PTENPatterson-UTI Energy, Inc.$10.99+11.35%
WAIT.
Not worth owning here — the balance sheet is under real strain and the filings carry red flags.
The balance-sheet safety score sits in its distress band and 1 accounting red flag is raised — the quality screen fails at any price. 1 of 6 usable entry checks are active; the rule needs 4. Move the price to stress-test the setup at another level.
QTick signal
+2net
2 bull / 3 bear factors · balancedBull 7 pts·Bear 5 pts30d
1 of 6 aligned — not yet
Quality fails the screen — a distress-zone balance sheet with forensic flags.
Market context—Sector read · not on fileRiskBalance sheet · Distress—PCE sensitivity · not on fileOKNot a falling knife
Chart pattern
Golden cross
50d above 200d · bullish structure
Volume vs 20-day avg1.05× · 9.59M vs 9.16M avg
52-week range$5.10 – $13.08
Below high since 2015-65.0% · $31.38 high
Risk / reward1 : 1.2
Plan stop$9.25
Max pain$9.00 options cluster
RSI 1459.6 fires under 35 · fires near $8.16
Forensic flags1 review
What-if price
$10.99
$8.13 · -26.1%-26.1%move the price to stress-test the setupdrag to test another price+7.3% · $11.79+7.3%
Entry strategy · 10 triggers1 of 6 aligned — not yet
RSI 14●
59.6
fires under 35 · fires near $8.16
vs 50-day●
$10.23
above the line · fires near $10.31
Bollinger●
$9.10
no lower pierce · fires near $9.00
VWAP 20●
$10.03
above the rolling VWAP · fires near $10.02
Entry level✓
$10.94
within 1% of model level
Put wall●
$9.00
OI strike below · fires near $9.04
MACD✓
+0.10
histogram above zero · rising
RVolStatic
1.05×
below the 1.5× context threshold
Short int.Static
9.0%
short interest below 20%
ATRStatic
$0.59
14-session average true range
A checklist, not odds on a return: 4 of 6 usable price conditions have to line up. RSI, the 50-day average and the Bollinger band move with the price you set; the 20-day average traded price, the entry level and the busiest put strike stay fixed. MACD, relative volume and short interest are context only — they never count toward the total.
Next earnings
21 Oct 2026
· in 70 days
Next dividend
USD 0.10
ex-date 2026-09-01