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Company snapshot — Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd

HVN.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
Harvey Norman Holdings runs department stores selling furniture, bedding, computers, communications gear and consumer electronics under the Harvey Norman, Domayne and Joyce Mayne names. It also owns and manages the retail complexes these stores trade from, leasing space to its own franchisees and to other tenants, and it runs a property investment arm, a media placement business and a commercial lending operation alongside the retail chain. It is headquartered in Homebush West, Australia.
Where it sits in the stack
Harvey Norman sits outside our index; it belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, specialty retail sleeve of our universe, as a seller of electronics and home goods rather than a maker of the hardware behind the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with JB Hi-Fi as the other large Australian electronics and appliance retailer.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it, so there is no scoring or coverage history to report here.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the retail chain's trading holds up separately from the property and leasing arm that sits inside the same group.

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (HVN.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia.

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

Who it is priced against Specialty Retail · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Retail

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 7.07%, semi-annual · last 0.15 AUD on 2026-04-01

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.29 AUD per share · a 7.07% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +141.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.12 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.15 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-01
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.27 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.15 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-02
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 361 m AUD 68% of earnings
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 361 m AUD · 93% 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 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 Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (HVN.AU)?

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd trades as HVN.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is HVN.AU in a Closelook index?

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

Where does HVN.AU trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -11% vs the 50-day and -21.3% vs the 200-day average, 45.1% below the 52-week high and +1.5% 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 Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd do?

Harvey Norman Holdings runs department stores selling furniture, bedding, computers, communications gear and consumer electronics under the Harvey Norman, Domayne and Joyce Mayne names. It also owns and manages the retail complexes these stores trade from, leasing space to its own franchisees and to other tenants, and it runs a property investment arm, a media placement business and a commercial lending operation alongside the retail chain. It is headquartered in Homebush West, Australia. The diary has no peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with JB Hi-Fi as the other large Australian electronics and appliance retailer.

Where does Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Harvey Norman sits outside our index; it belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector, specialty retail sleeve of our universe, as a seller of electronics and home goods rather than a maker of the hardware behind the AI build-out. It carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it, so there is no scoring or coverage history to report here.

Does Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd pay a dividend?

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd has paid 0.29 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 7.07% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.15 AUD on 2026-04-01. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 361 m AUD in dividends, 93% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% 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 HVN.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 Specialty Retail. 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.