PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY INC PTEN
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 703481101
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryDrilling Oil & Gas Wells
- HeadquartersHouston, TX
- Founded1978
- Websitepatenergy.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($9.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 393.0m as of 2024-07-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $10.36. Options: 21 managers hold calls ($112.3m notional), 15 hold puts ($216.9m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 285 |
| Q4 2022 | 307 |
| Q1 2023 | 287 |
| Q2 2023 | 286 |
| Q3 2023 | 359 |
| Q4 2023 | 360 |
| Q1 2024 | 369 |
| Q2 2024 | 359 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 151 | 131 |
| Q1 2023 | 129 | 169 |
| Q2 2023 | 147 | 141 |
| Q3 2023 | 268 | 91 |
| Q4 2023 | 167 | 184 |
| Q1 2024 | 193 | 186 |
| Q2 2024 | 189 | 169 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $15.6m | $5.0m | 0.32 |
| Q4 2023 | $16.6m | $169.7m | 10.22 |
| Q1 2024 | $16.3m | $235.8m | 14.49 |
| Q2 2024 | $112.3m | $216.9m | 1.93 |
Biggest buyers
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | New | +14.7m |
| Ninepoint Partners LP | New | +5.0m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +3.1m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +2.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +2.2m |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | Added | +1.6m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +1.2m |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | New | +1.2m |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Added | +971.2k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC | Added | +819.3k |
Biggest sellers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -24.9m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -4.2m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -2.8m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -2.8m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP | Sold out | -1.3m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| SIR Capital Management, L.P. | Reduced | -1.2m |
Biggest calls
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $88.3m8.5m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.4m427.1k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $3.7m352.8k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $3.6m350.0k shares |
| Symmetry Investments LP | New | $3.1m300.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.9m185.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.3m121.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.2m118.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $873.0k84.3k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $659.7k63.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $147.1m14.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $19.2m1.9m shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | New | $15.2m1.5m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $15.1m1.5m shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $5.6m542.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.5m439.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $2.8m268.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.9m186.9k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $1.6m154.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $1.6m150.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-30 | 14.4% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.2% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-09 | 5.6% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: BEP Diamond Topco L.P. (1.9%, 2026-05-01), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.6m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.4m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $6.8m | $4.9m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $176.7k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.0m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.3m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-18 | Gillard Matthew President-Completions | Sold | $592.2k60.0k shares |
| 2024-05-20 | Drummond Robert Wayne Jr Director | Sold | $1.7m150.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 57.4m $595.1m | Added +2.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.2m $467.8m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Blackstone Inc. 1.32% of their portfolio | 28.7m $297.5m | Unchanged |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.20% of their portfolio | 16.9m $175.2m | Reduced -88.4k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.35% of their portfolio | 14.7m $152.3m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.1m $145.9m | Added +285.1k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.41% of their portfolio | 9.2m $94.9m | Reduced -80.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 9.1m $94.7m | Reduced -2.8m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.5m $88.1m | Added +770.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.7m $80.2m | Added +785.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.25% of their portfolio | 7.5m $77.8m | Reduced -16.1k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 7.1m $74.0m | Reduced -703.5k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 6.4m $66.7m | Reduced -865.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.4m $66.4m | Reduced -24.9m |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 1.40% of their portfolio | 6.1m $62.9m | Added +778.6k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 1.68% of their portfolio | 5.9m $61.3m | Added +819.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.8m $60.6m | Reduced -457.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.7m $58.9m | Added +2.2m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.3m $54.8m | Added +339.9k |
| Ninepoint Partners LP 5.57% of their portfolio | 5.0m $51.8m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.9m $51.1m | Added +254.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $49.9m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $49.3m | Reduced -724.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.6m $47.7m | Reduced -321.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $44.5m | Added +39.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $44.4m | Reduced -1.8m |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 4.2m $43.2m | Added +286.2k |
