US short positions by sector
Disclosed short positions in United States grouped by our own coarse sector buckets, as of 15 Sep 2026. Averages are across the companies we have classified, 3,636 of 3,805 in this market's dataset; US companies are placed by the industry code on their own SEC filings, and the rest are mostly blank-check shells (SPACs), whose code names no industry.
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| Sector | Companies | Average short % | Highest | Most shorted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 751 | 7.92% | 34.68% | Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. |
| Consumer services | 142 | 7.73% | 32.51% | HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC |
| Technology | 534 | 6.94% | 49.25% | Wolfspeed, Inc. |
| Energy | 195 | 6.91% | 32.96% | Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. |
| Consumer retail | 172 | 6.76% | 32.20% | SHOE STATION GROUP INC |
| Media & telecom | 112 | 6.31% | 32.28% | Groupon, Inc. |
| Materials | 168 | 5.99% | 28.00% | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. |
| Consumer goods | 187 | 5.82% | 24.35% | Vital Farms, Inc. |
| Real estate | 197 | 5.32% | 24.33% | MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC |
| Industrials | 498 | 5.28% | 29.53% | Sunrun Inc. |
| Financials | 601 | 4.30% | 30.60% | CleanSpark, Inc. |
| Utilities | 79 | 4.21% | 18.09% | Oklo Inc. |
About these sectors
Buckets are our own editorial classification, deliberately coarse, and not the licensed GICS or ICB schemes. Companies we have not yet classified are excluded from sector averages but still appear in the full league table and A–Z directory. Spotted a company in the wrong bucket? See the about page for how to reach us.