $0.93 7/31/202442,100 shares $45.47 thousand -26.5%N/A0.7 $1.08 7/15/202457,300 shares $62.74 thousand +117.1%N/A1.2 $1.10 6/30/202426,400 shares $26.93 thousand No ChangeN/A0.3 $1.02 6/15/202426,400 shares $26.66 thousand +29.4%N/A0.3 $1.01 5/31/202420,400 shares $22.64 thousand +22.9%N/A0.2 $1.11 5/15/202416,600 shares $18.43 thousand -55.4%N/A0.2 $1.11 4/30/202437,200 shares $44.27 thousand +184.0%N/A0.4 $1.19 4/15/202413,100 shares $18.08 thousand -2.2%0.4%0.2 $1.38 3/31/202413,400 shares $14.47 thousand +135.1%N/A0.3 $1.08 3/15/20245,700 shares $5.76 thousand +137.5%N/A0.1 $1.01 2/29/20242,400 shares $2.45 thousand -4.0%N/A0 $1.02 2/15/20242,500 shares $2.53 thousand -66.2%N/A0 $1.01 1/31/20247,400 shares $7.70 thousand +25.4%N/A0.1 $1.04 1/15/20245,900 shares $6.55 thousand +37.2%N/A0.1 $1.11 12/31/20234,300 shares $4.30 thousand -77.6%N/A0.1 $1.00 12/15/202319,200 shares $18.55 thousand -30.4%N/A0.3 $0.97 11/30/202327,600 shares $32.29 thousand -5.2%N/A0.5 $1.17This rock I’m holding could be worth trillions (Ad)A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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And one tiny public company, recently backed by the U.S. government, holds mining rights to over 340 million tons… and near-monopoly access to the richest zone.See the name and ticker behind America’s $16 trillion resource push. 11/15/202329,100 shares $34.63 thousand -57.5%N/A0.5 $1.19 10/31/202368,500 shares $99.33 thousand +67.9%N/A1.2 $1.45 10/15/202340,800 shares $56.71 thousand -20.3%N/A0.8 $1.39 9/30/202351,200 shares $69.12 thousand +3.2%N/A1.1 $1.35 9/15/202349,600 shares $70.93 thousand -23.9%N/A1.1 $1.43 8/31/202365,200 shares $86.72 thousand -21.7%N/A1.3 $1.33 8/15/202383,300 shares $118.29 thousand +14.0%N/A1.5 $1.42 7/31/202373,100 shares $116.96 thousand +5.2%N/A1.3 $1.60 7/15/202369,500 shares $98.69 thousand -28.5%N/A1.1 $1.42 6/30/202397,200 shares $138.02 thousand -36.1%N/A1 $1.42 6/15/2023152,100 shares $225.11 thousand +26.3%N/A0.4 $1.48 5/31/2023120,400 shares $170.97 thousand -5.1%N/A0.3 $1.42 5/15/2023126,800 shares $164.84 thousand -16.5%N/A0.3 $1.30 4/30/2023151,800 shares $209.48 thousand +11.0%N/A0.4 $1.38 4/15/2023136,800 shares $177.84 thousand +339.9%N/A0.4 $1.30 3/31/202331,100 shares $54.74 thousand -16.4%N/A0.1 $1.76 3/15/202337,200 shares $68.45 thousand -54.4%N/A0.8 $1.84 2/28/202381,600 shares $176.26 thousand +70.4%N/A1.7 $2.16 2/15/202347,900 shares $112.09 thousand -48.4%1.1%1 $2.34 1/31/202392,800 shares $225.50 thousand -21.4%2.1%1.7 $2.43 1/15/2023118,000 shares $297.36 thousand -21.2%2.7%1.9 $2.52 12/30/2022149,700 shares $344.31 thousand +15.6%N/A2.3 $2.30 12/15/2022129,500 shares $305.62 thousand +6.5%N/A1.7 $2.36 11/30/2022121,600 shares $323.46 thousand +0.5%N/A1.3 $2.66 11/15/2022121,000 shares $349.70 thousand +9.6%N/A1 $2.89 10/31/2022110,400 shares $328.99 thousand -14.6%N/A0.7 $2.98 10/15/2022129,300 shares $376.26 thousand -23.0%N/A0.8 $2.91 9/30/2022167,900 shares $490.27 thousand +14.3%N/A1.1 $2.92 9/15/2022146,900 shares $471.55 thousand +120.9%N/A1 $3.21 8/31/202266,500 shares $230.76 thousand -30.6%N/A0.4 $3.47 8/15/202295,800 shares $357.33 thousand -21.2%N/A0.4 $3.73 7/31/2022121,500 shares $428.90 thousand -28.2%N/A0.5 $3.53 7/15/2022169,300 shares $601.02 thousand -13.8%N/A0.6 $3.55 6/30/2022196,300 shares $679.20 thousand +12.4%5.3%0.6 $3.46 6/15/2022174,700 shares $655.13 thousand +40.7%4.9%0.4 $3.75 5/31/2022124,200 shares $551.45 thousand -32.6%3.5%0.2 $4.44 5/15/2022184,200 shares $722.06 thousand +243.7%5.2%0.1 $3.92 4/30/202253,600 shares $206.36 thousand -50.6%1.5%0 $3.85 4/15/2022108,400 shares $519.24 thousand -7.0%3.1%0.1 $4.79 3/31/2022116,600 shares $507.21 thousand -87.3%2.8%0.1 $4.35 3/15/2022916,700 shares $5.86 million +751.2%21.7%0.6 $6.39 2/28/2022107,700 shares $422.18 thousand +182.7%3.2%0.1 $3.92 2/15/202238,100 shares $133.35 thousand +6.7%1.1%0.2 $3.50 1/31/202235,700 shares $116.03 thousand +164.4%5.8%0.3 $3.25 1/15/202213,500 shares $49.95 thousand -68.4%0.7%0.1 $3.70 12/31/202142,700 shares $139.63 thousand -38.6%1.0%0.3 $3.27 12/15/202169,500 shares $236.30 thousand -27.9%1.7%0.1 $3.40 11/30/202196,400 shares $346.08 thousand -45.7%2.3%0.2 $3.59 11/15/2021177,600 shares $706.85 thousand -28.1%4.3%0.3 $3.98 10/29/2021247,100 shares $919.21 thousand -23.1%6.0%0.4 $3.72This rock I’m holding could be worth trillions (Ad)A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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Short interest is the volume of U.S. Energy shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 841,000 shares of USEG short. Learn More on U.S. Energy's current short interest. Is U.S. Energy's short interest increasing or decreasing? U.S. Energy saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 841,000 shares, an increase of 52.9% from the previous total of 549,900 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does U.S. Energy's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "petroleum and natural gas" compare to U.S. Energy: Prairie Operating Co. (14.63%), Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (2.21%), Epsilon Energy Ltd. (2.65%), Amplify Energy Corp. (3.37%), Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. (0.46%), NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. (0.34%), MV Oil Trust (5.89%), PERMIANVILLE ROYALTY TRUST (0.38%), VOC Energy Trust (0.31%), PermRock Royalty Trust (1.57%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short U.S. Energy stock? Short selling USEG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from U.S. Energy as its price is falling. USEG shares are trading down $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against U.S. Energy? A short squeeze for U.S. Energy occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of USEG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is U.S. Energy's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including USEG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Prairie Operating Short Squeeze Gran Tierra Energy Short Squeeze Epsilon Energy Short Squeeze Amplify Energy Short Squeeze Mammoth Energy Services Short Squeeze NCS Multistage Short Squeeze MV Oil Trust Short Squeeze PERMIANVILLE ROYALTY TRUST Short Squeeze VOC Energy Trust Short Squeeze PermRock Royalty Trust Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:USEG) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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