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GraniteShares Analysis: Top 10 Most Shorted UK 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, Petrofac was the most shorted UK listed company.

The international energy services company had 9.86% of its stocks held short by six investment firms, with Astaris Capital Management LLP holding the largest position at 2.51%.

The second most shorted company was Diversified Energy Company, with 7.68% of its stocks held short by eight fund managers. This was followed by Ocado Group and ASOS with 7.17% and 5.57% of the retailers’ stock held short by six and seven fund managers, respectively.

The table shows the largest ten short positions in companies that are listed and trading on the London Stock Exchange.

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

Petrofac LTD

9.86%

6

Diversified Energy Company PLC

7.68%

8

Ocado Group PLC

7.17%

6

ASOS PLC

5.57%

7

Kingfisher PLC

5.59%

5

abrdn PLC

5.55%

6

Boohoo Group

4.32%

4

Burberry Group PLC

4.21%

3

Alphawave IP Group PLC

4.18%

5

Barratt Developments PLC

3.76%

5

Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on July 8, 2024

The analysis also revealed GLG Partners LP held the highest number of short positions on UK listed companies of any investment firms, with 42 active shorts. This was followed by Marshall Wace LLP, which held 30 active short positions.

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

 

Fund Manager Number of short positions 

GLG Partners LP

42

Marshall Wace LLP

30

Qube Research & Technologies Limited

19

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd

14

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

13

ActusRayPartners Limited

9

Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership

8

Citadel Advisors LLC

8

Millennium International Management LP

7

AQR Capital Management, LLC

6

Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on July 8, 2024

Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said: “Petrofac remains the UK’s most shorted stock, signalling that investors expect further price declines. However retailers continue to dominate the list of most shorted stocks, accounting for half of the top 10, 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 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

 

Italian Leveraged Single Stocks ETPs

Underlying stock Long a leva Short a leva

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

 

Leveraged ETPs on the FTSE MIB Index

Product ISIN Ticker

GraniteShares 5x Long FTSE MIB Daily ETP

XS2531767502

5MIB

GraniteShares 5x Short FTSE MIB Daily ETP

XS2531767767

5SIT

GraniteShares 3x Long FTSE MIB Daily ETP

XS2531766363

3MIB

GraniteShares 3x Short FTSE MIB Daily ETP

XS2531766447

3SIT

 

 

French Leveraged Single Stock ETPs

Underlying stock +3x Long -3x Short

Airbus

3LAR

3SAR

AXA

3LAX

3SAX

BNP Paribas

3LBN

3SBN

Danone

3LDA

3SDA

L’Oreal

3LOR

3SOR

LVMH

3LLV

3SLV

Safran

3LSA

3SSA

Sanofi

3LSN

3SSN

Schneider Electric

3LSE

3SSE

STMicroelectronics

3LST

3SST

TotalEnergies

3LTO

3STO

 

 

Capital at risk

GraniteShares ETP’s are only suitable for professional investors.

-Ends-

Notes to editors:

 

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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