UK short selling: week 6, 2026

From 4 Feb 2026 to 4 Feb 2026, 2 United Kingdom companies had disclosed short positions across 1 publication day. Changes are percentage points (pp) of issued share capital, between each company's last figure before the week and its last figure of the week, from official FCA data.

Biggest rises

No disclosed positions rose this week.

Biggest falls

No disclosed positions fell this week.

New disclosures

ROBERT WALTERS PLC , first disclosed figure 0.50%
M&C SAATCHI PLC , first disclosed figure 0.20%

Left the dataset

Last disclosed figure fell in this week. Leaving usually means the position dropped below the disclosure threshold, not that shorting stopped entirely.

ROBERT WALTERS PLC , last figure 0.50% on 4 Feb 2026
M&C SAATCHI PLC , last figure 0.20% on 4 Feb 2026

Most shorted at week end

ROBERT WALTERS PLC , 0.50%
M&C SAATCHI PLC , 0.20%

Full table: most shorted UK stocks.