Most shorted Australian financials stocks

Banks, insurers, asset managers, lenders and exchanges. 33 classified Australia companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 7 Oct 2026. Sector average 3.40%.

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

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@misc{howshorted-australian-financials-stocks-2026-10-07,
  title        = {Australian financials stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/financials/}},
  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	ZIP CO LTD..	12.75%	+1.75
2	GENERATION DEV GROUP	7.38%	+1.35
3	AUB GROUP LTD	7.17%	+1.15
4	TYRO PAYMENTS	6.20%	+0.17
5	BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE	5.77%	+1.30
6	PINNACLE INVESTMENT	5.71%	+0.89
7	ASX LIMITED	5.60%	+0.54
8	MAGELLAN FIN GRP LTD	5.57%	+0.28
9	BANK OF QUEENSLAND.	4.42%	+1.42
10	HMC CAPITAL LIMITED	4.36%	+0.54
11	PERPETUAL LIMITED	4.25%	+1.15
12	MEDIBANK PRIVATE LTD	3.72%	+0.63
13	HELIA GROUP LIMITED	3.64%	+0.14
14	MA FINANCIAL GROUP	3.41%	+0.71
15	RURAL FUNDS GROUP UNITS STAPLED	3.33%	+0.37
16	SOUL PATTINSON (W.H)	3.09%	−0.22
17	WESTPAC BANKING CORP	2.89%	+0.46
18	NIB HOLDINGS LIMITED	2.79%	−0.34
19	JUDO CAP HOLDINGS	2.63%	+0.46
20	MCMILLAN SHAKESPEARE	2.63%	+0.05
21	COMMONWEALTH BANK.	2.60%	+0.27
22	CREDIT CORP GROUP	2.22%	−0.13
23	NATIONAL AUST. BANK	2.14%	+0.52
24	EML PAYMENTS LTD	1.78%	−2.07
25	QUALITAS RE INCOME	1.67%	−0.33
26	PREMIER INVESTMENTS	1.44%	+0.24
27	INSURANCE AUSTRALIA	1.35%	+0.04
28	NETWEALTH GROUP	1.07%	−0.08
29	QBE INSURANCE GROUP	0.46%	+0.16
30	AUST FINANCE GRP	0.25%	−0.60
31	KINA SECURITIES LTD	0.04%	+0.01
32	LDRCAPITALPROPFUND UNITS STAPLED	0.03%	+0.03
33	ARGO INVESTMENTS	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.