Most shorted Australian energy stocks

Oil, gas, coal, uranium, renewables and energy technology. 43 classified Australia companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 7 Oct 2026. Sector average 2.12%.

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Short position data for Australian energy stocks: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 7 Oct 2026. https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/energy/

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<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian energy stocks short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/energy/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: ASIC) |date=2026-10-07 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-australian-energy-stocks-2026-10-07,
  title        = {Australian energy stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/energy/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 7 Oct 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Sector trend

The median disclosed position across the sector's classified companies at each reporting date. A median, not a total: percentages of different companies' capital cannot be added, so this tracks the typical member, with the table below showing today's spread.

#	Company	Short %	20d (pp)
1	BOSS ENERGY LTD	13.03%	+3.68
2	PALADIN ENERGY LTD	11.37%	+0.42
3	DEEP YELLOW LIMITED	8.94%	−0.87
4	BEACH ENERGY LIMITED	7.95%	+0.43
5	VULCAN ENERGY	7.82%	+0.46
6	SILEX SYSTEMS	7.81%	−0.34
7	AGL ENERGY LIMITED.	5.00%	+0.12
8	BANNERMAN ENERGY LTD	4.51%	−1.95
9	NEW HOPE CORPORATION	4.38%	−0.53
10	KAROON ENERGY LTD	3.23%	−0.86
11	WOODSIDE ENERGY	2.93%	−0.35
12	NEXGENENERGYCANADA CDI1:1 FOREXEMPT TSX	2.69%	+0.30
13	AMPOL LIMITED	2.39%	+0.49
14	PENINSULA ENERGY LTD	1.53%	+0.17
15	WHITEHAVEN COAL	1.39%	−0.10
16	ORIGIN ENERGY	1.14%	+0.11
17	CAULDRON ENERGY LTD	0.73%	−1.46
18	YANCOAL AUST LTD	0.73%	−0.08
19	STRIKE ENERGY LTD	0.59%	−0.14
20	ALLIGATOR ENERGY	0.56%	+0.30
21	BEETALOOENERGYAUSLTD	0.37%	+0.12
22	VIVA ENERGY GROUP	0.37%	−0.26
23	AMPLITUDE ENERGY	0.33%	−0.01
24	JADE GAS HOLDINGS	0.23%	+0.02
25	ELEVATE URANIUM LTD	0.13%	−0.04
26	QPM ENERGY LIMITED	0.13%	0.00
27	CONTACT ENERGY LTD	0.12%	+0.01
28	ENERGY TRANSITION	0.12%	+0.02
29	MERIDIAN ENERGY	0.12%	+0.02
30	FRONTIER ENERGY LTD	0.11%	+0.09
31	CARNARVON ENERGY LTD	0.09%	0.00
32	CONRADASIAENERGYLTD CDI 1:1	0.05%	0.00
33	INVICTUS ENERGY LTD	0.04%	0.00
34	ENERGY ONE LIMITED	0.03%	0.00
35	88 ENERGY LTD	0.02%	0.00
36	ELIXIR ENERGY LTD	0.02%	+0.02
37	AURA ENERGY	0.01%	−0.06
38	ADX ENERGY LTD	0.00%	0.00
39	BASS OIL LTD	0.00%	0.00
40	BROOKSIDE ENERGY LTD	0.00%	0.00
41	EMPEROR ENERGY LTD	0.00%	0.00
42	HORIZON OIL LIMITED	0.00%	0.00
43	LISENERGYLIMITED	0.00%	0.00

Reading this table

Sector buckets are our own coarse editorial classification, not the licensed GICS or ICB schemes; only classified companies appear here. The change column is percentage points over 20 trading days. Figures are official ASIC disclosures, see the methodology.