St Barbara
St Barbara is an Australian gold producer and explorer with operations in Australia, Canada and Papua New Guinea. The company focuses on discovering and developing high-quality gold projects to deliver value to its shareholders.
Short position
St Barbara (ASX:SBM) has 3.54% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 43,374,984 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has fallen 0.87 percentage points, and over 90 days it has fallen 1.10 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 8.64% in November 2022. SBM 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+4St Barbara (SBM) short interest history
SBM Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- -0.87pp
- 90-day change
- -1.10pp
- 1-year change
- +2.01pp
- All-time high
- 8.64% (November 2022)
- All-time low
- 0.01% (June 2015)
Is SBM heavily shorted?
Not especially: 3.54% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #96 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 SBM's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days St Barbara's short interest has fallen 0.87 percentage points, and over 90 days it has fallen 1.10 percentage points. The current level is 3.54% of shares on issue.
What is the highest SBM's short interest has been?
Since 2010, St Barbara's short interest peaked at 8.64% in November 2022 and bottomed at 0.01% in June 2015.
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 2010. See our methodology.