BAYTEX ENERGY CORP.
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BAYTEX ENERGY CORP. (NYSE:BTE) is a publicly traded company in the Energy & Transportation sector. Wiseek has independently scored 9 items for BTE at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-30, rated 8/10. Across its 9 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BTE spans 6-K, 40-F.
Recent high-impact activity:
- Baytex Q2 Production Tops Guidance, Prompting a Full-Year Outlook Raise on Duvernay and Heavy Oil Strength
- Baytex Raises 2026 Production Guidance After Strong Q2, Adds Board Members
- Baytex Renews Share Buyback Program, Authorizing Repurchase of up to 10% of Public Float
- Baytex Nearly Doubles 3-Year Growth Outlook, Boosts Production Guidance on Strong Q1
- Baytex Energy Details CEO Succession, Strong 2025 Performance, and Shareholder Meeting Agenda
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
1.41 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 23,540,106 shares in BTE as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 13.9% increase from the prior period — about 1.4 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 43.3% of BTE volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Insider Transactions
BTE files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.