🇦🇺 Most shorted Australian stocks of 2013

In 2013, 756 Australia companies carried disclosed short positions across 251 trading days (2 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013). The year's highest single reading was NEWS CORP.. A NON-VOTING CDI 1:1 at 74.20% on 1 Oct 2013. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official ASIC data.

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Short position data for Most shorted Australian stocks of 2013: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 31 Dec 2013. https://howshorted.com/au/most-shorted/2013/

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-australian-stocks-of-2013-2013-12-31,
  title        = {Most shorted Australian stocks of 2013 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/most-shorted/2013/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 31 Dec 2013; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2013}
}

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League table at end of 2013

#	Company	Short % (31 Dec 2013)
1	NEWS CORP.. A NON-VOTING CDI 1:1	39.16%
2	NEWS CORP.. B VOTING CDI 1:1	14.93%
3	COCHLEAR LIMITED	14.73%
4	MONADELPHOUS GROUP	13.65%
5	UGL LIMITED	13.50%
6	WESTERN AREAS LTD	12.75%
7	CABCHARGE AUSTRALIA	12.38%
8	METCASH LIMITED	12.13%
9	MYER HOLDINGS LTD	11.38%
10	FAIRFAX MEDIA LTD	10.83%
11	BRADKEN LIMITED	10.82%
12	TWENTY-FIRST FOX INC A NON-VOTING CDI	10.57%
13	PALADIN ENERGY LTD	9.64%
14	ILUKA RESOURCES	9.41%
15	LYNAS RARE EARTHS	8.99%
16	G.U.D. HOLDINGS	7.91%
17	DAVID JONES LIMITED	7.60%
18	ALS LTD	7.51%
19	OZ MINERALS	7.45%
20	ATLAS IRON LIMITED	7.32%
21	JB HI-FI LIMITED	7.26%
22	TRANSFIELD SERVICES	7.24%
23	ANDEAN SILVER	6.87%
24	LEIGHTON HOLDINGS	6.47%
25	ACRUX LIMITED	6.36%

Top 25 of 465 companies with disclosed positions on 31 Dec 2013.

Biggest rises of 2013

NEWS CORP.. A NON-VOTING CDI 1:1+38.98pp to 39.16%
NEWS CORP.. B VOTING CDI 1:1+14.74pp to 14.93%
TWENTY-FIRST FOX INC A NON-VOTING CDI+10.57pp to 10.57%
UGL LIMITED+9.84pp to 13.50%
CABCHARGE AUSTRALIA+7.60pp to 12.38%
ATLAS IRON LIMITED+6.73pp to 7.32%
WESTERN AREAS LTD+6.40pp to 12.75%
TRANSFIELD SERVICES+6.27pp to 7.24%
MONADELPHOUS GROUP+6.07pp to 13.65%
OZ MINERALS+5.87pp to 7.45%

Biggest falls of 2013

JB HI-FI LIMITED−13.29pp to 7.26%
FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL−8.15pp to 4.63%
ILUKA RESOURCES−6.31pp to 9.41%
HARVEY NORMAN−5.03pp to 6.12%
SILVER LAKE RESOURCE−4.48pp to 3.81%
QBE INSURANCE GROUP−4.45pp to 0.77%
CSR LIMITED−4.21pp to 4.32%
THE REJECT SHOP−3.57pp to 6.23%
DAVID JONES LIMITED−3.24pp to 7.60%
GRYPHON MINERALS LTD−2.67pp to 1.50%

Changes compare each company's disclosed level at the end of 2013 with its last disclosed level of 2012; a company entering the register during the year rises from 0.00 (undisclosed is not the same as zero short interest). Nothing here is investment advice.