Yancoal Australia
Yancoal Australia is a coal producer operating across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. The company owns or operates eight producing coal mines and employs over 6,000 people. Yancoal strives to safely produce a reliable energy source that powers and builds communities around the world.
Short position
Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL) has 0.72% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 9,504,976 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has risen 0.07 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 3.06% in July 2025. YAL is classified in the Energy 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+4Yancoal Australia (YAL) short interest history
YAL Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- -0.04pp
- 90-day change
- +0.07pp
- 1-year change
- -1.95pp
- All-time high
- 3.06% (July 2025)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (January 2022)
Is YAL heavily shorted?
Not especially: 0.72% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #284 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 YAL's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Yancoal Australia's short interest has been broadly stable, and over 90 days it has been broadly stable. The current level is 0.72% of shares on issue.
What is the highest YAL's short interest has been?
Since 2012, Yancoal Australia's short interest peaked at 3.06% in July 2025 and bottomed at 0.00% in January 2022.
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 2012. See our methodology.