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Company snapshot — NiSource Inc

NI 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
NiSource is a regulated utility holding company that supplies natural gas and electricity across parts of the United States. It delivers gas through pipeline networks in several states and distributes electricity generated from coal, gas, hydro, wind and solar plants in northern Indiana. It is based in Merrillville, Indiana, and traces its history back to a nineteenth-century founding under an earlier name.
Where it sits in the stack
NiSource sits outside our index seats; it belongs to the regulated utilities sector of our universe, supplying power and gas rather than AI infrastructure. Its relevance to the build-out is indirect, as a regional electricity supplier whose grid capacity data centres in its territory could draw on.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no assigned peer group for this name; the comparison most investors draw is with Duke Energy as a similarly regulated multi-state utility.
Why Closelook tracks it
NiSource carries an S&P 500 seat but no Closelook score has been built for it, and it is not part of our Rubin or Halo indices or any quoted edition.
What the diary watches
Whether data-centre demand for electricity in its Indiana service territory becomes visible in its regulated filings, which would tie a non-AI utility into the build-out story.

NiSource Inc (NI) trades on US exchanges.

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

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Mizuho, 2026-08-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NI from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Mizuho — target 48 from 50 Target cut to $48 from $50 (+17.2% to spot) 2026-08-26

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Gas · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Gas · United States

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.88%, quarterly · last 0.30 USD on 2026-07-31

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.18 USD per share · a 2.88% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +6.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.10 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-31
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.25 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.06 USD · 2025: 1.12 USD · 2026: 0.90 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-30

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 NiSource Inc (NI)?

NiSource Inc trades as NI on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NI in a Closelook index?

Not currently — NiSource 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 NI trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.1% vs the 50-day and -8.6% vs the 200-day average, 16.9% below the 52-week high and +6.1% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 14 sessions ago. 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 NiSource Inc do?

NiSource is a regulated utility holding company that supplies natural gas and electricity across parts of the United States. It delivers gas through pipeline networks in several states and distributes electricity generated from coal, gas, hydro, wind and solar plants in northern Indiana. It is based in Merrillville, Indiana, and traces its history back to a nineteenth-century founding under an earlier name. The diary has no assigned peer group for this name; the comparison most investors draw is with Duke Energy as a similarly regulated multi-state utility.

Where does NiSource Inc sit in the AI build-out?

NiSource sits outside our index seats; it belongs to the regulated utilities sector of our universe, supplying power and gas rather than AI infrastructure. Its relevance to the build-out is indirect, as a regional electricity supplier whose grid capacity data centres in its territory could draw on. NiSource carries an S&P 500 seat but no Closelook score has been built for it, and it is not part of our Rubin or Halo indices or any quoted edition.

Does NiSource Inc pay a dividend?

NiSource Inc has paid 1.18 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.88% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-07-31. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on NiSource Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on NiSource Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Mizuho on 2026-08-26 (target 48 from 50). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NI, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Gas, then Utilities. 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.