Name: South32 (S32) Short Position History
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S32

Materials

South32

Short interest: 1.49%; +0.47 pp 30d; as of 8 Oct 2026
Reported shorts: 66.8M
Shares on issue: 4.483B

Price & short interest

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About South32

South32 is a diversified mining and metals company producing bauxite, alumina, aluminium, energy coal, metallurgical coal, manganese ore, manganese alloy, nickel, silver, lead and zinc. The company has operations in Australia, Southern Africa, and South America. South32 aims to create value through the development of its portfolio of high-quality assets and disciplined capital management.

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South32 (ASX:S32) has 1.49% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 8 Oct 2026, or about 66,825,090 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 0.47 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 0.28 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 2.98% in February 2016. S32 is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Short interest

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Strategy fit

How each stock picker strategy reads S32 today

Zanger BreakoutWatchScore 61rank 6 of 1942
CAN SLIMWatchScore 35rank 220 of 1541
Minervini Trend TemplateSetupScore 55rank 108 of 1716
Crowded-Short BreakoutWatchScore 23rank 233 of 1502
Quality compoundersWatchScore 53rank 101 of 1669

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S32 fundamentals

In the year to 30 Jun 2026, South32 (ASX:S32) recorded revenue of US$5.8B and net profit after tax of US$1.1B. A year earlier it recorded revenue of US$5.8B and net profit after tax of US$213.0M. Year-on-year growth: revenue +0.6% (FY), EPS +412.8% (TTM). Net margin 18.7%, return on equity 11.7% (FY). Figures are in USD, the company's reporting currency; source: Yahoo Finance, as at 14 Oct 2026.

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