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ANALYSIS REVEALS TOP 10 MOST SHORTED ITALIAN STOCKS

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

The oilfield services company had 3.34% of its stock held short by three investment firms, with Citadel Advisors Europe Limited holding the largest position at 1.49%.

Eurogroup Laminations, a world leader in the design, production and distribution of stators and rotors, was the second most shorted company with 2.61% of its stock held short by three fund managers. This was followed by Illimity Bank and Industry De Nora with 2.14% and 1.72% of their stock held short by three and two investment firms, respectively.

GraniteShares continued its expansion in Italy last year with the launch of its first suite of 5X and 3X Leveraged ETPs on the FTSE MIB Index, providing investors with access, in euros and on the Italian Stock exchange, to four ETPs offering long and short daily leveraged exposures to the major Italian index.

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

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

Saipem S.p.A.

3.34

3

EuroGroup Laminations S.p.A. (formerly Euro Group S.p.A.)

2.61

3

Illimity Bank S.p.A.

2.14

3

Industrie De Nora S.p.A.

1.72

2

Amplifon S.p.A.

1.61

2

TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia)

1.59

2

Fincantieri S.p.A.

1.57

1

DoValue S.p.A. (formerly doBank S.p.A.)

1.45

2

Iveco Group N.V.

1.32

2

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.

1.27

1

Juventus Football Club S.p.A.

1.27

2

Source: Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) on July 8, 2024

The analysis shows Capital Fund Management SA held the highest number of short positions on Italian listed companies of any investment firms, with five active shorts. This was followed by Marshall Wace LLP, which held four active shorts.  

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

Fund Manager Number of short positions on Italian listed companies

Capital Fund Management SA

5

Marshall Wace LLP

4

Citadel Advisors LLC

3

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

3

ActusRayPartners Limited

3

GSA Capital Partners LLP

3

Millennium International Management LP

3

Helikon Long Short Equity Fund Master ICAV

2

Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership

2

Voleon Capital Management LP

2

Source: Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) on July 8, 2024

Gianmarco Roncarolo, Sales Director for Italy, at GraniteShares, said: “Saipem has taken the top spot as Italy’s most shorted stock, signalling that investors expect further price declines. Moving down the table, there are some familiar stocks in the top 10 most shorted, with some of the largest hedge funds and asset managers poised to profit from their falling share prices.

“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.

 

GraniteShares suite of Leveraged ETPs on the FTSE MIB Index

Product Name Ticker

GraniteShares 5x Long FTSE MIB Daily ETP

5MIB 

GraniteShares 5x Short FTSE MIB Daily ETP

5SIT

GraniteShares 3x Long FTSE MIB Daily ETP

3MIB  

GraniteShares 3x Short FTSE MIB Daily ETP

3SIT

 

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

 

US Leveraged Single Stock ETPs

Underlying stock Leveraged Long Leveraged Short

Alibaba

3LAA

3SAA

Alphabet

3LAL

3SAL

Amazon

3LZN

3SZN

Apple

3LAP

3SAP

Block

3LSQ

3SSQ

Coinbase

3LCO

N.A.

Facebook

3LFB

3SFB

Microsoft

3LMS

3SMS

MicroStrategy

3LMI

N.A.

Moderna

3LMO

3SMO

Netflix

3LNF

3SNF

NIO

3LNI

3SNI

NVIDIA

3LNV

3SNV

Palantir

3LPA

3SPA

PayPal

3LPP

3SPP

Spotify

3LPO

3SPO

Tesla

3LTS

3STS

Uber

3LUB

3SUB

Zoom

2LZM

2SZM

 

Italian Leveraged Single Stock ETPs

Underlying stock Leveraged Long Leveraged Short

Eni S.p.a

3LEN

3SEN

Enel S.p.a

3LNL

3SNL

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p. a

3LSP

3SSP

UniCredit S.p.a

3LCR

3SCR

 

 

Capital at Risk

GraniteShares ETP’s are only suitable for professional investors.

-Ends-

Notes to editors:

  • GraniteShares analysis of short positions reported on consob.it between January 1 and July 8, 2024.

 

For further information please call Phil Anderson or Taylor Marriott at Perception A on 07767 491 519 / 07983 335 021.

 

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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