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HELLOFRESH IS GERMANY’S MOST SHORTED STOCK

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HelloFresh is currently the most shorted German listed company with 11.34% of the shares of the world's leading meal-kit company held short by eight investment firms, according to our analysis. BlackRock Group holds the largest position at 4.63%, the data shows.

The second most shorted was chemical company K+S Aktiengesellschaft, with 10.01% of its stock held short by nine fund managers. This was followed by Hugo Boss and Evotec with 7.78% and 7.63% of their stock held short by five and seven investment firms, respectively.

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 German 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.

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
Petrofac LTD 9.93% 6
Ocado Group PLC 6.86% 6

Diversified Energy Company

PLC 

6.57% 7
ASOS PLC 5.71% 7
Kingfisher PLC 5.49% 5
Abrdn PLC 5.10% 5

Alphawave IP Group PLC

4.29% 5
Boohoo Group 4.32% 4

Burberry Group PLC

3.83% 3
Barratt Developments PLC 3.67% 5

Source: GraniteShares analysis of WhaleWisdom, updated on July 1, 2024

The analysis shows Marshall Wace LLP held the highest number of short positions on German listed companies of any investment firms, with 17 active shorts. This was followed by Qube Research & Technologies, which held 16 active shorts.

The table shows the 12 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

GLG Partners LP

42

Marshall Wace LLP

31

Qube Research & Technologies Limited

18
JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd 14
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 13
ActusRayPartners Limited 10
Citadel Advisors LLC 9
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership 8

AQR Capital Management, LLC

6
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 6

Source: GraniteShares analysis of WhaleWisdom, updated on July 1, 2024

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.

We offer 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.

Our 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.

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