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USA Compression Partners (USAC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$26.70 -0.37 (-1.37%)
Closing price 08/27/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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USA Compression Partners Short Interest Overview

As of August 14, 2026, USA Compression Partners (USAC) had a short interest of 2.01 million shares sold short, representing 1.38% of the public float. This marks a -11.12% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.3, meaning it would take 6.3 days of the average trading volume of 297,475 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
2,005,009 shares
Previous Short Interest
2,255,963 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
-11.12%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$53.54 million
Short Interest Ratio
6.3 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
August 14, 2026
Outstanding Shares
144,940,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
1.38%
Today's Trading Volume
338,149 shares
Average Trading Volume
297,475 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
114%
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USA Compression Partners Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
8/14/20262,005,009 shares $53.54 million -11.1%1.4%6.32 $26.71
7/31/20262,255,963 shares $59.06 million -13.9%1.6%11.24 $26.18
7/15/20262,620,975 shares $70.14 million +8.9%1.8%13.71 $26.76
6/30/20262,406,197 shares $63.43 million -7.0%1.7%6.38 $26.36
6/15/20262,586,447 shares $67.37 million +1.3%1.8%11.7 $26.05
5/29/20262,552,331 shares $70.59 million -4.6%1.8%12.37 $27.66
5/15/20262,674,971 shares $79.58 million +3.9%1.8%12.23 $29.75
4/30/20262,575,040 shares $70.53 million -3.9%1.8%14.73 $27.39
4/15/20262,680,367 shares $72.04 million -0.9%1.8%18.74 $26.88
3/31/20262,703,307 shares $73.31 million +2.2%1.9%9.36 $27.12
3/13/20262,645,958 shares $73.04 million -2.3%1.8%11.61 $27.60
2/27/20262,708,856 shares $73.80 million -6.9%1.9%13.67 $27.25
2/13/20262,908,803 shares $77.23 million +2.9%2.0%14.07 $26.55
1/30/20262,825,782 shares $72.95 million +1.9%1.9%11.67 $25.82
1/15/20262,773,251 shares $71.29 million +45.9%1.9%11.91 $25.71
12/31/20251,900,769 shares $43.70 million -6.9%1.3%5.88 $22.99
12/15/20252,041,738 shares $48.90 million +16.2%1.4%8.75 $23.95
11/28/20251,757,695 shares $43.49 million -2.2%1.2%8.95 $24.75
11/14/20251,797,279 shares $42.73 million -12.6%1.5%4.7 $23.78
10/31/20252,055,511 shares $45.30 million -13.2%1.7%8.98 $22.04
10/15/20252,370,000 shares $54.54 million -5.2%3.3%11.1 $23.01
9/30/20252,500,000 shares $59.90 million -6.4%3.5%12.5 $23.96
9/15/20252,670,000 shares $64.35 million -5.7%3.7%13 $24.10
8/31/20252,830,000 shares $68.27 million -5.0%3.9%14.3 $24.13
8/15/20252,980,000 shares $72.24 million -1.3%4.1%13.1 $24.24
7/31/20253,020,000 shares $71.98 million -6.5%4.2%12.2 $23.84
7/15/20253,230,000 shares $78.75 million +1,368.9%4.7%13.6 $24.38
6/30/2025219,900 shares $5.37 million -95.9%0.2%0.3 $24.43
6/15/20255,380,000 shares $135.79 million +98.5%7.8%20.5 $25.24
5/31/20252,710,000 shares $68.62 million +5.0%4.1%10.2 $25.32
5/15/20252,580,000 shares $62.51 million -0.8%3.9%9.3 $24.23
4/30/20252,600,000 shares $63.60 million +4.4%4.0%7.6 $24.46
4/15/20252,490,000 shares $61.89 million -2.4%3.8%6 $24.86
3/31/20252,550,000 shares $68.88 million +28.8%3.9%6 $27.01
3/15/20251,980,000 shares $52.12 million -7.5%3.0%4.5 $26.33
2/28/20252,140,000 shares $57.67 million -9.3%3.3%4.9 $26.95
2/15/20252,360,000 shares $67.11 million -9.9%3.6%5.8 $28.44
1/31/20252,620,000 shares $69.71 million +63.8%4.0%6.7 $26.61
1/15/20251,600,000 shares $40.30 million +3.2%2.5%5.3 $25.19
12/31/20241,550,000 shares $36.52 million -10.9%2.4%5.3 $23.56
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12/15/20241,740,000 shares $39.71 million -12.1%2.7%6.4 $22.82
11/30/20241,980,000 shares $47.50 million -2.5%3.0%8.3 $23.99
11/15/20242,030,000 shares $46.39 million +0.5%3.1%8.5 $22.85
10/31/20242,020,000 shares $44.06 million -1.0%3.1%8.1 $21.81
10/15/20242,040,000 shares $46.41 million -1.9%3.1%7.2 $22.75
9/30/20242,080,000 shares $47.65 million -3.3%3.2%7.1 $22.91
9/15/20242,150,000 shares $48.40 million -5.3%3.3%6.6 $22.51
8/31/20242,270,000 shares $51.10 million -13.7%3.5%5.2 $22.51
