🇬🇧 Short selling in United Kingdom, Q3 2026

From 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Sep 2026, 417 United Kingdom companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was Vistry Group PLC at 20.89% on 15 Jul 2026. 415 companies appeared in the data for the first time. 24 left it. Figures are disclosed positions from official FCA data.

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Short position data for Short selling in United Kingdom, Q3 2026: FCA, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 30 Sep 2026. https://howshorted.com/uk/review/2026-q3/

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  title        = {Short selling in United Kingdom, Q3 2026 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/review/2026-q3/}},
  note         = {Data: FCA, position date 30 Sep 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC+7.36pp to 15.11%
OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC+6.66pp to 8.48%
WEIR GROUP PLC(THE)+6.12pp to 8.52%
Central Asia Metals Plc+5.91pp to 8.19%
Partners Group Holding AG+5.59pp to 8.22%

Biggest falls of the quarter

Vistry Group PLC−7.18pp to 13.34%
Pinewood Technologies Group Plc−6.15pp to 4.88%
GREGGS PLC−5.02pp to 9.60%
WPP PLC−4.54pp to 4.41%
YOUGOV PLC−4.21pp to 1.57%

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.