Infratil Ltd (IFT.AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Infratil Ltd

IFT.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
Infratil is an infrastructure investment firm that puts capital into digital infrastructure, renewables, and social infrastructure, favouring renewable electricity, data centres, telecommunications networks, healthcare and airports, and it invests across several countries; it was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Where it sits in the stack
Infratil holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector under the Conglomerates industry in our universe, as a holding company rather than a single operating business.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not classified it, so no direct comparison set is given here.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built; it holds no seat in our indices and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether its data-centre and telecommunications holdings grow relative to its renewables and social-infrastructure assets, which would shift how it reads within the wider infrastructure sleeve.

Infratil Ltd (IFT.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 32/100 composite (momentum 60, quality 11, valuation 24) 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 IFT.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Conglomerates

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.39%, semi-annual · buybacks 109 m AUD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.16 AUD per share · a 1.39% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +50.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.10 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0973 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-09
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.16 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.0973 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-11
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 195 m AUD 47% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 109 m AUD 1.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −12.3% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 304 m AUD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

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 Infratil Ltd (IFT.AU)?

Infratil Ltd trades as IFT.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 IFT.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Infratil 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 Infratil Ltd's Closelook composite score?

32 out of 100, with momentum 60, quality 11 and valuation 24 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does IFT.AU trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -8.1% vs the 50-day and +3.5% vs the 200-day average, 14.6% below the 52-week high and +29.8% 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 Infratil Ltd do?

Infratil is an infrastructure investment firm that puts capital into digital infrastructure, renewables, and social infrastructure, favouring renewable electricity, data centres, telecommunications networks, healthcare and airports, and it invests across several countries; it was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Closelook's peer group has not classified it, so no direct comparison set is given here.

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

Infratil holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector under the Conglomerates industry in our universe, as a holding company rather than a single operating business. It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built; it holds no seat in our indices and has not been quoted in the diary's editions.

Does Infratil Ltd pay a dividend?

Infratil Ltd has paid 0.16 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.39% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0973 AUD on 2026-06-09. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 195 m AUD in dividends and bought back 109 m AUD of its own shares. The share count fell 12.3% 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 IFT.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 Conglomerates, 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.