8/15/20242,630,000 shares $57.81 million -7.4%4.0%6.2 $21.98
7/31/20242,840,000 shares $65.09 million -4.1%4.2%6.4 $22.92
7/15/20242,960,000 shares $72.19 million +37.7%4.4%7.4 $24.39
6/30/20242,150,000 shares $51.02 million +64.1%3.2%5.4 $23.73
6/15/20241,310,000 shares $30.82 million +8.3%2.0%3.5 $23.53
5/31/20241,210,000 shares $29.65 million -19.9%2.1%4.1 $24.50
5/15/20241,510,000 shares $36.78 million +8.6%2.7%5.1 $24.36
4/30/20241,390,000 shares $33.68 million -2.8%2.8%3.8 $24.23
4/15/20241,430,000 shares $35.91 million -35.3%2.8%3.5 $25.12
3/31/20242,210,000 shares $58.94 million +23.5%3.9%5.3 $26.67
3/15/20241,790,000 shares $49.31 million -25.4%3.2%3.8 $27.55
2/29/20242,400,000 shares $59.93 million -16.1%4.5%3.5 $24.97
2/15/20242,860,000 shares $69.07 million +35.6%5.3%4 $24.15
1/31/20242,110,000 shares $52.64 million -27.2%4.2%3 $24.95
1/15/20242,900,000 shares $69.34 million -22.3%5.9%4.8 $23.91
12/31/20233,730,000 shares $85.16 million +145.4%7.4%6.4 $22.83
12/15/20231,520,000 shares $37.16 million +8.6%3.1%2.6 $24.45
11/30/20231,400,000 shares $33.37 million -7.3%2.9%4.3 $23.84
11/15/20231,510,000 shares $39.76 million +9.4%3.1%5.3 $26.33
10/31/20231,380,000 shares $34.64 million +14.1%2.8%5.4 $25.10
10/15/20231,210,000 shares $31.02 million +79.2%2.4%5.4 $25.64
9/30/2023675,400 shares $16.12 million +7.5%1.3%3.5 $23.86
9/15/2023628,400 shares $13.91 million +4.4%1.2%4.9 $22.13
8/31/2023602,200 shares $12.80 million -6.6%1.2%4.8 $21.25
8/15/2023644,700 shares $12.87 million -11.6%1.3%5.6 $19.97
7/31/2023729,300 shares $14.52 million -4.8%1.4%6 $19.91
7/15/2023766,000 shares $15.66 million +8.1%1.5%6.1 $20.45
6/30/2023708,500 shares $13.98 million -1.3%1.4%5.9 $19.73
6/15/2023718,000 shares $14.61 million -6.7%1.4%5.4 $20.35
5/31/2023769,800 shares $14.38 million -12.2%1.5%5.1 $18.68
5/15/2023876,400 shares $17.03 million -14.9%1.7%5 $19.43
4/30/20231,030,000 shares $21.53 million -2.8%2.0%5.1 $20.90
4/15/20231,060,000 shares $22.76 million +5.0%2.1%5.3 $21.47
3/31/20231,010,000 shares $21.34 million -4.7%2.0%4.7 $21.13
3/15/20231,060,000 shares $21.03 million +9.3%1.1%5.1 $19.84
2/28/2023969,800 shares $20.30 million -4.9%1.0%4 $20.93
2/15/20231,020,000 shares $21.56 million -20.3%1.1%4.6 $21.14
1/31/20231,280,000 shares $26.50 million +7.6%1.3%6.8 $20.70
1/15/20231,190,000 shares $24.88 million +9.2%1.2%6.3 $20.91
12/30/20221,090,000 shares $21.29 million +28.9%1.1%6 $19.53
12/15/2022845,600 shares $16.63 million +7.9%0.9%4.7 $19.67
11/30/2022783,600 shares $14.39 million +3.0%0.8%6 $18.37
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11/15/2022760,900 shares $13.99 million +3.9%0.8%6.3 $18.39
10/31/2022732,600 shares $13.25 million -15.1%0.8%6 $18.09
10/15/2022863,000 shares $15.30 million +1.1%0.9%7.2 $17.73
9/30/2022853,900 shares $14.86 million -4.4%0.9%7.2 $17.40
9/15/2022892,800 shares $16.11 million -5.0%0.9%7.1 $18.04
8/31/2022939,600 shares $16.97 million -3.3%1.0%6.1 $18.06
8/15/2022972,000 shares $17.43 million -1.6%1.0%6 $17.93
7/31/2022987,600 shares $17.50 million +4.0%2.1%5.8 $17.72
7/15/2022949,700 shares $16.65 million +4.2%2.0%5.1 $17.53
6/30/2022911,800 shares $15.25 million +6.8%2.0%4.7 $16.72
6/15/2022853,500 shares $14.21 million +3.5%1.8%4.1 $16.65
5/31/2022825,000 shares $15.15 million -8.6%0.9%4.5 $18.36
5/15/2022902,100 shares $15.88 million +22.1%0.9%4.2 $17.60
4/30/2022738,600 shares $13.09 million -0.2%0.8%3.3 $17.72
4/15/2022740,300 shares $14.47 million +11.5%0.8%3.3 $19.55
3/31/2022663,900 shares $11.69 million -26.0%0.7%3 $17.61
3/15/2022897,500 shares $15.51 million +13.5%0.9%3.9 $17.28
2/28/2022790,800 shares $13.86 million +7.4%0.8%3.5 $17.53
2/15/2022736,400 shares $12.17 million +14.7%0.8%3.4 $16.53
1/31/2022641,900 shares $10.11 million +0.6%0.7%2.7 $15.75
1/15/2022638,200 shares $11.19 million +17.2%0.7%2.4 $17.53
12/31/2021544,400 shares $9.50 million +2.6%0.6%2 $17.45
12/15/2021530,700 shares $8.00 million -6.4%0.6%2.1 $15.07
11/30/2021566,700 shares $8.32 million +1.6%0.6%2.3 $14.69
11/15/2021557,700 shares $8.62 million -0.1%0.6%2.5 $15.45
10/29/2021558,200 shares $8.87 million +8.1%0.6%2.6 $15.89
10/15/2021516,600 shares $9.06 million +0.2%0.5%2.6 $17.53
9/30/2021515,800 shares $8.55 million -1.7%0.5%2.6 $16.57
9/15/2021524,900 shares $8.17 million +3.1%0.6%2.7 $15.56
8/31/2021509,100 shares $7.72 million +2.1%0.5%2.4 $15.16

