🇩🇰 Most shorted Danish stocks of 2018

In 2018, 42 Denmark companies carried disclosed short positions across 261 trading days (1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018). The year's highest single reading was NKT A/S at 14.96% on 29 May 2018. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official Danish FSA data.

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Short position data for Most shorted Danish stocks of 2018: Danish FSA, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2018/

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<ref>{{cite web |title=Most shorted Danish stocks of 2018 short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2018/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: Danish FSA) |date=2018-12-31 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-danish-stocks-of-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {Most shorted Danish stocks of 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/dk/most-shorted/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: Danish FSA, position date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

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League table at end of 2018

#	Company	Short % (31 Dec 2018)
1	NKT A/S	8.62%
2	Bavarian Nordic A/S	7.19%
3	ISS A/S	6.19%
4	Pandora A/S	5.73%
5	FLSmidth & Co. A/S	5.68%
6	Genmab A/S	4.40%
7	Demant A/S	3.90%
8	Ambu A/S	3.46%
9	D/S Norden A/S	2.94%
10	GN Store Nord A/S	2.84%
11	Zealand Pharma A/S	2.61%
12	Sydbank A/S	2.52%
13	Jyske Bank A/S	1.88%
14	Matas A/S	1.39%
15	A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S	1.34%
16	Nilfisk Holding A/S	1.30%
17	Tryg A/S	1.28%
18	Chr. Hansen Holding A/S	1.06%
19	Carlsberg A/S	0.83%
20	Coloplast A/S	0.82%
21	Bang & Olufsen A/S	0.80%
22	SimCorp A/S	0.59%
23	ChemoMetec A/S	0.58%
24	Netcompany Group A/S	0.50%
25	Schouw & Co. A/S	0.49%

Top 25 of 31 companies with disclosed positions on 31 Dec 2018.

Biggest rises of 2018

ISS A/S+5.07pp to 6.19%
Bavarian Nordic A/S+4.43pp to 7.19%
Ambu A/S+3.46pp to 3.46%
FLSmidth & Co. A/S+3.37pp to 5.68%
NKT A/S+2.70pp to 8.62%
Sydbank A/S+2.31pp to 2.52%
GN Store Nord A/S+1.77pp to 2.84%
Genmab A/S+1.46pp to 4.40%
Demant A/S+1.24pp to 3.90%
Zealand Pharma A/S+1.22pp to 2.61%

Biggest falls of 2018

Pandora A/S−4.86pp to 5.73%
Matas A/S−2.05pp to 1.39%
Novozymes A/S−1.68pp to 0.20%
Jyske Bank A/S−1.05pp to 1.88%
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S−0.55pp to 1.06%
D/S Norden A/S−0.50pp to 2.94%
Carlsberg A/S−0.46pp to 0.83%
Nilfisk Holding A/S−0.28pp to 1.30%
Topdanmark A/S−0.28pp to 0.41%

Changes compare each company's disclosed level at the end of 2018 with its last disclosed level of 2017; 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.