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ANALYSIS REVEALS TOP 10 MOST SHORTED GERMAN STOCKS

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New analysis (1) by GraniteShares, a global issuer of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) with more than $6 billion under management, reveals that on 8 July 2024, HelloFresh was the most shorted German listed company.

The world's leading meal-kit company had 11.97% of its stock held short by nine investment firms, with Blackrock Group holding the largest position at 5.20% of the company’s shares.

The second most shorted was chemical company K+S Aktiengesellschaft, with 9.92% of its stock held short by nine fund managers. This was followed by Hugo Boss and Lanxess with 8.45% and 7.94% of their stock held short by five and six investment firms, respectively.

GraniteShares launched 10 short and long leveraged ETPs on Deutsche Borse Xetra last year, enabling investors to participate in the performance of some of the biggest US technology stocks. The group, which already offered its ground-breaking FAANG long and short ETPs on Xetra, listed the ETPs in response to growing demand in Germany from sophisticated investors.

The table shows the largest ten short positions in companies that are listed and trading on Deutsche Börse.

Company Percentage of stock held short Number of funds shorting the stock 

HelloFresh Deutschland Management GmbH

11.97%

9

K+S Aktiengesellschaft

9.92%

9

Hugo Boss AG

8.45%

5

Lanxess

7.94%

6

Evotec

7.63%

7

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

5.49%

3

Nagarro SE

5.40%

6

Varta AG

4.58%

4

Branicks Group AG (formerly DIC Asset AG)

4.20%

1

Aixtron SE

4.09%

5

Source: GraniteShares analysis of WhaleWisdom, updated on July 8, 2024

The analysis shows Marshall Wace LLP held the highest number of short positions on German listed companies of any investment firms, with 18 active shorts. This was followed by Qube Research & Technologies, which held 14 active shorts.

The table shows the 10 fund managers with the highest number of short positions on companies that are listed and trading on Deutsche Börse.

Fund Manager Number of short positions on German listed companies

Marshall Wace LLP

18

Qube Research & Technologies

14

BlackRock Group Ltd

12

Squarepsquoint OPS LLC

10

Bronte Capital Management PTY LTD

9

Walleye Capital LLC

8

AQR Capital Management LLC

7

AHL Partners LLP

6

BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.

6

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

6

Source: GraniteShares analysis of WhaleWisdom, updated on July 8, 2024

Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said: “HelloFresh remains Germany’s most shorted stock, signalling that investors expect further price declines. However other major firms are expected to see further share price falls.

“Shorting has long been a powerful tool in the arsenal of institutional investors, but we have seen a rise in retail traders using short ETPs like ours to navigate bearish markets. While some retreat to the sidelines, sophisticated investors see opportunity to increase their exposure and potential returns through leverage, and hedge against long positions.”

GraniteShares offers a range of exchange traded products (ETPs) listed on national exchanges in the UK, France, Italy, and Germany. They consist of a suite of index ETPs tracking FAANG stocks and a suite of Short and Leveraged Single Stock Daily ETPs tracking some of the most popular companies in UK, US and European markets.

Its FAANG, GAFAM and FATANG product suite offers long, short and 3X leveraged ETFs on FAANG, GAFAM and FATANG indices and can be traded in a single ticker symbol via ordinary brokerage accounts. ETPs offer a pure way to gain exposure to top tech companies in the U.S. market. Indices are equally weighted and rebalanced quarterly.

ETPs are available on Deutsche Borse Xetra in EUR. Additional information is available on graniteshares.com

GraniteShares suite of ETPs on FAANG stocks

Product Name Ticker

GraniteShares FAANG ETP

FANG

GraniteShares GAFAM ETP

GFAM

GraniteShares FATANG ETP

FTNG

 

Leveraged ETPs on FAANG indices

Underlying Index +3x Long -3x Short -1x Short

FAANG

3FNG

3SFG

SFNG

GAFAM

3GFM

3SGF

SGFM

FATANG

3FTG

3SFT

SFTG

 

UK Leveraged Single Stock ETPs

Underlying stock +3x Long -3x Short

AstraZeneca

3LAZ

3SAZ

BAE Systems

3LBA

3SBA

Barclays

3LBC

3SBC

BP

3LBP

3SBP

Diageo

3LDO

3SDO

Glencore

3LGL

3SGL

Lloyds Banking Group

3LLL

3SLL

Rio Tinto

3LRI

3SRI

Royal Dutch Shell

3LRD

3SRD

Rolls-Royce

3LRR

3SRR

Vodafone

3LVO

3SVO

 

US Leveraged Single Stock ETPs

Underlying stock +3x Long -3x Short

Alphabet

3LAL

3SAL

Amazon

3LZN

3SZN

Apple

3LAP

3SAP

Facebook

3LFB

3SFB

Microsoft

3LMS

3SMS

Netflix

3LNF

3SNF

NIO

3LNI

3SNI

NVIDIA

3LNV

3SNV

Tesla

3LTS

3STS

Uber

3LUB

3SUB

 

 

Capital at risk

GraniteShares ETP’s are only suitable for professional investors.

-Ends-

Notes to editors:

  • GraniteShares analysis of short positions reported on whalewisdom.com on July 8, 2024

For further information please call Phil Anderson at Perception A on 07767 491 519.

 

GraniteShares: A brief history

GraniteShares is an entrepreneurial ETP provider focused on providing professional investors with innovative, cutting-edge investment solutions. We believe the future of investing lies at the nexus of alternative thinking, low fees, and disruptive product structures—the core of our high conviction philosophy. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures, we launched our first product in 2017 and are now among the fastest growing ETP issuers with over $6 Billion in assets under management, as of 19th June 2024 spanning a full array of investment strategies.

This press release is issued by GraniteShares Limited. 

ETPs are issued by GraniteShares Financial PLC, a company incorporated in Ireland.

 

Investing in GraniteShares ETPs on U.S. listed stocks

Those trading GraniteShares new US leverage and inverse ETPs will not need to complete a W-8BEN form (US Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting).

The ETPs can be held in self-select ISAs and SIPPs.

There is no margin requirement and losses cannot exceed the amount invested.

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