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Company snapshot — Smiths Group PLC

SMIN.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
Smiths Group is a UK industrial company built from four separate businesses. John Crane makes mechanical seals and filtration systems for heavy industry, Flex-Tek supplies flexible hoses and tubing that carry heat and fluids, Smiths Detection builds scanners that find explosives, weapons and contraband, and Smiths Interconnect makes specialised connectors and radio-frequency components for secure links. It sells across general industry, energy, aerospace and security markets and is based in London.
Where it sits in the stack
Smiths Group carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks; it belongs to the wider diversified industrials sector of our universe, spanning seals, detection and connector hardware rather than compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
There is no defined peer group for this name in our universe; it is best read against other diversified industrial conglomerates with security or detection arms, such as Honeywell, which the market often names in the same breath.
Why Closelook tracks it
Smiths Group holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score; the diary has not quoted or featured it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the four segments keep being run as one company or whether any split or disposal changes how the detection and interconnect businesses are valued separately.

Smiths Group PLC (SMIN.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 SMIN.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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 Smiths Group PLC (SMIN.L)?

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

Is SMIN.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Smiths Group 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 SMIN.L trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.8% vs the 50-day and +1.3% vs the 200-day average, 7.4% below the 52-week high and +22.9% 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 Smiths Group PLC do?

Smiths Group is a UK industrial company built from four separate businesses. John Crane makes mechanical seals and filtration systems for heavy industry, Flex-Tek supplies flexible hoses and tubing that carry heat and fluids, Smiths Detection builds scanners that find explosives, weapons and contraband, and Smiths Interconnect makes specialised connectors and radio-frequency components for secure links. It sells across general industry, energy, aerospace and security markets and is based in London. There is no defined peer group for this name in our universe; it is best read against other diversified industrial conglomerates with security or detection arms, such as Honeywell, which the market often names in the same breath.

Where does Smiths Group PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Smiths Group carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks; it belongs to the wider diversified industrials sector of our universe, spanning seals, detection and connector hardware rather than compute infrastructure. Smiths Group holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score; the diary has not quoted or featured it in any edition so far.

What does this page show?

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

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