Most shorted UK technology stocks

Software, hardware, semiconductors and digital platforms. 12 classified United Kingdom companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 12 Oct 2026. Sector average 4.34%.

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Plain

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

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-uk-technology-stocks-2026-10-12,
  title        = {UK technology stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/uk/sectors/technology/}},
  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	RIGHTMOVE PLC	12.05%	+2.99
2	AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC	6.83%	+1.26
3	GB GROUP PLC	6.45%	−1.59
4	NCC GROUP PLC	6.21%	+3.01
5	BALTIC CLASSIFIEDS GROUP PLC	5.65%	−0.66
6	BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC	5.06%	−0.92
7	AUCTION TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC	2.70%	–
8	Pinewood Technologies Group Plc	2.29%	−7.04
9	GLOBALDATA PLC	1.77%	–
10	TRUSTPILOT GROUP PLC	1.30%	–
11	IQE PLC	1.07%	–
12	KAINOS GROUP PLC	0.72%	−3.68

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.