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Company snapshot — Als Ltd

ALQ.AU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
ALS provides testing, measurement and inspection services through two segments: Commodities, which covers assaying and metallurgical testing for mining and mineral exploration, and Life Sciences, which covers environmental, food, pharmaceutical and consumer-product testing. It serves mining companies, governments, and consulting and engineering firms across several regions. It is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
Where it sits in the stack
ALS carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary maps; it belongs to the Industrials sector of Closelook's universe, grouped with other scored names from that sector.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other Industrials names scored in our universe, including Accelleron Industries and Nordson; the market also names Bureau Veritas as a comparable testing-and-inspection operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score built across seven modules, with cash quality the strongest reading and capital allocation the weakest; it holds no index seat and no mentions in the diary's editions so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the weak capital-allocation reading improves as segment mix shifts, and whether the chart's distance from its 52-week high narrows or widens.

Als Ltd (ALQ.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 45/100 composite (momentum 37, quality 51, valuation 35) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ALQ.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Consulting Services · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consulting Services

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ALQ.AU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.99%, semi-annual · last 0.23 AUD on 2026-06-12

Dividends and capital return

What ALQ.AU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.43 AUD per share · a 1.99% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +115.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.20 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.23 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-12
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.39 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.23 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-07-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 194 m AUD 2% of earnings
  • Share count +3.8% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 194 m AUD · 84% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Industrials in Asia-Pacific developed: −0.8% week · −4.3% month · −3.4% quarter · −11.0% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1624.TSE+1628.TSE+1619.TSE; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Als Ltd (ALQ.AU)?

Als Ltd trades as ALQ.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is ALQ.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Als Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

What is Als Ltd's Closelook composite score?

45 out of 100, with momentum 37, quality 51 and valuation 35 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ALQ.AU trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -3% vs the 50-day and -4.7% vs the 200-day average, 17.5% below the 52-week high and +14.7% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 14 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Als Ltd do?

ALS provides testing, measurement and inspection services through two segments: Commodities, which covers assaying and metallurgical testing for mining and mineral exploration, and Life Sciences, which covers environmental, food, pharmaceutical and consumer-product testing. It serves mining companies, governments, and consulting and engineering firms across several regions. It is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Closelook's peer group places it with other Industrials names scored in our universe, including Accelleron Industries and Nordson; the market also names Bureau Veritas as a comparable testing-and-inspection operator.

Where does Als Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

ALS carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary maps; it belongs to the Industrials sector of Closelook's universe, grouped with other scored names from that sector. It carries a Closelook score built across seven modules, with cash quality the strongest reading and capital allocation the weakest; it holds no index seat and no mentions in the diary's editions so far.

Does Als Ltd pay a dividend?

Als Ltd has paid 0.43 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.99% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.23 AUD on 2026-06-12. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 194 m AUD in dividends, 84% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 3.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ALQ.AU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Consulting Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.