Shorting the ASX: Australia's Most Shorted Stocks, from Official ASIC Data

Everything you need to track shorting on the ASX — official ASIC short selling data updated daily with T+4 delay. Follow the most shorted ASX stocks, analyze short interest trends, and explore industry heatmaps.

Top 10 Most Shorted ASX Stocks

ASIC short position data as at (T+4 reporting delay)

The 100 most shorted stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange, ranked by short interest, sourced from official ASIC short position data with T+4 trading day delay.
RankCodeCompanyShort Interest %
1LOTLotus Resources22.49%
2DMPDomino's Pizza Enterprises13.64%
3DRODroneshield13.37%
44DX4Dmedical13.36%
5FLTFlight Centre Travel Group12.34%
6PDNPaladin Energy12.03%
7TLXTelix Pharmaceuticals11.67%
8BOEBoss Energy11.61%
9CARCar Group11.47%
10HLSHealius10.79%
11ELDElders10.60%
12TWETreasury Wine Estates10.38%
13LYCLynas Rare Earths10.34%
14BAPBapcor10.12%
15EDVEndeavour Group9.67%
16PNVPolynovo9.58%
17IPXIperionx9.52%
18COHCochlear9.50%
19PLSPLS Group9.50%
20RIORio Tinto9.30%
21GYGGuzman Y Gomez9.15%
22GMDGenesis Minerals8.94%
23CUVClinuvel Pharmaceuticals8.85%
24DYLDeep Yellow8.82%
25SLXSilex Systems8.75%
26CU6Clarity Pharmaceuticals8.54%
27WTCWisetech Global8.46%
28NXTNextdc8.33%
29BPTBeach Energy8.32%
30IPHIPH8.28%
31ZIPZip Co8.25%
32BRGBreville Group8.02%
33TPWTemple & Webster Group7.72%
34MSBMesoblast7.57%
35A2MThe A2 Milk Company7.36%
36BMNBannerman Energy7.35%
37CTDCorporate Travel Management7.21%
38SHLSonic Healthcare7.21%
39LICLifestyle Communities7.13%
40PWHPwr Holdings7.09%
41JINJumbo Interactive7.09%
42CATCatapult Sports7.08%
43VULVulcan Energy Resources7.07%
44ILUIluka Resources6.88%
45ACLAustralian Clinical Labs6.73%
46NANNanosonics6.64%
47LLCLendlease Group6.59%
48FFMFirefly Metals6.57%
49CYLCatalyst Metals6.51%
50HMCHMC Capital6.27%
51DGTDigico Infrastructure Reit6.24%
52EOSElectro Optic Systems Holdings6.21%
53ASXASX6.16%
54GEMG8 Education6.03%
55INGInghams Group5.84%
56A4NAlpha Hpa5.83%
57ORAOrora5.79%
58MI6Minerals 2605.78%
59RHCRamsay Health Care5.77%
60ARBARB5.64%
61AGLAGL Energy5.49%
62NEUNeuren Pharmaceuticals5.22%
63UNIUniversal Store Holdings5.06%
64SBMSt Barbara5.04%
65AUBAub Group4.87%
66DVPDevelop Global4.82%
67NHCNew Hope4.79%
68PNIPinnacle Investment Management Group4.72%
69MINMineral Resources4.69%
70PXAPexa Group4.65%
71GDGGeneration Development Group4.61%
72BC8Black Cat Syndicate4.57%
73TYRTyro Payments4.54%
74TLCThe Lottery4.51%
75XROXero4.50%
76WEBWeb Travel Group4.38%
77SGPStockland4.34%
78CIAChampion Iron4.28%
79NCKNick Scali4.23%
80KARKaroon Energy4.21%
81PMEPro Medicus4.18%
82OBMOra Banda Mining4.08%
83IELIdp Education3.98%
84PDIPredictive Discovery3.83%
85EVNEvolution Mining3.82%
86JHXJames Hardie Industries3.72%
87SIGSigma Healthcare3.69%
88SNLSupply Network3.68%
89IMMImmutep3.68%
90REARea Group3.62%
91EVTEVT3.62%
92SULSuper Retail Group3.58%
93MPLMedibank Private3.58%
94SOLWashington H. Soul Pattinson and Company3.57%
95CHNChalice Mining3.51%
96BENBendigo and Adelaide Bank3.45%
97MMSMcmillan Shakespeare3.35%
98SDRSiteminder3.33%
99LTRLiontown3.32%
100DTLData#33.29%

View all top 100 most shorted ASX stocks

Loading market data...

Loading market data...

Market news

View all

Trending This Week

Stocks with the biggest short position changes

Screen all stocks

Where Short Sellers Are Building and Covering

Over the past week of ASIC short position data to 24 July, short sellers built their largest new positions in Polynovo (PNV, up 0.76 percentage points to 9.52% of shares on issue), Healius (HLS, up 0.54pp to 10.79%) and Sonic Healthcare (SHL, up 0.41pp to 7.12%). Rising short interest signals growing bearish conviction against a stock among hedge funds and institutional investors.

On the other side of the ledger, shorts covered most heavily in Firefly Metals (FFM, down 0.54 percentage points to 6.63% of shares on issue), Pwr Holdings (PWH, down 0.39pp to 7.23%) and Boss Energy (BOE, down 0.36pp to 11.60%). Falling short interest can mean the bear case has played out — or that short sellers are locking in profits and reducing exposure.

Track every position change in the stock screener or browse the top 100 most shorted ASX stocks.

Browse by Industry

Explore short positions across 25 ASX industry sectors

View all industries

Latest from the blog

View all

About this data

Where the data comes from

Official ASIC reports

All short position data is sourced directly from ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) daily reports. We track over 4,500 ASX-listed securities with historical data from 2010 to present — the top 100 short positions on the ASX, with interactive historical charts and industry sector breakdowns.

Why the data is 4 trading days old

T+4 reporting delay

ASIC publishes short position data with a 4 trading day delay to balance market transparency with preventing potential manipulation. Data shown reflects positions from 4 trading days ago, not real-time figures.

What you can do here

Charts, screeners and reports

View interactive historical charts, industry heatmaps, and weekly reports. Screen stocks by short interest, days to cover, director trades, and news sentiment. Track short interest trends, identify heavily shorted companies, and monitor bearish sentiment across the Australian market.

Go deeper: ASX short selling statistics — total dollars shorted, daily short interest scans, or the top 100 most shorted ASX stocks.

Short selling on the ASX: common questions

Is short selling legal in Australia?

Yes. Short selling is legal in Australia and regulated by ASIC, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which requires market participants to report their net short positions. Naked short selling — selling shares without first arranging to borrow them — is prohibited under section 1020B of the Corporations Act 2001.

What is short interest?

Short interest is the total number of shares held short in a stock, usually expressed as a percentage of the company's total shares on issue. On the ASX, below 5% is normal, 10-15% is elevated, and above 20% signals extreme bearish positioning and potential short squeeze pressure.

Why is ASIC short data 4 trading days delayed?

ASIC publishes aggregated short positions with a T+4 trading day delay, so each report reflects positions held four trading days earlier. The delay gives ASIC time to compile accurate figures, protects reporters from being front-run, and limits the scope for market manipulation.

How do you short a stock on the ASX?

You borrow the shares through a broker with a securities lending arrangement in place, sell them at the current price, then buy them back later — profiting if the price has fallen. Covered short selling is the only legal form in Australia, and losses are theoretically unlimited if the price rises instead. Read the full guide to shorting the ASX.

More answers in the short selling FAQ, or work through the short selling guides in Learn.