Australian short selling: week 8, 2025
From 17 Feb 2025 to 21 Feb 2025, 742 Australia companies had disclosed short positions across 5 publication days. Changes are percentage points (pp) of units on issue, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official ASIC data.
Biggest rises
| Company | Start | End | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANECK INTL VLUE HDG ETF UNITS | 0.71% | 3.25% | +2.54 |
| POLYNOVO LIMITED | 3.25% | 4.75% | +1.50 |
| OPTHEA LIMITED | 1.39% | 2.40% | +1.01 |
| ARB CORPORATION. | 3.57% | 4.57% | +1.00 |
| SUPER RET REP LTD | 0.96% | 1.86% | +0.90 |
| FBR LTD | 0.49% | 1.36% | +0.87 |
| BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE | 1.90% | 2.67% | +0.77 |
| IGO LIMITED | 4.41% | 5.16% | +0.75 |
| PLS GROUP LTD | 11.27% | 12.00% | +0.73 |
| PWR HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3.23% | 3.91% | +0.68 |
Biggest falls
| Company | Start | End | Change (pp) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSGOV TREASURY BOND TB 3.50% 12-34 6M | 127.93% | 0.17% | −127.76 |
| VANECK BITCOIN ETF ETF UNITS | 35.98% | 0.20% | −35.78 |
| JPMJHPI ETF UNITS | 3.70% | 0.06% | −3.64 |
| TREASURY CORPORATION 2.00% LN 17-SEP-35 | 4.19% | 1.36% | −2.83 |
| BETAAUSTRALIA200ETF ETF UNITS | 2.16% | 0.01% | −2.15 |
| CORP TRAVEL LIMITED | 7.50% | 5.65% | −1.85 |
| AUDINATEGROUPLTD | 8.46% | 6.87% | −1.59 |
| ST GEORGE MIN LTD | 1.91% | 0.44% | −1.47 |
| DOMINO PIZZA ENTERPR | 10.98% | 9.95% | −1.03 |
| DRONESHIELD LIMITED | 10.03% | 9.18% | −0.85 |
New disclosures
- JPM INC ACT ETF (MF) JPM INC ACT ETF, first disclosed figure 9.89%
- SUNCORP GROUP LTD DEFERRED SETTLEMENT, first disclosed figure 0.13%
- 5EADVANCED CDI DEF SETTLEMENT, first disclosed figure 0.00%
Left the dataset
Last published by the ASIC this week, and in no publication since: the figure shown is the one each carried in that final publication. Leaving usually means the position fell below the disclosure threshold, not that shorting stopped entirely.
- QUEENSLAND TREASURY 4.50% LN 22-AUG-35, last figure 2.60% on 19 Feb 2025
- QUEENSLAND TREASURY 5% LN 21-JUL-37, last figure 0.71% on 19 Feb 2025
- FORBIDDEN FOODS, last figure 0.68% on 21 Feb 2025
- TREASURY CORPORATION 1.50% LN 20-NOV-30, last figure 0.17% on 19 Feb 2025
- PERCHERON, last figure 0.02% on 21 Feb 2025
- CLEAN SEAS LTD, last figure 0.01% on 19 Feb 2025
- AUGUSTUS MINERALS, last figure 0.00% on 17 Feb 2025
- RIMFIRE PACIFIC, last figure 0.00% on 20 Feb 2025
- MTMALCOLMMINESNL, last figure 0.00% on 21 Feb 2025
Most shorted at week end
- BOSS ENERGY LTD, 20.12%
- PALADIN ENERGY LTD, 17.19%
- MINERAL RESOURCES., 12.98%
- IDP EDUCATION LTD, 12.29%
- PLS GROUP LTD, 12.00%
Full table: most shorted Australian stocks.