Most shorted UK materials stocks

Mining, metals, chemicals, packaging and building materials. 16 classified United Kingdom companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 12 Oct 2026. Sector average 4.20%.

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Plain

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

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-uk-materials-stocks-2026-10-12,
  title        = {UK materials stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/materials/}},
  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	IBSTOCK PLC	14.25%	−3.18
2	Breedon Group Plc	10.92%	+0.07
3	Central Asia Metals Plc	8.36%	+4.09
4	FORTERRA PLC	7.75%	+1.77
5	MONDI PLC	6.78%	−0.71
6	COATS GROUP PLC	6.16%	+3.17
7	MARSHALLS PLC	3.75%	−1.27
8	ANGLO AMERICAN PLC	1.49%	–
9	Endeavour Mining PLC	1.45%	–
10	PANTHEON RESOURCES PLC	1.38%	–
11	GREATLAND RESOURCES LIMITED	1.19%	–
12	VICTREX PLC	1.06%	−2.48
13	HOCHSCHILD MINING PLC	0.90%	–
14	GOLDEN METAL RESOURCES PLC	0.78%	–
15	BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC	0.66%	–
16	NeoTerra Group PLC	0.31%	–

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.