IMI PLC (IMI.L) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — IMI PLC

IMI.L 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
IMI PLC designs and manufactures fluid and motion control equipment, organised into its Automation and Life Technology segments. Its products include valves, actuators, pneumatic and electric motion systems, syringe pumps and detection technology. Customers sit across process automation, industrial automation, climate control, life science and transportation, including work aimed at cutting emissions from commercial vehicles. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, England.
Where it sits in the stack
IMI carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the wider industrials universe we track, under specialty industrial machinery.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group set for IMI; the comparison the market draws is with Rotork, another British maker of valves and actuators for industrial automation.
Why Closelook tracks it
IMI holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no score yet; the diary's coverage of it so far is limited to noting its chart moves rather than any stack-related reading.
What the diary watches
Whether order flow into its Automation and Life Technology segments starts to reflect factory electrification or emissions-related demand, which would bring it closer to the diary's usual coverage.

IMI PLC (IMI.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

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

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · UK · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · UK

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 IMI.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

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 IMI PLC (IMI.L)?

IMI PLC trades as IMI.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is IMI.L in a Closelook index?

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

Where does IMI.L trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2% vs the 50-day and +10% vs the 200-day average, 2.5% below the 52-week high and +39.6% 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 IMI PLC do?

IMI PLC designs and manufactures fluid and motion control equipment, organised into its Automation and Life Technology segments. Its products include valves, actuators, pneumatic and electric motion systems, syringe pumps and detection technology. Customers sit across process automation, industrial automation, climate control, life science and transportation, including work aimed at cutting emissions from commercial vehicles. The diary has no peer group set for IMI; the comparison the market draws is with Rotork, another British maker of valves and actuators for industrial automation.

Where does IMI PLC sit in the AI build-out?

IMI carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the wider industrials universe we track, under specialty industrial machinery. IMI holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no score yet; the diary's coverage of it so far is limited to noting its chart moves rather than any stack-related reading.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IMI.L, 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 Industrial Machinery. 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.