Most shorted US utilities stocks

Electricity, water and regulated energy networks. 79 classified United States companies, ranked by disclosed short positions as of 15 Sep 2026. Sector average 4.21%.

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Short position data for US utilities stocks: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 15 Sep 2026. https://howshorted.com/us/sectors/utilities/

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@misc{howshorted-us-utilities-stocks-2026-09-15,
  title        = {US utilities stocks short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/sectors/utilities/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 15 Sep 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 %	20 rpt (pp)
1	Oklo Inc.	18.09%	+6.18
2	Black Hills Corporation	14.20%	+8.81
3	H2O America	12.32%	+11.06
4	Otter Tail Corporation	11.41%	−0.73
5	CADIZ, Inc.	11.28%	+2.93
6	Brookfield Renewable Corp	8.87%	+6.30
7	Evergy, Inc.	8.78%	+3.44
8	NextDecade Corporation	8.17%	+2.30
9	MDU Resources Group, Inc.	8.12%	+2.55
10	Brookfield Infrastructure Corp	7.90%	–
11	Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.	7.71%	+2.40
12	American Water Works Company,	6.63%	+2.80
13	Xcel Energy Inc.	6.63%	+2.26
14	ONE GAS, INC.	6.08%	−2.19
15	UGI Corporation	6.03%	+0.31
16	Fervo Energy Co	6.00%	–
17	DT Midstream, Inc.	5.62%	+1.63
18	PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	5.46%	+0.97
19	IDACORP, Inc.	5.43%	−1.28
20	CMS Energy Corporation	5.22%	+1.31
21	XPLR Infrastructure, LP	5.11%	+1.65
22	Avista Corporation	4.95%	+1.10
23	Spire Inc.	4.92%	+0.77
24	Centuri Holdings, Inc.	4.79%	+2.79
25	PPL Corporation	4.72%	+0.31
26	AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC	4.71%	+0.61
27	Middlesex Water Company	4.58%	+0.98
28	Northwest Natural Holding Co	4.41%	+1.82
29	SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP	4.39%	−3.18
30	Ameren Corporation	4.38%	+1.25
31	Archrock Inc	4.34%	−0.15
32	Oneok, Inc.	4.33%	+1.88
33	Chesapeake Utilities	4.20%	+4.20
34	Edison International	4.04%	+1.83
35	New Jersey Resources Corp	4.00%	+1.78
36	Unitil Corporation	3.92%	+0.86
37	California Water Service	3.91%	+1.85
38	Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C	3.80%	+1.69
39	Kinetik Holdings Inc.	3.72%	−0.17
40	YORK WATER CO	3.70%	+0.69
41	Entergy Corporation	3.69%	+0.98
42	Exelon Corporation	3.28%	−0.13
43	MGE Energy, Inc	3.17%	+0.99
44	NiSource Inc.	3.07%	+0.67
45	Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.	3.05%	+0.45
46	Vistra Corp.	2.89%	+0.79
47	Consolidated Edison, Inc.	2.87%	+0.59
48	Essential Utilities, Inc.	2.66%	+0.66
49	Targa Resources Corp.	2.64%	+0.48
50	American States Water Company	2.61%	+0.42
51	AES Corporation	2.59%	−0.88
52	The Southern Company	2.57%	−0.88
53	Antero Midstream Corp	2.54%	+0.54
54	DOMINION ENERGY, INC	2.54%	−1.86
55	DTE Energy Company	2.50%	+0.95
56	Duke Energy Corporation	2.44%	+0.42
57	GENIE ENERGY LTD	2.23%	+0.27
58	PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC	2.16%	+0.74
59	Deep Fission, Inc.	2.12%	–
60	Excelerate Energy, Inc.	2.12%	+0.66
61	Kinder Morgan, Inc.	2.09%	+0.45
62	Pure Cycle Corporation	2.02%	+0.61
63	Williams Companies Inc.	1.96%	+0.70
64	Venture Global, Inc.	1.75%	+0.05
65	Sempra	1.68%	−0.63
66	Western Midstream Partners, LP	1.65%	+0.47
67	OPAL Fuels Inc.	1.55%	+0.40
68	Global Water Resources, Inc.	1.46%	+0.86
69	PG&E Corporation	1.46%	+0.02
70	RGC Resources Inc.	1.19%	+0.48
71	Summit Midstream Corporation	1.18%	−0.83
72	Montauk Renewables, Inc.	1.04%	+0.24
73	USA COMPRESSION PARTNERS LP	0.92%	−0.54
74	ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.	0.83%	−0.60
75	GridAI Technologies Corp.	0.76%	−5.25
76	ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORP	0.52%	+0.03
77	Stabilis Solutions, Inc.	0.08%	+0.07
78	ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC	0.01%	0.00
79	ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC	0.00%	0.00

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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 twice-monthly reports. Figures are official FINRA disclosures, see the methodology.