Metsa Board Oyj A (METSA.HE) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Metsa Board Oyj A

METSA.HE 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
Metsä Board makes paperboard and pulp: folding boxboard and fresh-fibre linerboard for packaging, plus food-service board, white kraft liner and lightweight fresh-fibre paperboard, alongside market pulp. It sells to brand owners, packaging converters, corrugated-product makers, merchants, and consumer and retail packaging businesses. The company is based in Espoo, Finland, and operates as part of the Metsäliitto Cooperative group.
Where it sits in the stack
Metsä Board carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the wider universe's Packaging & Containers sleeve, a consumer-cyclical materials business outside the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not built a peer group for this name yet; the comparison the market usually draws is with fellow Nordic paperboard maker Stora Enso.
Why Closelook tracks it
Metsä Board holds no index seat in the diary and carries no Closelook score; it has not been quoted in our editions to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares recover toward their 200-day average after slipping well below the 52-week high, a read on packaging-board demand.

Metsa Board Oyj A (METSA.HE) trades on the HE exchange in Finland.

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

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers

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 METSA.HE 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 · last 0.0700 EUR on 2025-03-21

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months No cash distribution in the last twelve months earlier distributions show in the price series, see the years below
  • Last distribution 0.0700 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-03-21
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.0700 EUR (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 25 m EUR
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 25 m EUR · 24% 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 Metsa Board Oyj A (METSA.HE)?

Metsa Board Oyj A trades as METSA.HE on the HE exchange (Finland) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is METSA.HE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Metsa Board Oyj A is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does METSA.HE trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +1.2% vs the 50-day and -3.4% vs the 200-day average, 24.1% below the 52-week high and +9.6% 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 Metsa Board Oyj A do?

Metsä Board makes paperboard and pulp: folding boxboard and fresh-fibre linerboard for packaging, plus food-service board, white kraft liner and lightweight fresh-fibre paperboard, alongside market pulp. It sells to brand owners, packaging converters, corrugated-product makers, merchants, and consumer and retail packaging businesses. The company is based in Espoo, Finland, and operates as part of the Metsäliitto Cooperative group. The diary has not built a peer group for this name yet; the comparison the market usually draws is with fellow Nordic paperboard maker Stora Enso.

Where does Metsa Board Oyj A sit in the AI build-out?

Metsä Board carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits instead in the wider universe's Packaging & Containers sleeve, a consumer-cyclical materials business outside the compute stack. Metsä Board holds no index seat in the diary and carries no Closelook score; it has not been quoted in our editions to date.

Does Metsa Board Oyj A pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Metsa Board Oyj A’s price series over the last twelve months. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 25 m EUR in dividends, 24% 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 METSA.HE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. 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.