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Company snapshot — AIB Group PLC

AIBG.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
AIB Group provides retail, business and corporate banking across Ireland, the UK and other markets, organised into retail banking, capital markets, climate and infrastructure finance, and a UK division. It offers everyday accounts and deposits, mortgages and personal loans, corporate and trade finance, cards, insurance and pension products, plus treasury and wealth management services. It began as Allied Irish Banks and took its current name later. It is headquartered in Dublin.
Where it sits in the stack
AIB carries no seat in our index and sits outside the build-out stack; the diary tracks it within the Financial Services sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other scored regional and diversified banks.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other Financial Services names it scores, including Banco Santander, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Manulife Financial; the market also names it alongside Bank of Ireland as a domestic comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not featured in the diary's editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether the gap between strong momentum and weak valuation narrows, and whether either module shifts enough to change how the score reads.

AIB Group PLC (AIBG.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 73/100 composite (momentum 80, quality 74, valuation 62) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · UK · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · UK

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.61%, semi-annual · buybacks 1.20 bn GBX in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 56.00 GBP per share · a 5.61% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +32.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 42.15 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 16.46 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2025: 42.15 GBP (partial) · 2026: 56.00 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.12 bn GBX 61% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.20 bn GBX
  • Share count −25.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 2.32 bn GBX · 27% 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 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

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 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Financials in Europe: −2.4% week · −1.4% month · +3.6% quarter · +14.8% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV1.XETRA+EXV6.XETRA+EXH8.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · 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 → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is AIB Group PLC (AIBG.L)?

AIB Group PLC trades as AIBG.L on the LSE exchange (UK) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AIBG.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — AIB Group PLC is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is AIB Group PLC's Closelook composite score?

73 out of 100, with momentum 80, quality 74 and valuation 62 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AIBG.L trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +8.1% vs the 50-day and +21.5% vs the 200-day average, 2.6% below the 52-week high and +67% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does AIB Group PLC do?

AIB Group provides retail, business and corporate banking across Ireland, the UK and other markets, organised into retail banking, capital markets, climate and infrastructure finance, and a UK division. It offers everyday accounts and deposits, mortgages and personal loans, corporate and trade finance, cards, insurance and pension products, plus treasury and wealth management services. It began as Allied Irish Banks and took its current name later. Closelook's peer group places it with other Financial Services names it scores, including Banco Santander, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Manulife Financial; the market also names it alongside Bank of Ireland as a domestic comparison.

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

AIB carries no seat in our index and sits outside the build-out stack; the diary tracks it within the Financial Services sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other scored regional and diversified banks. It carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not featured in the diary's editions or quotes.

Does AIB Group PLC pay a dividend?

AIB Group PLC has paid 56.00 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 5.61% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 16.46 GBP on 2026-08-10. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.12 bn GBX in dividends and bought back 1.20 bn GBX of its own shares, 27% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 25.0% 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 AIBG.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 Banks - Regional. 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.