🇩🇰 Most shorted Danish stocks of 2016

In 2016, 38 Denmark companies carried disclosed short positions across 261 trading days (1 Jan 2016 to 30 Dec 2016). The year's highest single reading was FLSmidth & Co. A/S at 19.64% on 18 Jan 2016. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official Danish FSA data.

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Short position data for Most shorted Danish stocks of 2016: Danish FSA, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 30 Dec 2016. https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2016/

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<ref>{{cite web |title=Most shorted Danish stocks of 2016 short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2016/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: Danish FSA) |date=2016-12-30 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-danish-stocks-of-2016-2016-12-30,
  title        = {Most shorted Danish stocks of 2016 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2016/}},
  note         = {Data: Danish FSA, position date 30 Dec 2016; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2016}
}

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League table at end of 2016

#	Company	Short % (30 Dec 2016)
1	Bavarian Nordic A/S	8.26%
2	FLSmidth & Co. A/S	4.69%
3	Demant A/S	4.06%
4	GN Store Nord A/S	3.55%
5	D/S Norden A/S	3.20%
6	Coloplast A/S	2.16%
7	Zealand Pharma A/S	2.05%
8	Pandora A/S	1.90%
9	Genmab A/S	1.77%
10	Jyske Bank A/S	1.66%
11	Novozymes A/S	1.40%
12	NNIT A/S	1.35%
13	ISS A/S	1.34%
14	TDC A/S	1.31%
15	Matas A/S	1.30%
16	Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	1.13%
17	Ørsted A/S	0.75%
18	Sydbank A/S	0.69%
19	Tryg A/S	0.59%
20	Novo Nordisk A/S	0.51%
21	NKT A/S	0.49%
22	Nets A/S	0.47%
23	DSV A/S	0.41%
24	Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S	0.40%
25	Bang & Olufsen A/S	0.29%

Top 25 of 28 companies with disclosed positions on 30 Dec 2016.

Biggest rises of 2016

Bavarian Nordic A/S+6.75pp to 8.26%
Pandora A/S+1.70pp to 1.90%
NNIT A/S+1.35pp to 1.35%
Zealand Pharma A/S+1.26pp to 2.05%
Genmab A/S+1.18pp to 1.77%
Novozymes A/S+1.00pp to 1.40%
ISS A/S+0.93pp to 1.34%
D/S Norden A/S+0.86pp to 3.20%
Ørsted A/S+0.75pp to 0.75%
Jyske Bank A/S+0.70pp to 1.66%

Biggest falls of 2016

FLSmidth & Co. A/S−13.27pp to 4.69%
GN Store Nord A/S−4.34pp to 3.55%
Bang & Olufsen A/S−2.85pp to 0.29%
Carlsberg A/S−1.18pp to 0.29%
Demant A/S−0.46pp to 4.06%
NKT A/S−0.33pp to 0.49%
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S−0.15pp to 1.13%
Matas A/S−0.15pp to 1.30%
DSV A/S−0.05pp to 0.41%

Changes compare each company's disclosed level at the end of 2016 with its last disclosed level of 2015; a company entering the register during the year rises from 0.00 (undisclosed is not the same as zero short interest). Nothing here is investment advice.