UK Share Short Position Statistics: See What Hedge Funds Are Short Selling

This guide explains how you can see the biggest short positions on the London Stock Market and what stocks hedge funds are short-selling. Hedge funds have to notify the FCA when their position size is more than 0.2% of a listed company or financial instrument. 

Here’s a breakdown of some of the most interesting stats as of 14/3/2025:

Largest Short Positions

1. Vanquis Banking Group Plc – 3.72% (GLG Partners LP)
2. Petrofac Ltd – 3.68% (Helikon Investments Limited)
3. Petrofac Ltd – 3.27% (TFG Asset Management UK LLP)
4. AFC Energy – 3.22% (Helikon Investments Limited)
5. ITM Power PLC – 2.91% (Helikon Investments Limited)

Quick Stats:

• 69 different firms have active short positions.
• 158 different stocks have active short positions.
• 93,468 short positions have been recorded in total.
• 0.82% is the average disclosed short position across all stocks.
• ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC has the highest number (8) of disclosed short positions.

Short Selling Disclosure Notifications

This table is updated daily and you can search it to see disclosed short positions on UK-listed companies by fund, company, position size and disclosure date.