Most shorted Dutch materials stocks

Mining, metals, chemicals, packaging and building materials. 3 classified Netherlands companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 12 Oct 2026. Sector average 5.42%.

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Plain

Short position data for Dutch materials stocks: AFM, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 12 Oct 2026. https://howshorted.com/nl/sectors/materials/

Wikipedia

<ref>{{cite web |title=Dutch materials stocks short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/nl/sectors/materials/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: AFM) |date=2026-10-12 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-dutch-materials-stocks-2026-10-12,
  title        = {Dutch materials stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/nl/sectors/materials/}},
  note         = {Data: AFM, position date 12 Oct 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

#	Company	Short %	20d (pp)
1	Akzo Nobel N.V.	11.67%	+2.42
2	DSM-Firmenich AG	3.79%	+0.31
3	Avantium N.V.	0.80%	−0.66

Reading this table

Sector buckets are our own coarse editorial classification, not the licensed GICS or ICB schemes; only classified companies appear here. The change column is percentage points over 20 trading days. Figures are official AFM disclosures, see the methodology.