Autoliv Inc (ALV) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Autoliv Inc

ALV 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
Autoliv designs and makes passive safety equipment for vehicles: airbags for front and side impacts, seatbelts, steering wheels, inflators and pedestrian-protection systems. It also builds safety kit for commercial trucks and for motorcycle and bike riders. Car makers across the Americas, Europe, China and Asia buy from it directly. The company is based in Stockholm.
Where it sits in the stack
Autoliv carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Auto Parts corner of the Consumer Cyclical sector within Closelook's broader universe, supplying the safety hardware that vehicle assembly depends on rather than any part of the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed Consumer Cyclical names scored in the diary, including Magna International; the market also names Aptiv as a comparable auto-safety supplier.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not drawn a quote or mention in the diary, but it does carry a Closelook score, where valuation reads strongest and quality reads weakest.
What the diary watches
Whether vehicle production volumes recover enough to lift the growth side of its score, and whether the weak quality reading keeps dragging on the composite.

Autoliv Inc (ALV) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 55, quality 47, valuation 79) 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 ALV, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto Parts · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto Parts · US

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.96%, quarterly · buybacks 351 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 3.48 USD per share · a 2.96% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +54.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.25 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.87 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-28
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.12 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.61 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-07
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 238 m USD 35% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 351 m USD 4.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −4.4% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 589 m USD · 82% 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 Consumer discretionary in US: −2.0% week · −5.6% month · −6.8% quarter · −4.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; 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 Autoliv Inc (ALV)?

Autoliv Inc trades as ALV on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is ALV in a Closelook index?

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

What is Autoliv Inc's Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 55, quality 47 and valuation 79 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ALV trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -2.6% vs the 50-day and -0.1% vs the 200-day average, 10.5% below the 52-week high and +20.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 68 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Autoliv Inc do?

Autoliv designs and makes passive safety equipment for vehicles: airbags for front and side impacts, seatbelts, steering wheels, inflators and pedestrian-protection systems. It also builds safety kit for commercial trucks and for motorcycle and bike riders. Car makers across the Americas, Europe, China and Asia buy from it directly. Closelook's peer group places it with other US-listed Consumer Cyclical names scored in the diary, including Magna International; the market also names Aptiv as a comparable auto-safety supplier.

Where does Autoliv Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Autoliv carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Auto Parts corner of the Consumer Cyclical sector within Closelook's broader universe, supplying the safety hardware that vehicle assembly depends on rather than any part of the AI build-out. It holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not drawn a quote or mention in the diary, but it does carry a Closelook score, where valuation reads strongest and quality reads weakest.

Does Autoliv Inc pay a dividend?

Autoliv Inc has paid 3.48 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.96% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.87 USD on 2026-08-28. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 238 m USD in dividends and bought back 351 m USD of its own shares, 82% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 4.4% 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 ALV, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Auto Parts. 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.