🇳🇱 Short selling in Netherlands, Q1 2026

From 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2026, 42 Netherlands companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was Signify N.V. at 12.28% on 25 Mar 2026. 4 companies appeared in the data for the first time. 6 left it. Figures are disclosed positions from official AFM data.

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Short position data for Short selling in Netherlands, Q1 2026: AFM, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 31 Mar 2026. https://howshorted.com/nl/review/2026-q1/

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@misc{howshorted-short-selling-in-netherlands-q1-2026-2026-03-31,
  title        = {Short selling in Netherlands, Q1 2026 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/nl/review/2026-q1/}},
  note         = {Data: AFM, position date 31 Mar 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

Signify N.V.+6.42pp to 11.90%
IMCD N.V.+5.30pp to 9.59%
Akzo Nobel N.V.+4.65pp to 8.84%
The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.+2.16pp to 3.39%
Theon International Plc+1.76pp to 2.36%

Biggest falls of the quarter

PostNL N.V.−1.49pp to 2.08%
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.−1.32pp to 0.59%
Basic-Fit N.V.−1.32pp to 4.48%
Avantium N.V.−1.20pp to 0.69%
Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV−1.01pp to 0.58%

Changes compare each company's last figure of the quarter with its first; companies with a single publication day in the quarter are counted but not ranked. Where disclosure thresholds apply the figures are floors, not a census. Nothing here is investment advice.