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Company snapshot — Weir Group PLC

WEIR.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
Weir makes engineered equipment for mining and mineral processing, organised into two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment supplies crushing, grinding, pumping and slurry-handling equipment along with wear parts for abrasive, high-wear duty, and some cloud-based monitoring tools for mine sites. The ESCO segment supplies ground-engaging tools such as teeth and wear parts fitted to excavators and other mining machines. It also sells aftermarket parts and field services covering installation, repair and process optimisation, and is headquartered in Glasgow.
Where it sits in the stack
Weir carries no seat in Closelook's index; within our universe it sits in the industrials sector, under specialty industrial machinery, in the mining and mineral-processing equipment sleeve. It supplies wear parts and processing equipment to miners rather than taking part in the AI compute build-out itself, though it markets monitoring tools such as Motion Metrics to mining customers.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Weir has not been set; within our universe it sits among other mining-equipment and specialty industrial machinery names. The market commonly compares it with Metso, the Finnish minerals-processing equipment maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
Weir carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether mining capital spending and ore grades keep aftermarket parts demand steady, since that mix shapes Weir's revenue more than new equipment orders.

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

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · UK · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · UK

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.56%, semi-annual · last 22.10 GBP on 2026-04-30

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 41.70 GBP per share · a 1.56% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +4.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 40.00 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 22.10 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-30
  • By calendar year 2023: 17.80 GBP (partial) · 2024: 38.70 GBP · 2025: 41.70 GBP · 2026: 22.10 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-05

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 Weir Group PLC (WEIR.L)?

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

Is WEIR.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Weir 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 WEIR.L trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +0.9% vs the 50-day and -4.4% vs the 200-day average, 24.6% below the 52-week high and +18.7% 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 Weir Group PLC do?

Weir makes engineered equipment for mining and mineral processing, organised into two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment supplies crushing, grinding, pumping and slurry-handling equipment along with wear parts for abrasive, high-wear duty, and some cloud-based monitoring tools for mine sites. The ESCO segment supplies ground-engaging tools such as teeth and wear parts fitted to excavators and other mining machines. Closelook's peer group for Weir has not been set; within our universe it sits among other mining-equipment and specialty industrial machinery names. The market commonly compares it with Metso, the Finnish minerals-processing equipment maker.

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

Weir carries no seat in Closelook's index; within our universe it sits in the industrials sector, under specialty industrial machinery, in the mining and mineral-processing equipment sleeve. It supplies wear parts and processing equipment to miners rather than taking part in the AI compute build-out itself, though it markets monitoring tools such as Motion Metrics to mining customers. Weir carries no index seat and no Closelook score, and the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

Does Weir Group PLC pay a dividend?

Weir Group PLC has paid 41.70 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.56% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 22.10 GBP on 2026-04-30. 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 WEIR.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. 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.