Top 10 UK Shorted Stocks & Active Short ETPs: Analysis
Posted:ANALYSIS REVEALS TOP 10 MOST SHORTED UK STOCKS AND MOST ACTIVE SHORT ETPs
New analysis (1) from ETP provider GraniteShares, which offers a range of 3x short and 3x leveraged ETPs on popular UK, US, and European stocks, reveals that on March 24th 2022, Cineworld Group, the world's second-largest cinema chain, was the most shorted UK listed company. Some 8.1% of its stock was held short by five investment firms, with New Holland Capital LLC holding the largest short position with 2.42% of the company’s shares.
The next most shorted UK listed companies were BOOHOO.com, AO World PLC and Hammerson PLC with 6.4%, 5.2% and 5.1% of their stock held by 8, 7 and 5 investment firms 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 |
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Cineworld Group |
8.1% |
5 |
BOOHOO.com |
6.4% |
8 |
AO World PLC |
5.2% |
7 |
Hammerson PLC |
5.1% |
5 |
Kingfisher PLC |
4.9% |
5 |
Dixons Carphone PLC |
4.8% |
4 |
Majestic Wine PLC |
4.5% |
4 |
Metro Bank PLC |
4.5% |
4 |
Network International Holdings PLC |
4.3% |
4 |
Alphawave IP Group PLC |
3.8% |
4 |
Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on 24th March 2022
The analysis reveals GLG Partners LLP had by far the most short positions on UK listed companies of any investment firms with 35. This was followed by Marshall Wace LLP, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited and Ennismore Fund Management Limited with 23, 21 and 10 short positions respectively.
Fund Manager | Number of short positions |
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GLG Partners LLP |
35 |
Marshall Wace LLP |
23 |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
21 |
Ennismore Fund Management Limited |
10 |
JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd |
9 |
AKO Capital LLP |
7 |
Citadel Advisors LLC |
7 |
AQR Capital Management LLC |
6 |
Jupiter Investment Management Limited |
5 |
WorldQuant LLC |
6 |
Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on 24th March 2022
Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said: “Hopes that UK stocks were set for a strong year have evaporated as the war in Ukraine and rising inflation hits confidence and drives volatility across the market.”
“The most popular shorted stocks on the Graniteshares remain some of the largest U.S. Technology names, in particular Tesla. With the recent decline in U.S. Technology stocks, sophisticated investors may be signalling they expect further price declines.”
The five most popular 3x short single stock GraniteShares ETPs currently are:
Top five GraniteShares single stock 3x short ETPs | Ticker Code | Value of funds invested in ETPs ($) |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Tesla Daily ETP |
17,225,672 |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Rolls-Royce Daily ETP |
4,776,004 |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Amazon Daily ETP |
2,713,399 |
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GraniteShares 3X Short Facebook Daily ETP |
2,305,605 |
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GraniteShares 3x Short NIO Daily ETP |
1,719,924 |
Source: GraniteShares, Bloomberg as 24th March 2022
GraniteShares offers a total of 106 exchange traded products (ETPs) listed on national exchanges in UK, France, Italy & 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. Other product launches last year included the world’s first leveraged single stock ETP on NIO, the electric vehicle maker and distributor.
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. FAANG consists of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google while GAFAM includes Google, Apple, Facebook Amazon, and Microsoft and FATANG covers Facebook, Amazon, Tesla, Apple, Netflix, and Google
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 |
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GraniteShares FAANG ETP |
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GraniteShares GAFAM ETP |
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GraniteShares FATANG ETP |
Leveraged ETPs on FAANG indices
Underlying Index | +3x Long | -3x Short | -1x Short |
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FAANG |
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GAFAM |
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FATANG |
UK Leveraged Single Stock ETPs
Underlying stock | +3x Long | -3x Short |
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AstraZeneca |
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BAE Systems |
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Barclays |
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BP |
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Diageo |
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Glencore |
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Lloyds Banking Group |
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Rio Tinto |
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Royal Dutch Shell |
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Rolls-Royce |
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Vodafone |
US Leveraged Single Stock ETPs
Underlying stock | +3x Long | -3x Short |
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Alphabet |
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Amazon |
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Apple |
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Microsoft |
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Netflix |
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NIO |
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NVIDIA |
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Tesla |
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Uber |
Capital at risk
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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 $1.6 Billion in assets under management* spanning a full array of investment strategies.
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