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William Andrew Hendricks JR sold $3.0M of PTEN

President & CEO at PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC. 250,000 shares at an average of $11.85, traded May 1, 2026, filed May 4, 2026.

Warning score
50
Value
$3.0M
250,000 shares
Holdings after
2,823,103
-8% from before
From 52-week low
+137%
low $4.96, close $11.79
From 52-week high
-3%
high $12.14, as of May 1, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $3.0M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 8.1% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

PTENOct 12, 2026 · close 11.33
Since filing May 4, 2026: -6.2%SPY +8.9% · excess -15.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001546374-26-000001, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Apr 30, 2026AGrant or award
Common Stock
+232,900$0.00$03,127,092May 4, 2026
May 1, 2026FTax withholding
Common Stock
-53,989$12.22$660k3,073,103May 4, 2026
May 1, 2026MOption exercise
Common Stock
+97,333--3,170,436May 4, 2026
May 1, 2026DDisposition to issuer
Common Stock
-97,333$10.80$1.1M3,073,103May 4, 2026
May 1, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-250,000$11.85$3.0M2,823,103May 4, 2026
Apr 30, 2026AGrant or award
Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
+155,300--447,300May 4, 2026
May 1, 2026MOption exercise
Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Unitsderivative
-97,333--349,967May 4, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
PTENsell10b5-1
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
William Andrew Hendricks JR
President & CEO
$3.0M
250,000 shares
-11%
60Notable
PTENsell 4
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
Robert Wayne Drummond Jr
director
$2.6M
200,000 shares
-18%
65Notable
PTENsell 4
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
William Andrew Hendricks JR
President & CEO
$3.2M
250,000 shares
-10%
60Notable
PTENsell 4
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
Seth David Wexler
EVP, General Counsel&Secretary
$1.5M
120,000 shares
-23%
75Notable
PTENsell 4
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
James Carl Stewart
director
$2.4M
207,000 shares
-100%
46Moderate
PTENsell 3
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
Forrest C Robinson
Chief Accounting Officer
$164k
13,670 shares
-19%
65Notable
PTENsell 3
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
William Andrew Hendricks JR
President & CEO
$2.3M
200,000 shares
-7%
70Notable
PTENsell 3
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
James Michael Holcomb
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
$1.7M
150,000 shares
-26%
45Moderate
PTENsell 3
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
Cesar Jaime
director
$123k
10,000 shares
-11%
65Notable
PTENsell 3
PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
Robert Wayne Drummond Jr
director
$4.6M
384,174 shares
-25%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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