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Company snapshot — Nike Inc

NKE 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
Nike creates and sells sports shoes, clothing, equipment and accessories aimed at men, women and children in markets worldwide. It sells under its own name along with the Jordan and Converse brands, reaching buyers through wholesale partners, licensed distributors and its own direct-to-consumer stores and digital platforms. The company also offers sport-related services, apps and content that sit alongside its physical goods.
Where it sits in the stack
Nike carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices; it sits outside the compute stack altogether, classified under the consumer cyclical sector, in the footwear and accessories industry.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group does not list a comparison set for Nike; the name the market puts alongside it is Adidas, the other global sportswear brand it competes with directly.
Why Closelook tracks it
Nike carries a seat in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the indices the diary tracks, but it holds no Closelook score and no diary quote has been recorded for it; coverage sits outside our AI-focused editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares stabilise after their recent slide below both moving averages, and whether the price moves toward the analysts' target level or diverges further from it.

Nike Inc (NKE) 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 NKE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 6 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-17

The Street on this name

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

  • Price target UBS — target 42 from 48 Target cut to $42 from $48 (+17.4% to spot) 2026-09-17
  • Price target Telsey — target 44 Target set to $44 (+18.8% to spot) 2026-09-15
  • Price target Baird — target 44 Target set to $44 (+19.6% to spot) 2026-09-14

6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 5 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Footwear & Accessories · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Footwear & Accessories

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.51%, quarterly · last 0.41 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.64 USD per share · a 4.51% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +1.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.62 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.41 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.37 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.52 USD · 2025: 1.63 USD · 2026: 1.23 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-01

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 Nike Inc (NKE)?

Nike Inc trades as NKE on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NKE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Nike 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 NKE trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -10.3% vs the 50-day and -27.6% vs the 200-day average, 52.1% below the 52-week high and +1.8% 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 Nike Inc do?

Nike creates and sells sports shoes, clothing, equipment and accessories aimed at men, women and children in markets worldwide. It sells under its own name along with the Jordan and Converse brands, reaching buyers through wholesale partners, licensed distributors and its own direct-to-consumer stores and digital platforms. The company also offers sport-related services, apps and content that sit alongside its physical goods. Closelook's peer group does not list a comparison set for Nike; the name the market puts alongside it is Adidas, the other global sportswear brand it competes with directly.

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

Nike carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI build-out indices; it sits outside the compute stack altogether, classified under the consumer cyclical sector, in the footwear and accessories industry. Nike carries a seat in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the indices the diary tracks, but it holds no Closelook score and no diary quote has been recorded for it; coverage sits outside our AI-focused editions.

Does Nike Inc pay a dividend?

Nike Inc has paid 1.64 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.51% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.41 USD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Nike Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Nike Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-17 (target 42 from 48). 6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 5 target changes. 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 NKE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Footwear & Accessories, 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.