🇬🇧 Short selling in United Kingdom, Q4 2026 (quarter in progress)

From 1 Oct 2026 to 12 Oct 2026, 293 United Kingdom companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC at 16.47% on 9 Oct 2026. 7 companies appeared in the data for the first time. Figures are disclosed positions from official FCA data.

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Short position data for Short selling in United Kingdom, Q4 2026: FCA, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 12 Oct 2026. https://howshorted.com/uk/review/2026-q4/

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@misc{howshorted-short-selling-in-united-kingdom-q4-2026-2026-10-12,
  title        = {Short selling in United Kingdom, Q4 2026 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/review/2026-q4/}},
  note         = {Data: FCA, position date 12 Oct 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

PENNON GROUP PLC+1.23pp to 10.75%
YELLOW CAKE PLC+1.20pp to 13.82%
TATE & LYLE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY+1.16pp to 2.99%
BUNZL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY+1.01pp to 3.23%
CONVATEC GROUP PLC+0.95pp to 5.55%

Biggest falls of the quarter

Pinewood Technologies Group Plc−2.50pp to 2.29%
J D WETHERSPOON PLC−1.19pp to 2.75%
WH SMITH PLC−1.18pp to 11.38%
PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC−1.06pp to 4.97%
PEARSON PLC−0.66pp to 5.33%

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.