The 10 most shorted ASX stocks plus the biggest risers and fallers – Week 27
Cochlear shorts jump and bets pile into uranium, lithium and gold, while Credit Corp keeps unwinding.
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Welcome back to the Short Seller Series – A recap of the most heavily shorted stocks on the ASX and those experiencing significant changes to short interest over the past week.
Short selling data is four days behind today's date because reporting is not mandatory until three business days after the trade. The tables below will compare:
Week-on-week changes between 15 and 22 June 2026
Month-on-month changes between 25 May and 22 June 2026
Most covered and rising short tables record week-on-week changes of ~0.5% or more
Most Shorted
No major changes among the most shorted stocks.
Ticker | Company | Short % | Week-on-Week | Month-on-Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lotus Resources | 22.81% | -0.06% | 4.30% | |
Domino's Pizza | 14.33% | -0.15% | -0.95% | |
Boss Energy | 13.73% | -0.65% | -0.29% | |
Telix Pharmaceuticals | 12.92% | -0.02% | -1.57% | |
Droneshield | 12.47% | 0.70% | 1.59% | |
CAR Group | 12.20% | 0.23% | 0.74% | |
Flight Centre Travel Group | 11.49% | 0.04% | 0.14% | |
Treasury Wine Estates | 11.38% | -1.03% | -2.33% | |
Paladin Energy | 11.35% | 0.58% | 0.62% | |
4DMedical | 11.05% | -0.24% | 1.80% |
Rising Shorts
A big jump in Cochlear's short interest. The stock has finally found a floor in recent weeks, up around 24% since early June, but it still sits down 54% year-to-date after two heavy selloffs (18.9% on 13-Feb and 40.7% on 22-Apr) on poor earnings and guidance downgrades. UBS struck a cautious note on 12 June, expecting management to approach FY27 guidance carefully after the run of downgrades. The analysts see that caution showing up as a wide profit range, with the mid-point assuming the tough recent conditions persist and the low end allowing for further deterioration.
A big week for shorting activity overall. Notable trends include fresh bets against uranium (PDI, PDN, PEN, SLX), lithium (ELV, PMT) and gold (PDI, RSG, RRL, CYL, KCN). Running the other way, A2 Milk has rallied around 40% since early June after the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved the transition of two China-label infant formula registrations, tied to the a2 Pokeno facility, to a2-branded products. That cleared the way for a fully franked NZ$300 million special dividend declared on 25 June.
Ticker | Company | Short % | Week-on-Week | Month-on-Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cochlear | 8.88% | 3.05% | 4.03% | |
Deep Yellow | 8.70% | 2.30% | 3.21% | |
Predictive Discovery | 3.03% | 1.83% | 2.00% | |
Minerals 260 | 3.23% | 1.78% | 2.01% | |
A2 Milk | 6.84% | 1.69% | 1.90% | |
Resolute Mining | 2.62% | 1.68% | 1.75% | |
Regis Resources | 3.11% | 1.61% | 2.18% | |
Magellan Financial Group | 4.28% | 1.58% | 1.64% | |
Elevra Lithium | 3.54% | 1.56% | 0.15% | |
Catalyst Metals | 6.32% | 1.53% | 1.90% | |
Dateline Resources | 1.61% | 1.39% | 0.59% | |
Atlas Arteria | 2.70% | 1.28% | 1.56% | |
ASX | 5.53% | 1.26% | 3.21% | |
Nick Scali | 4.99% | 1.17% | 1.03% | |
Kingsgate Consolidated | 1.89% | 1.11% | 1.35% | |
Lendlease | 6.05% | 0.89% | -0.27% | |
Wisetech Global | 8.36% | 0.86% | 0.49% | |
PMET Resources | 2.55% | 0.73% | -0.91% | |
Droneshield | 12.47% | 0.70% | 1.59% | |
Healius | 10.77% | 0.69% | 1.06% | |
CSL | 1.48% | 0.68% | 0.85% | |
Peninsula Energy | 1.34% | 0.67% | 0.40% | |
ARB Corporation | 4.62% | 0.61% | 0.59% | |
Stockland | 3.49% | 0.60% | 2.47% | |
Aristocrat Leisure | 0.95% | 0.59% | 0.72% | |
Electro Optic Systems | 3.48% | 0.59% | -0.40% | |
Paladin Energy | 11.35% | 0.58% | 0.62% | |
Catapult Sports | 5.62% | 0.56% | 0.57% | |
Silex Systems | 8.57% | 0.55% | 0.29% | |
NextDC | 8.02% | 0.55% | -0.43% | |
News Corporation | 1.87% | 0.54% | -0.20% |
Most Covered
Credit Corp continues to see its short interest unwind. The 17% tumble on its first-half result back in February has proved overdone. The company reaffirmed FY26 guidance and upgraded its lending outlook in May, yet the share price still refuses to trade back at pre-February levels. Elsewhere, short interest is easing across a long list of speculative and growth names like Guzman Y Gomez, SiteMinder and Temple & Webster.
Ticker | Company | Short % | Week-on-Week | Month-on-Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Credit Corp Group | 1.57% | -2.82% | -4.64% | |
Novonix | 0.32% | -2.67% | -2.60% | |
Guzman Y Gomez | 10.75% | -1.79% | -1.84% | |
Siteminder | 5.47% | -1.43% | -1.64% | |
Temple & Webster | 6.69% | -1.39% | -1.36% | |
WEB Travel Group | 4.69% | -1.31% | -1.62% | |
PLS Group | 8.74% | -1.18% | 2.25% | |
Treasury Wine | 11.38% | -1.03% | -2.33% | |
HMC Capital | 6.24% | -0.96% | -0.40% | |
Data#3 | 4.13% | -0.79% | -0.92% | |
Cettire | 1.72% | -0.72% | -0.59% | |
Rio Tinto | 8.43% | -0.68% | 0.07% | |
Boss Energy | 13.73% | -0.65% | -0.29% | |
Mesoblast | 8.29% | -0.59% | -0.47% | |
IPH | 9.91% | -0.55% | 0.70% | |
Mcmillan Shakespeare | 4.69% | -0.55% | -0.89% | |
Accent Group | 2.19% | -0.54% | -0.91% | |
QBE Insurance | 0.50% | -0.53% | -0.14% | |
Megaport | 5.38% | -0.53% | -0.36% | |
IDP Education | 3.31% | -0.50% | -0.22% |
