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Dawson Geophysical Company

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Dawson Geophysical Company

DWSN·NASDAQ·Energy & Transportation·CIK 0000799165

Dawson Geophysical Company is a leading provider of North American onshore seismic data acquisition services. The company operates throughout the continental United States and Canada. Dawson Geophysical Company acquires and processes 2-D, 3-D, and multi-component seismic data for its clients. These clients include major oil and gas companies, independent oil and gas operators, providers of multi-client data libraries, and carbon capture sequestration projects. The company's principal business office is located at 508 West Wall, Suite 800, Midland, Texas 79701. Dawson Geophysical Company primarily provides its seismic data acquisition services to providers of multi-client data libraries for use in the onshore drilling and production of oil and natural gas in the continental U.S. and Canada. The company also provides services directly to onshore oil and natural gas exploration and development companies. Its seismic data acquisition crews supply seismic data primarily to companies involved in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas on land and in land-to-water transition areas. In recent years, the company has also provided seismic acquisition services for carbon capture and sequestration projects. The demand for these services is influenced by the level of drilling and completion activity by oil and natural gas companies and their exploration and development budgets.

Dawson Geophysical Company (NASDAQ:DWSN) is a publicly traded company in the Energy & Transportation sector. Wiseek has independently scored 9 items for DWSN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-13, rated 7/10. Across its 9 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 7 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for DWSN spans 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K/A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Dawson Geophysical Q2 Revenue Up 82%, Discloses Wilks Transaction Talks
  • Dawson Geophysical Q2 Revenue Jumps 82% on New Equipment Deployment
  • Dawson Geophysical Reports Strong Q1 2026 Results, Revenue Up 128%, Net Income Surges 672%
  • Revenue Soars 128% for Dawson Geophysical in Q1, Net Income Hits $7.7M
  • Dawson Geophysical Reports 128% Revenue Growth and Strong Profitability in Q1 2026

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$75.63M
Net Income
-$1.94M
Diluted EPS
-$0.06
Op. Cash Flow
$13.98M
Free Cash Flow
$7.15M
Gross Profit
$13.02M
Operating Income
-$1.66M
Cash & Equivalents
$4.91M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
-2.6%
Shares Outstanding
31.05M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-04-30 · accession 0001104659-26-053054

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.95 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 266,636 shares in DWSN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.0% increase from the prior period — about 3.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 15.6% of DWSN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)266,636 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 2.0%
Days to cover2.95 at avg daily volume of 90,282
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)15.6% of 45,627 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume30.2%

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.

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$2.76
52-week range · as of 2026-08-13 $1.26 – $7.85
Market cap
$85.71M
Volume
73.3K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 92.7K
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:49 UTC · Market overnight

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DWSN
Aug 13, 2026, 5:10 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.15
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$1.39 (-34%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
Aug 13, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $4.20
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$1.44 (-34%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
May 15, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $3.66
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$0.900 (-25%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
May 14, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.10
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$1.34 (-33%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
May 14, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.10
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$1.34 (-33%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
Apr 30, 2026, 4:40 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K/A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $3.31
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$0.550 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
Mar 31, 2026, 5:11 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $3.42
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$0.6617 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
Mar 30, 2026, 7:16 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $2.73
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: +$0.030 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
DWSN
Mar 30, 2026, 6:44 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $2.81
Real-time Price: $2.76 info
Change: -$0.050 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $85.714M info
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