Transocean (RIG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.00 -0.07 (-2.12%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.98 -0.02 (-0.50%) As of 07:57 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Transocean Short Interest DataTransocean (RIG) has a short interest of 135.80 million shares. This marks a -3.11% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.0, indicating that it would take 4.0 days of the average trading volume of 21.05 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest135,800,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest140,160,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-3.11%Dollar Volume Sold Short$400.61 millionShort Interest Ratio4.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares943,120,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted14.40%Today's Trading Volume24,004,573 sharesAverage Trading Volume21,051,230 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average114% Short Selling Transocean? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Transocean and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartRIG Short Interest Over TimeRIG Days to Cover Over TimeRIG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Transocean Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/2025135,800,000 shares $400.61 million -3.1%N/A4 $2.95 7/31/2025140,160,000 shares $408.57 million -3.0%16.9%3.8 $2.92 7/15/2025144,450,000 shares $380.63 million +5.5%N/A3.6 $2.64 6/30/2025136,940,000 shares $354.67 million -3.2%17.7%3.2 $2.59 6/15/2025141,430,000 shares $468.84 million -0.7%18.3%3.2 $3.32 5/31/2025142,380,000 shares $354.53 million +9.6%18.7%3.4 $2.49 5/15/2025129,940,000 shares $345.64 million +4.1%17.0%3.1 $2.66 4/30/2025124,830,000 shares $264.64 million -0.5%N/A3.1 $2.12 4/15/2025125,480,000 shares $275.43 million -9.9%16.4%3.3 $2.20 3/31/2025139,280,000 shares $440.82 million +0.2%18.2%3.9 $3.17 Get the Latest News and Ratings for RIG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Transocean and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/2025138,990,000 shares $421.83 million -1.4%18.2%4.5 $3.04 2/28/2025140,900,000 shares $416.36 million -5.2%18.5%4.9 $2.96 2/15/2025148,580,000 shares $525.38 million +1.9%19.5%5.9 $3.54 1/31/2025145,800,000 shares $570.81 million +1.9%N/A6.3 $3.92 1/15/2025143,020,000 shares $612.13 million +1.6%N/A6.5 $4.28 12/31/2024140,800,000 shares $528 million -6.0%N/A6.9 $3.75 12/15/2024149,850,000 shares $578.42 million +3.3%N/A7.7 $3.86 11/30/2024145,120,000 shares $638.53 million -1.6%N/A7.3 $4.40 11/15/2024147,490,000 shares $621.67 million -1.3%N/A7.4 $4.22 10/31/2024149,410,000 shares $648.44 million -0.2%N/A7.5 $4.34 10/15/2024149,670,000 shares $599.43 million -6.3%N/A7.8 $4.01 9/30/2024159,760,000 shares $679.78 million +3.8%N/A8.2 $4.26 9/15/2024153,850,000 shares $635.40 million -3.3%N/A7.5 $4.13 8/31/2024159,110,000 shares $754.18 million +0.2%N/A8.2 $4.74 8/15/2024158,780,000 shares $831.21 million -1.7%N/A8.7 $5.24 7/31/2024161,460,000 shares $935.66 million -2.0%N/A9 $5.80 7/15/2024164,730,000 shares $909.31 million +17.8%N/A9.3 $5.52 6/30/2024139,850,000 shares $748.20 million +0.3%N/A7.6 $5.35 6/15/2024139,500,000 shares $721.22 million +7.8%N/A8.1 $5.17 5/31/2024129,360,000 shares $803.33 million -2.5%N/A7.2 $6.21 5/15/2024132,730,000 shares $801.69 million +3.7%N/A7.5 $6.04 4/30/2024127,990,000 shares $667.47 million -1.2%N/A6.8 $5.22 4/15/2024129,530,000 shares $783.01 million -2.1%N/A7 $6.05 3/31/2024132,240,000 shares $830.47 million +2.0%N/A7.2 $6.28 3/15/2024129,650,000 shares $751.97 million +1.3%N/A7.6 $5.80 2/29/2024127,930,000 shares $599.99 million +0.3%N/A7.4 $4.69 2/15/2024127,540,000 shares $640.25 million -1.8%N/A7.6 $5.02 1/31/2024129,870,000 shares $709.09 million +2.9%N/A8.2 $5.46 1/15/2024126,220,000 shares $703.05 million +2.3%N/A8.2 $5.57 12/31/2023123,340,000 shares $783.21 million -2.7%N/A8.2 $6.35Turn $1K into $50K with This DeFi Gem (Ad)Bitcoin grabs headlines, but smart money likes this token My research team has identified the token positioned at the absolute center of this incoming capital flood— a project so fundamentally essential to the crypto ecosystem that institutional investors simply cannot ignore it.Click here to get all the details 12/15/2023126,750,000 shares $779.51 million +4.2%N/A8.2 $6.15 11/30/2023121,650,000 shares $774.91 million +1.5%N/A8 $6.37 11/15/2023119,910,000 shares $787.81 million +3.3%N/A8.1 $6.57 10/31/2023116,090,000 shares $769.10 million -5.7%N/A7.8 $6.63 10/15/2023123,050,000 shares $948.72 million -12.6%N/A8.6 $7.71 9/30/2023140,850,000 shares $1.16 billion +3.1%N/A9.7 $8.21 9/15/2023136,630,000 shares $1.14 billion -0.8%N/A9 $8.31 8/31/2023137,790,000 shares $1.13 billion -1.1%N/A9 $8.17 8/15/2023139,360,000 shares $1.14 billion -2.6%N/A9 $8.15 7/31/2023143,010,000 shares $1.26 billion +3.9%N/A9.4 $8.80 7/15/2023137,600,000 shares $1.07 billion +4.6%N/A8.7 $7.81 6/30/2023131,590,000 shares $921.79 million -6.8%N/A8.7 $7.01 6/15/2023141,150,000 shares $879.36 million -2.0%N/A9.1 $6.23 5/31/2023144,010,000 shares $824.46 million +0.6%N/A8.2 $5.73 5/15/2023143,180,000 shares $839.03 million +4.2%N/A7.4 $5.86 4/30/2023137,480,000 shares $811.13 million +1.6%N/A6.8 $5.90 4/15/2023135,350,000 shares $886.54 million -2.7%N/A6.2 $6.55 3/31/2023139,140,000 shares $884.93 million +1.4%N/A5.6 $6.36 3/15/2023137,260,000 shares $798.85 million +0.5%N/A5.7 $5.82 2/28/2023136,520,000 shares $954.27 million +4.0%N/A6 $6.99 2/15/2023131,280,000 shares $999.04 million +2.8%N/A5.8 $7.61 1/31/2023127,680,000 shares $860.56 million +1.8%N/A5.7 $6.74 1/15/2023125,460,000 shares $710.10 million +2.2%N/A5.5 $5.66 12/30/2022122,820,000 shares $560.06 million -0.4%N/A5.6 $4.56 12/15/2022123,330,000 shares $522.92 million -0.8%N/A5.2 $4.24 11/30/2022124,300,000 shares $528.28 million +6.9%N/A4.8 $4.25 11/15/2022116,270,000 shares $517.40 million +5.9%N/A4.6 $4.45 10/31/2022109,810,000 shares $404.10 million -1.5%N/A4.6 $3.68 10/15/2022111,490,000 shares $324.44 million +8.5%N/A5 $2.91 9/30/2022102,730,000 shares $253.74 million +72.1%N/A4.6 $2.47 9/15/202259,680,000 shares $192.77 million +7.5%N/A3.1 $3.23 8/31/202255,510,000 shares $200.95 million -14.0%N/A3.1 $3.62 8/15/202264,540,000 shares $223.31 million -9.4%N/A3.4 $3.46 7/31/202271,220,000 shares $240.72 million +6.4%N/A3.6 $3.38 7/15/202266,920,000 shares $169.98 million +7.5%N/A3.4 $2.54 6/30/202262,250,000 shares $207.29 million +3.1%N/A3.4 $3.33 6/15/202260,410,000 shares $235.60 million +2.7%N/A3.2 $3.90 5/31/202258,850,000 shares $242.46 million +1.7%N/A2.9 $4.12 5/15/202257,890,000 shares $217.67 million -4.0%N/A2.4 $3.76 4/30/202260,330,000 shares $226.84 million +5.7%N/A2.5 $3.76 4/15/202257,100,000 shares $261.52 million -6.4%N/A2.3 $4.58 3/31/202261,000,000 shares $278.77 million -4.9%N/A2.5 $4.57 3/15/202264,150,000 shares $254.03 million +3.7%10.6%2.8 $3.96 2/28/202261,880,000 shares $219.06 million +1.2%10.2%3 $3.54 2/15/202261,130,000 shares $221.90 million +11.6%10.1%3.8 $3.63 1/31/202254,790,000 shares $172.59 million -4.5%9.0%3.5 $3.15 1/15/202257,390,000 shares $202.01 million -2.8%9.5%3.8 $3.52 12/31/202159,070,000 shares $163.03 million -6.0%9.7%3.8 $2.76 12/15/202162,870,000 shares $184.21 million +6.8%10.4%3.7 $2.93 11/30/202158,890,000 shares $177.85 million -2.4%9.7%3.3 $3.02Turn $1K into $50K with This DeFi Gem (Ad)Bitcoin grabs headlines, but smart money likes this token My research team has identified the token positioned at the absolute center of this incoming capital flood— a project so fundamentally essential to the crypto ecosystem that institutional investors simply cannot ignore it.Click here to get all the details 11/15/202160,340,000 shares $199.73 million -0.3%10.0%3.5 $3.31 10/29/202160,510,000 shares $213.60 million +12.5%10.0%3.7 $3.53 10/15/202153,810,000 shares $215.78 million -4.8%8.9%3.3 $4.01 9/30/202156,540,000 shares $214.29 million -1.3%9.4%3.2 $3.79 9/15/202157,260,000 shares $208.43 million -3.1%9.5%2.7 $3.64 8/31/202159,100,000 shares $210.40 million -2.5%9.8%2.6 $3.56 8/13/202160,620,000 shares $200.05 million +1.7%10.1%2.5 $3.30 7/30/202159,600,000 shares $215.16 million +10.6%10.0%2.3 $3.61 7/15/202153,880,000 shares $196.66 million -22.1%9.5%2.1 $3.65 6/30/202169,120,000 shares $312.42 million -16.5%12.2%2.9 $4.52 6/15/202182,770,000 shares $348.46 million +6.8%14.4%4.3 $4.21 5/28/202177,530,000 shares $293.06 million +3.5%13.4%4.3 $3.78 5/14/202174,920,000 shares $280.20 million -3.3%12.9%3.6 $3.74 4/30/202177,450,000 shares $261.78 million +2.5%13.3%3.6 $3.38 4/15/202175,590,000 shares $269.10 million +2.9%13.0%3 $3.56 3/31/202173,430,000 shares $251.86 million +2.4%12.6%2.6 $3.43 3/15/202171,730,000 shares $329.24 million +6.2%12.4%2.3 $4.59 2/26/202167,540,000 shares $238.42 million +3.3%11.6%2 $3.53 2/12/202165,370,000 shares $226.18 million -12.8%11.3%1.7 $3.46 1/29/202174,990,000 shares $240.72 million -25.3%12.9%1.9 $3.21 1/15/2021100,390,000 shares $350.36 million -8.6%17.3%2.5 $3.49 12/31/2020109,820,000 shares $250.39 million -6.5%18.9%3.1 $2.28 12/15/2020117,400,000 shares $286.46 million -4.9%20.3%3.5 $2.44 11/30/2020123,450,000 shares $256.78 million -0.4%21.3%3.8 $2.08 11/15/2020123,930,000 shares $133.84 million +5.3%21.4%4.2 $1.08 10/30/2020117,750,000 shares $81.79 million +2.0%20.3%4.2 $0.69 10/15/2020115,470,000 shares $95.60 million +13.4%19.9%4.8 $0.83 9/30/2020101,810,000 shares $82.15 million -7.3%17.6%4.1 $0.81 9/15/2020109,880,000 shares $117.57 million +6.7%19.0%4.3 $1.07 RIG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Transocean's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Transocean shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, investors have sold 135,800,000 shares of RIG short. Learn More on Transocean's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Transocean? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. RIG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Transocean's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Transocean? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Transocean: Squarepoint Ops LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Group One Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC , Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, DLD Asset Management LP, Simplex Trading LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, and Militia Capital Partners LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Transocean's short interest increasing or decreasing? Transocean saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 135,800,000 shares, a decrease of 3.1% from the previous total of 140,160,000 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 Transocean's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Transocean: Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (9.40%), Halliburton Company (4.00%), Nabors Industries Ltd. (26.03%), NOV Inc. (6.87%), Oceaneering International, Inc. (3.26%), Oil States International, Inc. (3.26%), Schlumberger Limited (2.83%), Valaris Limited (14.43%), Viper Energy Inc. (5.17%), Permian Resources Corporation (8.44%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Transocean stock? Short selling RIG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Transocean as its price is falling. RIG shares are trading down $0.07 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 Transocean? A short squeeze for Transocean 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 RIG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Transocean'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 RIG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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