Most shorted Australian financials stocks

Banks, insurers, asset managers, lenders and exchanges. 35 classified Australia companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 20 Aug 2026. Sector average 2.58%.

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Short position data for Australian financials stocks: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 20 Aug 2026. https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/financials/

#	Company	Short %	20d (pp)
1	ZIP CO LTD..	8.70%	+0.27
2	HMC CAPITAL LIMITED	5.62%	−0.59
3	ASX LIMITED	5.59%	−0.76
4	PINNACLE INVESTMENT	5.41%	+0.65
5	AUB GROUP LTD	4.31%	−0.82
6	BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE	4.24%	+0.71
7	TYRO PAYMENTS	4.24%	−0.37
8	GENERATION DEV GROUP	3.65%	−1.16
9	BANK OF QUEENSLAND.	3.48%	+0.54
10	SOUL PATTINSON (W.H)	3.41%	−0.14
11	MAGELLAN FIN GRP LTD	3.34%	+0.44
12	HELIA GROUP LIMITED	3.14%	+0.48
13	MEDIBANK PRIVATE LTD	3.06%	−0.51
14	PERPETUAL LIMITED	2.98%	+0.06
15	EML PAYMENTS LTD	2.89%	−0.23
16	MCMILLAN SHAKESPEARE	2.73%	−0.71
17	NIB HOLDINGS LIMITED	2.73%	+0.29
18	JUDO CAP HOLDINGS	2.52%	−0.01
19	RURAL FUNDS GROUP UNITS STAPLED	2.34%	−0.65
20	CREDIT CORP GROUP	2.25%	+0.48
21	QUALITAS RE INCOME	2.13%	−0.01
22	MA FINANCIAL GROUP	2.11%	−0.33
23	COMMONWEALTH BANK.	2.05%	+0.01
24	WESTPAC BANKING CORP	1.91%	+0.14
25	NATIONAL AUST. BANK	1.34%	+0.13
26	PREMIER INVESTMENTS	1.11%	−0.58
27	INSURANCE AUSTRALIA	1.00%	+0.11
28	CLEARVIEW WEALTH LTD	0.66%	+0.25
29	NETWEALTH GROUP	0.63%	0.00
30	AUST FINANCE GRP	0.56%	+0.29
31	QBE INSURANCE GROUP	0.18%	−0.21
32	BKI INVESTMENT LTD	0.01%	+0.01
33	KINA SECURITIES LTD	0.01%	+0.01
34	BELL FINANCIAL GROUP	0.00%	0.00
35	LDRCAPITALPROPFUND UNITS STAPLED	0.00%	0.00

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