Most shorted Australian healthcare stocks

Pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices and health services. 38 classified Australia companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 7 Oct 2026. Sector average 2.68%.

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

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@misc{howshorted-australian-healthcare-stocks-2026-10-07,
  title        = {Australian healthcare stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/sectors/healthcare/}},
  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	4DMEDICAL LIMITED	11.12%	−1.22
2	TELIX PHARMACEUTICAL	10.61%	+0.03
3	CLARITY PHARMA	9.36%	+1.26
4	CLINUVEL PHARMACEUT.	9.07%	+0.95
5	MESOBLAST LIMITED	7.68%	+0.41
6	POLYNOVO LIMITED	7.28%	−0.66
7	NANOSONICS LIMITED	6.68%	−0.83
8	RAMSAY HEALTH CARE	5.49%	+0.37
9	SIGMA HEALTH LTD	5.41%	+0.94
10	AU CLINICAL LABS	4.96%	+0.13
11	PRO MEDICUS LIMITED	4.08%	−0.28
12	NEUREN PHARMACEUT.	2.92%	−0.10
13	HEALIUS	2.43%	−5.71
14	COCHLEAR LIMITED	2.27%	−0.01
15	MAYNE PHARMA LTD	2.25%	0.00
16	ANSELL LIMITED	1.88%	−0.41
17	INTEGRAL DIAGNOSTICS	1.85%	−0.50
18	ONEVIEW HEALTHCARE CDI 1:1	1.17%	0.00
19	IMMUTEP LTD	1.16%	−0.98
20	SONIC HEALTHCARE	1.14%	+0.05
21	REGIS HEALTHCARE LTD	0.89%	−0.66
22	PYC THERAPEUTICS	0.81%	+0.80
23	BOTANIX PHARMA LTD	0.63%	+0.02
24	EBR SYSTEMS CDI10:1USPROHEXCLQIB	0.27%	−0.03
25	AVITA MEDICAL CDI 5:1	0.13%	−0.03
26	SALUDA MEDICAL, INC. CDI USPROHEXCLQIB	0.09%	−0.04
27	LTR PHARMA LIMITED	0.08%	−0.01
28	STARPHARMA HOLDINGS	0.03%	0.00
29	AMPLIA THERAPEUTICS	0.01%	0.00
30	BLS PHARMACEUTICALS	0.01%	0.00
31	RACURA ONCOLOGY	0.01%	0.00
32	ADHERIS HEALTH LTD	0.00%	0.00
33	ALGORAE PHARMA	0.00%	0.00
34	ENTROPY NEURODYNAMIC	0.00%	0.00
35	LUMOS DIAGNOSTICS	0.00%	0.00
36	MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS	0.00%	0.00
37	ONCOSIL MEDICAL	0.00%	0.00
38	RECCE PHARMACEUTICAL	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.