Most shorted UK consumer services stocks

Travel, hospitality, restaurants, gaming and leisure. 13 classified United Kingdom companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 12 Oct 2026. Sector average 4.82%.

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Plain

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

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-uk-consumer-services-stocks-2026-10-12,
  title        = {UK consumer services stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/consumer-services/}},
  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	Wizz Air Holdings PLC	10.14%	−0.83
2	DOMINO'S PIZZA GROUP PLC	9.11%	−0.20
3	GREGGS PLC	8.62%	−1.66
4	WHITBREAD PLC	7.15%	−0.14
5	ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC	5.49%	+0.59
6	Trainline PLC	4.88%	−0.08
7	PLAYTECH PLC	4.37%	−0.78
8	J D WETHERSPOON PLC	2.75%	−1.68
9	EASYJET PLC	2.56%	−0.80
10	SSP GROUP PLC	2.45%	−1.56
11	Evoke plc	1.96%	–
12	INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GROUP, S.A.	1.80%	–
13	INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC	1.32%	–

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.