Top 10 UK Shorted Stocks & Active Shorting Fund Managers
Posted:ANALYSIS REVEALS TOP 10 MOST SHORTED UK STOCKS AND MOST ACTIVE FUND MANAGERS FOR SHORTING
New analysis (1) from ETP provider GraniteShares, which offers a range of 3x short and 3x leveraged ETPs on popular UK, US and French stocks, reveals that on January 25th 2022, Cineworld Group, the world's second-largest cinema chain, was the most shorted UK listed company. Some 8.8% of its stock was held short by six investment firms, with New Holland Capital LLC the largest short position with 2.42% of the company’s shares.
The next most shorted UK listed companies were Petropavlovsk PLC, Hammerson PLC, AO World PLC and Majestic Wine PLC where the respective short positions were 6.1%, 6.0%, 5.7% and 4.6% 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 |
8.8% |
6 |
Petropavlovsk PLC |
6.1% |
3 |
Hammerson PLC |
6.0% |
6 |
AO World PLC |
5.7% |
6 |
Majestic Wine PLC |
4.6% |
6 |
Network International Holdings PLC |
4.4% |
4 |
Alphawave IP Group PLC |
4.2% |
4 |
BOOHOO.com |
4.1% |
3 |
Domino’s Pizza Group |
4.1% |
6 |
Dixons Carphone PLC |
4.0% |
4 |
Kingfisher PLC |
4.0% |
5 |
Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on 25th January 2022
Among the stocks tracked by GraniteShares ETPs, Vodafone Group is the 23rd most shorted stock, with three fund managers holding short positions representing 2% of the outstanding stock.
In terms of which fund managers had the most short positions on UK listed companies, the analysis reveals GLG Partners LLP had the highest number with 25. This was followed by Marshall Wace LLC, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd and Ennismore Fund Management Limited with 24, 19, 13 and 11 short positions respectively.
Fund Manager | Number of short positions |
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GLG Partners LLP |
25 |
Marshall Wace LLP |
24 |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
19 |
JP Morgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd |
13 |
Ennismore Fund Management Limited |
11 |
Citadel Advisors Europe Limited |
9 |
Jupiter Investment Management Limited |
7 |
AQR Capital Management LLC |
6 |
AKO Capital LLP |
6 |
WorldQuant LLC |
5 |
Source: London Stock Exchange, updated on 25th January 2022
Will Rhind, Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, said: “Year ahead forecasts are focusing on strong growth across major markets with some analysts predicting the FTSE-100 will break the 8,000 points barrier. Despite the more optimistic tone, ongoing concerns about Brexit and COVID are a cause for caution”.
“There remain potential opportunities for sophisticated investors seeking to take advantage of price declines on specific stocks and increasingly they are looking to do so through shorting. The value of funds invested in our 3x short single stock ETPs listed on the London Stock Exchange was around $60 million on 31 December 2021.”
The five most popular 3x short single stock GraniteShares ETPs currently are:
Top five GraniteShares single stock 3x short ETPs | Value of funds invested in ETPs |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Tesla Daily ETP |
$33.7m |
GraniteShares 3x Short Amazon Daily ETP |
$3.5m |
GraniteShares 3x Short NIO Daily ETP |
$2.9m |
GraniteShares 3x Short Rolls-Royce Daily ETP |
$2.9m |
GraniteShares 3x Short NVIDIA Daily ETP |
$1.7m |
Source: Graniteshares, Bloomberg as 31 December 2021
GraniteShares offers 54 exchange traded products (ETPs) listed on the London Stock Exchange and 62 on Euronext. 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 French 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. 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 |
French Leveraged Single Stock ETPs
Products | Ticker |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Airbus Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Airbus Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long AXA Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short AXA Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long BNP Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short BNP Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Danone Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Danone Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long L’Oréal Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short L’Oréal Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long LVMH Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short LVMH Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Safran Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Safran Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Sanofi Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Sanofi Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Schneider Electric Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Schneider Electric Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long STMicroelectronics Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short STMicroelectronics Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Long Total Energies Daily ETP Securities |
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GraniteShares 3x Short Total Energies Daily ETP Securities |
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