🇪🇸 Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2018

In 2018, 44 Spain companies carried disclosed short positions across 261 trading days (1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018). The year's highest single reading was DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACION, S.A. at 17.03% on 28 Aug 2018. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official CNMV data.

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Short position data for Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2018: CNMV, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/es/most-shorted/2018/

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-spanish-stocks-of-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {Most shorted Spanish stocks of 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/es/most-shorted/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: CNMV, 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	DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACION, S.A.	10.49%
2	OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN, S.A.	7.47%
3	CELLNEX TELECOM, S.A.	5.18%
4	SACYR, S.A.	4.88%
5	TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.	4.86%
6	NEINOR HOMES, S.A.	4.47%
7	ACERINOX, S.A.	2.85%
8	ACCIONA, S.A.	2.80%
9	INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A.	2.71%
10	ENAGAS, S.A.	2.63%
11	ATRESMEDIA CORPORACION DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION, S.A.	2.33%
12	BANKINTER, S.A.	1.94%
13	BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A.	1.81%
14	AMADEUS IT GROUP, S.A.	1.70%
15	VISCOFAN, S.A.	1.64%
16	SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIOAMBIENTE, S.A.	1.60%
17	ENCE ENERGIA Y CELULOSA, S.A.	1.57%
18	MIQUEL Y COSTAS & MIQUEL, S.A.	1.41%
19	MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL S.A.	1.31%
20	TELEFONICA, S.A.	1.09%
21	ACS, ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCION Y SERVICIOS, S.A.	1.08%
22	BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.	1.06%
23	TUBACEX, S.A.	1.01%
24	REDEIA CORPORACION, S.A.	1.00%
25	COLONIAL SFL, SOCIMI, S.A.	0.91%

Top 25 of 35 companies with disclosed positions on 31 Dec 2018.

Biggest rises of 2018

NEINOR HOMES, S.A.+3.97pp to 4.47%
OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN, S.A.+2.57pp to 7.47%
SOLARIA ENERGIA Y MEDIOAMBIENTE, S.A.+1.60pp to 1.60%
MIQUEL Y COSTAS & MIQUEL, S.A.+1.41pp to 1.41%
ATRESMEDIA CORPORACION DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION, S.A.+1.34pp to 2.33%
ACERINOX, S.A.+1.19pp to 2.85%
ENCE ENERGIA Y CELULOSA, S.A.+1.04pp to 1.57%
COLONIAL SFL, SOCIMI, S.A.+0.91pp to 0.91%
MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL S.A.+0.78pp to 1.31%
ACCIONA, S.A.+0.67pp to 2.80%

Biggest falls of 2018

DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACION, S.A.−4.40pp to 10.49%
TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.−4.38pp to 4.86%
CELLNEX TELECOM, S.A.−2.30pp to 5.18%
TUBACEX, S.A.−1.86pp to 1.01%
INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A.−1.70pp to 2.71%
ENAGAS, S.A.−1.06pp to 2.63%
SACYR, S.A.−0.89pp to 4.88%
VISCOFAN, S.A.−0.59pp to 1.64%
AMADEUS IT GROUP, S.A.−0.49pp to 1.70%
BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A.−0.29pp to 1.81%

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.