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Company snapshot — Eagers Automotive Ltd

APE.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
Eagers Automotive owns and runs car dealerships across Australia and New Zealand, selling new and used vehicles, parts and servicing under its Car Retailing arm, alongside a Property segment holding the sites its dealerships trade from. It also arranges vehicle finance through outside lenders, runs a motor auction business and rents forklifts. Founded in 1913 and based in Newstead, Australia, it traces its listed history back to A.P. Eagers before taking its current name in 2020.
Where it sits in the stack
Eagers sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Australian consumer-cyclical universe the diary tracks alongside other retail and dealership names, rather than to any layer of our index.
Who it is priced against
A well-known comparison the market draws is with AP Group in the Australian dealership space; there is no Closelook peer group set for this name.
Why Closelook tracks it
Eagers holds no seat in our indices and carries no Closelook score; the diary notes it for context within the local consumer-cyclical set rather than for index or scoring coverage.
What the diary watches
Whether the dealership network's trading volumes and property holdings move together as car sales in Australia and New Zealand shift.

Eagers Automotive Ltd (APE.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 20, quality 31, valuation 68) 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 APE.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Auto & Truck Dealerships · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Auto & Truck Dealerships

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.84%, semi-annual · buybacks 5 m AUD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.75 AUD per share · a 3.84% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +3.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.72 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.72 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.75 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 189 m AUD 86% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 5 m AUD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 194 m AUD · 50% 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 Asia-Pacific developed: +0.7% week · −1.6% month · +3.2% quarter · −13.4% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1622.TSE+1630.TSE+1629.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 Eagers Automotive Ltd (APE.AU)?

Eagers Automotive Ltd trades as APE.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is APE.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Eagers Automotive 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 Eagers Automotive Ltd's Closelook composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 20, quality 31 and valuation 68 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does APE.AU trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -11.2% vs the 50-day and -15.4% vs the 200-day average, 43.9% below the 52-week high and +1.1% off the 52-week low. 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 Eagers Automotive Ltd do?

Eagers Automotive owns and runs car dealerships across Australia and New Zealand, selling new and used vehicles, parts and servicing under its Car Retailing arm, alongside a Property segment holding the sites its dealerships trade from. It also arranges vehicle finance through outside lenders, runs a motor auction business and rents forklifts. Founded in 1913 and based in Newstead, Australia, it traces its listed history back to A.P. A well-known comparison the market draws is with AP Group in the Australian dealership space; there is no Closelook peer group set for this name.

Where does Eagers Automotive Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Eagers sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Australian consumer-cyclical universe the diary tracks alongside other retail and dealership names, rather than to any layer of our index. Eagers holds no seat in our indices and carries no Closelook score; the diary notes it for context within the local consumer-cyclical set rather than for index or scoring coverage.

Does Eagers Automotive Ltd pay a dividend?

Eagers Automotive Ltd has paid 0.75 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.84% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 AUD on 2026-09-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 189 m AUD in dividends and bought back 5 m AUD of its own shares, 50% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.3% 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 APE.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 Auto & Truck Dealerships, then Consumer Cyclical. 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.