Most shorted UK consumer goods stocks

Food, beverages, agriculture, household and personal products. 9 classified United Kingdom companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 12 Oct 2026. Sector average 3.10%.

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Plain

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

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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

Sector trend

The median disclosed position across the sector's classified companies at each reporting date. A median, not a total: percentages of different companies' capital cannot be added, so this tracks the typical member, with the table below showing today's spread.

#	Company	Short %	20d (pp)
1	HILTON FOOD GROUP PLC	4.33%	−1.18
2	The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.	3.86%	−1.08
3	DIAGEO PLC	3.68%	+0.67
4	ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC	3.32%	–
5	FEVERTREE DRINKS PLC	3.15%	–
6	VICTORIA P.L.C.	3.10%	–
7	C & C GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	3.05%	−2.63
8	GREENCORE GROUP PLC	2.99%	–
9	YOUNG & CO'S BREWERY PLC	0.39%	–

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 FCA disclosures, see the methodology.