🇪🇸 Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2016

In 2016, 36 Spain companies carried disclosed short positions across 261 trading days (1 Jan 2016 to 30 Dec 2016). The year's highest single reading was MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL S.A. at 12.23% on 1 Jan 2016. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official CNMV data.

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Short position data for Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2016: CNMV, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 30 Dec 2016. https://howshorted.com/es/most-shorted/2016/

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-spanish-stocks-of-2016-2016-12-30,
  title        = {Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2016 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/es/most-shorted/2016/}},
  note         = {Data: CNMV, 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	DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACION, S.A.	11.04%
2	OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN, S.A.	6.45%
3	SACYR, S.A.	5.70%
4	CELLNEX TELECOM, S.A.	5.18%
5	INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A.	3.96%
6	AMADEUS IT GROUP, S.A.	2.90%
7	ACERINOX, S.A.	2.87%
8	TELEFONICA, S.A.	2.45%
9	VISCOFAN, S.A.	2.43%
10	TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.	2.40%
11	ENAGAS, S.A.	2.11%
12	BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A.	2.08%
13	BANKINTER, S.A.	1.94%
14	MERLIN PROPERTIES, SOCIMI, S.A.	1.67%
15	ACCIONA, S.A.	1.61%
16	REPSOL, S.A.	1.19%
17	TUBACEX, S.A.	1.16%
18	MINOR HOTELS EUROPE & AMERICAS, S.A.	1.14%
19	ENCE ENERGIA Y CELULOSA, S.A.	1.09%
20	ATRESMEDIA CORPORACION DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION, S.A.	0.90%
21	GRIFOLS, S.A.	0.71%
22	LABORATORIOS FARMACEUTICOS ROVI, S.A.	0.60%
23	AENA, S.M.E., S.A.	0.59%
24	CAIXABANK, S.A.	0.59%
25	TUBOS REUNIDOS, S.A.	0.59%

Top 25 of 29 companies with disclosed positions on 30 Dec 2016.

Biggest rises of 2016

CELLNEX TELECOM, S.A.+3.54pp to 5.18%
OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN, S.A.+2.42pp to 6.45%
DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACION, S.A.+1.82pp to 11.04%
SACYR, S.A.+1.12pp to 5.70%
TELEFONICA, S.A.+0.93pp to 2.45%
ATRESMEDIA CORPORACION DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION, S.A.+0.90pp to 0.90%
VISCOFAN, S.A.+0.79pp to 2.43%
GRIFOLS, S.A.+0.71pp to 0.71%
CAIXABANK, S.A.+0.59pp to 0.59%
AMADEUS IT GROUP, S.A.+0.58pp to 2.90%

Biggest falls of 2016

MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL S.A.−11.70pp to 0.53%
INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A.−5.10pp to 3.96%
TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.−4.24pp to 2.40%
ACERINOX, S.A.−3.33pp to 2.87%
AMPER, S.A.−2.05pp to 0.50%
MINOR HOTELS EUROPE & AMERICAS, S.A.−1.58pp to 1.14%
BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A.−1.45pp to 2.08%
ENCE ENERGIA Y CELULOSA, S.A.−1.26pp to 1.09%
ACCIONA, S.A.−1.12pp to 1.61%
ENAGAS, S.A.−0.14pp to 2.11%

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.