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Company snapshot — Ampol Ltd

ALD.AU 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
Ampol buys and sells petroleum products across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States. It runs a Fuels and Infrastructure arm that covers refining at Lytton, trading, shipping and distribution, a Convenience Retail arm that sells fuel through its own service stations, and a New Zealand arm built around the Z Energy brand. It also has a smaller push into EV charging and home electricity. Customers span defence, mining, transport, marine and aviation buyers who take fuel through its depots, terminals and pipelines.
Where it sits in the stack
Ampol carries no seat in Closelook's index sleeves; it sits in the diary's Energy sector grouping rather than the AI build-out stack, so it is not read against Rubin or Halo constraints.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Energy names — Frontline, Gaztransport & Technigaz, Permian Resources, Suncor, Cenovus, Ecopetrol, YPF and ARC Resources — grouped simply on sector; the market also names Viva Energy as a comparable Australian fuel refiner and retailer.
Why Closelook tracks it
Ampol has no index seat in the diary and no recorded quotes, but it carries a Closelook score, a module-based read across the desk's own metrics; momentum is its strongest reading and quality its weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether refining margins and fuel volumes across its Australian and New Zealand networks hold up as retail demand shifts toward electric vehicles.

Ampol Ltd (ALD.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 88, quality 29, valuation 71) 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 ALD.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.68%, semi-annual · buybacks 9 m AUD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 2.45 AUD per share · a 5.68% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +444.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.45 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 1.85 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.45 AUD (partial) · 2026: 2.45 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-07
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 107 m AUD 5% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 9 m AUD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 117 m AUD · 167% 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 Energy in Asia-Pacific developed: −0.4% week · +7.6% month · +13.2% quarter · +3.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1618.TSE; 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 Ampol Ltd (ALD.AU)?

Ampol Ltd trades as ALD.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ALD.AU in a Closelook index?

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

What is Ampol Ltd's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 88, quality 29 and valuation 71 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ALD.AU trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +8.1% vs the 50-day and +26.8% vs the 200-day average, 1.4% below the 52-week high and +59.4% 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 Ampol Ltd do?

Ampol buys and sells petroleum products across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States. It runs a Fuels and Infrastructure arm that covers refining at Lytton, trading, shipping and distribution, a Convenience Retail arm that sells fuel through its own service stations, and a New Zealand arm built around the Z Energy brand. It also has a smaller push into EV charging and home electricity. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Energy names — Frontline, Gaztransport & Technigaz, Permian Resources, Suncor, Cenovus, Ecopetrol, YPF and ARC Resources — grouped simply on sector; the market also names Viva Energy as a comparable Australian fuel refiner and retailer.

Where does Ampol Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Ampol carries no seat in Closelook's index sleeves; it sits in the diary's Energy sector grouping rather than the AI build-out stack, so it is not read against Rubin or Halo constraints. Ampol has no index seat in the diary and no recorded quotes, but it carries a Closelook score, a module-based read across the desk's own metrics; momentum is its strongest reading and quality its weakest.

Does Ampol Ltd pay a dividend?

Ampol Ltd has paid 2.45 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 5.68% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.85 AUD on 2026-09-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 107 m AUD in dividends and bought back 9 m AUD of its own shares, 167% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% 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 ALD.AU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, then Energy. 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.