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Light & Wonder Inc (LNW.AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Light & Wonder Inc

LNW.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
Light & Wonder makes casino gaming machines, table-game equipment such as card shufflers, and social and iGaming software, sold or leased to casino and lottery operators worldwide. It runs three segments: Gaming, which covers physical machines and table products; SciPlay, its social-games arm; and iGaming, which supplies digital platforms and player-account systems to online operators. It is headquartered in Las Vegas.
Where it sits in the stack
Light & Wonder carries no seat in Closelook's index; it belongs to the gambling-equipment corner of our consumer-cyclical universe, spanning physical casino hardware and digital gaming software.
Who it is priced against
The diary places it alongside other gaming-equipment and digital-casino suppliers; the name the market most often compares it with is International Game Technology.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so the diary has not built coverage beyond noting its chart structure.
What the diary watches
Whether the iGaming and SciPlay digital segments keep growing relative to the physical Gaming segment, which would shift the balance of the business away from machines.

Light & Wonder Inc (LNW.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 LNW.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Gambling · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gambling

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

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 880 m AUD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 880 m AUD 10.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −6.6% in FY2025 121 m AUD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 880 m AUD · 182% 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 Light & Wonder Inc (LNW.AU)?

Light & Wonder Inc trades as LNW.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is LNW.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Light & Wonder Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does LNW.AU trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -7% vs the 50-day and -13.2% vs the 200-day average, 41.5% below the 52-week high and +16.7% 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 Light & Wonder Inc do?

Light & Wonder makes casino gaming machines, table-game equipment such as card shufflers, and social and iGaming software, sold or leased to casino and lottery operators worldwide. It runs three segments: Gaming, which covers physical machines and table products; SciPlay, its social-games arm; and iGaming, which supplies digital platforms and player-account systems to online operators. It is headquartered in Las Vegas. The diary places it alongside other gaming-equipment and digital-casino suppliers; the name the market most often compares it with is International Game Technology.

Where does Light & Wonder Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Light & Wonder carries no seat in Closelook's index; it belongs to the gambling-equipment corner of our consumer-cyclical universe, spanning physical casino hardware and digital gaming software. It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so the diary has not built coverage beyond noting its chart structure.

Does Light & Wonder Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Light & Wonder Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 880 m AUD of its own shares, 182% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 6.6% 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 LNW.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 Gambling, 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.