USAC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of USA Compression Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 14th, investors have sold 2,005,009 shares of USAC short. 1.38% of USA Compression Partners' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on USA Compression Partners' current short interest.

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. USAC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.3. Learn More on USA Compression Partners's short interest ratio.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 1.38% of USA Compression Partners' floating shares are currently sold short.

USA Compression Partners saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 2,005,009 shares, a decline of 11.1% from the previous total of 2,255,963 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.

1.38% of USA Compression Partners' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "energy" compare to USA Compression Partners: Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Inc. (6.69%), NOV Inc. (7.32%), LandBridge Company LLC (12.97%), Weatherford International PLC (5.67%), Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (8.64%), Archrock, Inc. (4.08%), Cactus, Inc. (4.79%), Oceaneering International, Inc. (6.29%), Tidewater Inc. (13.80%), Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. (24.53%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($71.57 billion), Invesco QQQ ($46.97 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($24.02 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($15.37 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($12.60 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($12.14 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($10.32 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.38 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($7.62 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($7.07 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling USAC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from USA Compression Partners as its price is falling. USAC shares are trading down $0.37 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.

A short squeeze for USA Compression Partners 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 USAC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including USAC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 14 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like USAC:

  • Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
  • Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
  • Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.


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Short interest data for NYSE:USAC is sourced from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), with the most recent report published on 8/25/2026. FINRA publishes updated short interest twice a month.
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