UK short positions by sector

Disclosed short positions in United Kingdom grouped by our own coarse sector buckets, as of 12 Oct 2026. Averages are across the companies we have classified, 166 of 421 in this market's dataset; the rest are smaller names awaiting classification.

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Short position data for UK stocks by sector: FCA, compiled by howshorted.com, position date 12 Oct 2026. https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/

Wikipedia

<ref>{{cite web |title=UK stocks by sector short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: FCA) |date=2026-10-12 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

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@misc{howshorted-uk-stocks-by-sector-2026-10-12,
  title        = {UK stocks by sector short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/}},
  note         = {Data: FCA, position date 12 Oct 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

Sector	Companies	Average short %	Highest	Most shorted
Real estate	21	5.88%	13.94%	Vistry Group PLC
Energy	12	5.41%	16.47%	CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC
Consumer retail	15	5.24%	11.38%	WH SMITH PLC
Utilities	3	5.17%	10.75%	PENNON GROUP PLC
Consumer services	13	4.82%	10.14%	Wizz Air Holdings PLC
Industrials	24	4.78%	13.43%	CAPITA PLC
Technology	12	4.34%	12.05%	RIGHTMOVE PLC
Healthcare	11	4.22%	9.19%	OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC
Materials	16	4.20%	14.25%	IBSTOCK PLC
Media & telecom	12	3.98%	8.14%	REACH PLC
Consumer goods	9	3.10%	4.33%	HILTON FOOD GROUP PLC
Financials	18	1.87%	5.03%	MONY GROUP PLC

About these sectors

Buckets are our own editorial classification, deliberately coarse, and not the licensed GICS or ICB schemes. Companies we have not yet classified are excluded from sector averages but still appear in the full league table and A–Z directory. Spotted a company in the wrong bucket? See the about page for how to reach us.