Contact Energy
Contact Energy is one of New Zealand's largest integrated energy companies, generating electricity from geothermal, hydro, and thermal sources and retailing electricity, gas, broadband, and mobile plans to over 650,000 customer connections. The company is committed to leading the decarbonization of New Zealand, targeting net-zero emissions from its generation operations by 2035.
Short position
Contact Energy (ASX:CEN) has 0.11% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 630,231 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has been broadly flat. Its highest recorded short interest was 0.60% in May 2017. CEN is classified in the Utilities industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
Price & short interest
Toggle series, zoom, and compare · ASIC daily, T+4Contact Energy (CEN) short interest history
CEN Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- +0.01pp
- 90-day change
- +0.04pp
- 1-year change
- +0.02pp
- All-time high
- 0.60% (May 2017)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (February 2017)
Is CEN heavily shorted?
Not especially: 0.11% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #444 of 799 ASX securities with reported short positions. ASIC requires positions of 0.01% of issued capital or $100,000 (whichever is less) to be reported.
How has CEN's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Contact Energy's short interest has been broadly stable, and over 90 days it has been broadly stable. The current level is 0.11% of shares on issue.
What is the highest CEN's short interest has been?
Since 2015, Contact Energy's short interest peaked at 0.60% in May 2017 and bottomed at 0.00% in February 2017.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from daily ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay. Shorted aggregates the full history since 2015. See our methodology.