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Dutch short selling: week 21, 2026

From 18 May 2026 to 22 May 2026, 29 Netherlands companies had disclosed short positions across 5 publication days. Changes are percentage points (pp) of issued share capital, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official AFM data.

Biggest rises

CompanyStartEndChange (pp)
DSM-Firmenich AG1.90%3.35%+1.45
Fugro N.V.2.15%3.19%+1.04
Pharming Group N.V.4.87%5.09%+0.22
Randstad N.V.2.28%2.34%+0.06
Signify N.V.9.77%9.80%+0.03

Biggest falls

CompanyStartEndChange (pp)
Theon International Plc2.30%0.80%−1.50
CVC Capital Partners plc2.51%1.40%−1.11
ARCADIS N.V.2.72%2.12%−0.60
Adyen N.V.1.86%1.27%−0.59
Basic-Fit N.V.4.91%4.42%−0.49
The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.2.57%2.11%−0.46
Alfen N.V.1.82%1.41%−0.41
PostNL N.V.2.08%1.98%−0.10
InPost S.A.1.36%1.29%−0.07
TomTom N.V.1.70%1.68%−0.02

New disclosures

No companies entered the dataset this week.

Most shorted at week end

  1. Signify N.V. , 9.80%
  2. IMCD N.V. , 9.09%
  3. Akzo Nobel N.V. , 5.22%
  4. Pharming Group N.V. , 5.09%
  5. Basic-Fit N.V. , 4.42%

Full table: most shorted Dutch stocks.