| Greenhouse Funds LLLP 2.18% of their portfolio | 4.0m $41.6m | Added +750.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.0m $41.1m | Added +101.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.9m $40.3m | Reduced -104.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3m $34.6m | Added +3.1m |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.31% of their portfolio | 3.3m $33.8m | Added +197.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $29.0m | Added +971.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.7m $27.6m | Reduced -1.2m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $27.3m | Added +1.2m |
| KAHN BROTHERS GROUP INC 4.04% of their portfolio | 2.3m $24.0m | Reduced -331.5k |
| ATLANTIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 9.94% of their portfolio | 2.1m $22.1m | Added +490.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $21.3m | Reduced -873.4k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 1.9m $20.1m | Added +284.7k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $18.3m | Reduced -213.1k |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.6m $17.1m | Added +1.6m |
| Hartree Partners, LP 4.17% of their portfolio | 1.6m $16.5m | Added +173.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $16.3m | Added +271.8k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.6m $16.1m | Added +250.0k |
| Boston Partners 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.8m | Reduced -373.1k |
| Webs Creek Capital Management LP 5.35% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.8m | Reduced -497.8k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.7m | Added +74.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $15.5m | Added +39.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $12.8m | Added +266.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $12.2m | Added +57.9k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 1.2m $12.0m | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 942.7k $9.8m | Reduced -40.1k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 921.7k $9.6m | Added +131.8k |
| KLCM Advisors, Inc. 1.11% of their portfolio | 867.3k $9.0m | Added +62.5k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 814.5k $8.4m | Reduced -64.2k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 810.2k $8.4m | Added +102.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 785.7k $8.1m | Added +1.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 781.3k $8.1m | Added +292.8k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 775.3k $8.0m | Added +312.5k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 775.1k $8.0m | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 740.6k $7.7m | Added +269.2k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 732.8k $7.6m | Reduced -706.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 722.5k $7.5m | Reduced -19.1k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 697.7k $7.2m | Added +284.2k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 0.63% of their portfolio | 695.4k $7.2m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 687.3k $7.1m | Added +144.7k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.04% of their portfolio | 680.5k $7.1m | Added +21.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 672.9k $7.0m | Added +2.9k |
| Bernzott Capital Advisors 3.18% of their portfolio | 666.9k $6.9m | Reduced -61.5k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 655.4k $6.8m | Added +482.5k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 636.3k $6.6m | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 636.0k $6.6m | Added +6.5k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 629.9k $6.5m | Reduced -33.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 618.3k $6.4m | Reduced -4.2m |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 608.4k $6.3m | Added +38.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 605.0k $6.3m | Reduced -323.4k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 595.3k $6.2m | Reduced -81.1k |
| Phocas Financial Corp. 0.67% of their portfolio | 565.9k $5.9m | Reduced -10.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 553.3k $5.7m | Added +203.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 550.9k $5.7m | Added +53.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 550.2k $5.7m | Added +95.6k |
| F/m Investments LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 550.0k $5.7m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 536.0k $5.6m | Reduced -18.2k |
| SIR Capital Management, L.P. 0.55% of their portfolio | 534.3k $5.5m | Reduced -1.2m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 505.2k $5.2m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 485.7k $5.0m | Reduced -139.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 484.6k $5.0m | Reduced -168.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 478.4k $5.0m | Added +285.8k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 456.2k $4.7m | Added +52.1k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 441.1k $4.6m | Added +5.2k |
| Alden Global Capital LLC 3.73% of their portfolio | 434.8k $4.5m | New |
| ICON ADVISERS INC/CO 0.91% of their portfolio | 400.0k $4.0m | Unchanged |
| HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 394.6k $4.1m | Reduced -6.1k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 390.6k $4.0m | Added +18.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 363.6k $3.8m | Reduced -36.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 360.7k $3.7m | Reduced -12.6k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 327.3k $3.4m | Added +30.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 326.8k $3.4m | Added +83.1k |
| Roumell Asset Management, LLC 6.31% of their portfolio | 324.5k $3.4m | Reduced -80.0k |
| Skylands Capital, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 318.1k $3.3m | Unchanged |