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Company snapshot — ESAB Corp

ESAB 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
ESAB formulates, develops, manufactures and supplies consumable products and equipment for cutting, joining, automated welding and gas control, sold through independent distributors and direct sales staff across Europe, Asia Pacific, South America and the Middle East. It was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland.
Where it sits in the stack
ESAB carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the Metal Fabrication industry within Industrials, a sleeve of our wider universe the diary tracks for its own cycle rather than as an AI supplier.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has no entry for ESAB; the comparison the market draws is with Illinois Tool Works's welding business.
Why Closelook tracks it
ESAB holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares' extended slide below their 50-day and 200-day averages steadies, and whether the recent cut to analyst price targets is followed by a broader reassessment of the industrial cycle.

ESAB Corp (ESAB) trades on US exchanges.

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 ESAB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Roth Capital, 2026-09-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ESAB from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Roth Capital — target 133 from 151 Target cut to $133 from $151 (+95.2% to spot) 2026-09-15

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Metal Fabrication · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Metal Fabrication

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.63%, quarterly · last 0.12 USD on 2026-07-02

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.42 USD per share · a 0.63% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +61.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.26 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.12 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-02
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.0600 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.16 USD · 2025: 0.38 USD · 2026: 0.22 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

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 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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
  • 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 ESAB Corp (ESAB)?

ESAB Corp trades as ESAB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is ESAB in a Closelook index?

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

Where does ESAB trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -18.6% vs the 50-day and -33.6% vs the 200-day average, 51.4% below the 52-week high and +0.7% off the 52-week low. 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 ESAB Corp do?

ESAB formulates, develops, manufactures and supplies consumable products and equipment for cutting, joining, automated welding and gas control, sold through independent distributors and direct sales staff across Europe, Asia Pacific, South America and the Middle East. It was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland. Closelook's peer group has no entry for ESAB; the comparison the market draws is with Illinois Tool Works's welding business.

Where does ESAB Corp sit in the AI build-out?

ESAB carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the Metal Fabrication industry within Industrials, a sleeve of our wider universe the diary tracks for its own cycle rather than as an AI supplier. ESAB holds a seat in the Russell 1000; it carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.

Does ESAB Corp pay a dividend?

ESAB Corp has paid 0.42 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.63% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.12 USD on 2026-07-02. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on ESAB Corp recently?

The most recent analyst action on ESAB Corp on the Closelook wire is a price target by Roth Capital on 2026-09-15 (target 133 from 151). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Metal Fabrication, 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.