Liontown
Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR) is an Australian lithium company developing and ramping up production from the Kathleen Valley Lithium Operation in Western Australia, targeting supply into the global battery materials value chain. The company’s model is to mine and process spodumene concentrate from a long-life hard-rock resource, supported by offtake/strategic relationships and ongoing optimisation of mining and processing. Liontown’s positioning is leveraged to demand growth from EVs and energy storage, with value driven by execution on ramp-up, cost control and product quality/consistency.
Short position
Liontown (ASX:LTR) has 6.46% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 206,121,230 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 2.04 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 3.68 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 13.33% in August 2025. LTR is classified in the Materials 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+4Liontown (LTR) short interest history
LTR Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- +2.04pp
- 90-day change
- +3.68pp
- 1-year change
- +1.57pp
- All-time high
- 13.33% (August 2025)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (July 2018)
Is LTR heavily shorted?
LTR's short interest of 6.46% is elevated relative to the ASX average, ranking #44 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 LTR's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Liontown's short interest has risen 2.04 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 3.68 percentage points. The current level is 6.46% of shares on issue.
What is the highest LTR's short interest has been?
Since 2018, Liontown's short interest peaked at 13.33% in August 2025 and bottomed at 0.00% in July 2018.
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 2018. See our methodology.