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Company snapshot — Aperam SA

APAM.AS 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
Aperam produces stainless steel, electrical steel and specialty alloys, and also collects and recycles stainless scrap. It sells flat and long steel products, tubes and customised solutions to aerospace, automotive, construction, medical and energy customers, distributing through service centres and transformation plants it operates itself. The group is headquartered in Luxembourg and organises its work across four segments spanning core steelmaking, services, alloys and recycling.
Where it sits in the stack
Aperam carries no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sector, within the Steel industry, alongside other metals producers we track for cyclical read rather than for any AI build-out role.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the wider market draws is with other European stainless steel producers such as Outokumpu.
Why Closelook tracks it
Aperam holds no index seats in our Rubin or Halo baskets and does not yet carry a Closelook score, so the diary has no module readings to report. It has not been quoted in the Morning 10 or other editions to date.
What the diary watches
Whether demand from the automotive, construction and energy end markets it serves firms enough to lift volumes through the recycling and alloys segments, which the diary treats as a signal for the wider steel cycle.

Aperam SA (APAM.AS) trades on the AS exchange in Netherlands, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 47/100 composite (momentum 62, quality 20, valuation 69) 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 APAM.AS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Steel · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.47%, quarterly · last 0.50 EUR on 2026-08-13

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 EUR per share · a 4.47% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.50 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.00 EUR (partial) · 2026: 1.50 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-25
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 144 m EUR 115% of earnings
  • Share count +0.4% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 144 m EUR · 51% 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 Materials in Europe: −0.4% week · −2.9% month · −0.6% quarter · +10.3% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV3.XETRA+EXH6.XETRA+EXH3.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 Aperam SA (APAM.AS)?

Aperam SA trades as APAM.AS on the AS exchange (Netherlands) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is APAM.AS in a Closelook index?

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

What is Aperam SA's Closelook composite score?

47 out of 100, with momentum 62, quality 20 and valuation 69 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does APAM.AS trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.7% vs the 50-day and +7.3% vs the 200-day average, 16% below the 52-week high and +71.7% 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 Aperam SA do?

Aperam produces stainless steel, electrical steel and specialty alloys, and also collects and recycles stainless scrap. It sells flat and long steel products, tubes and customised solutions to aerospace, automotive, construction, medical and energy customers, distributing through service centres and transformation plants it operates itself. The group is headquartered in Luxembourg and organises its work across four segments spanning core steelmaking, services, alloys and recycling. The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison the wider market draws is with other European stainless steel producers such as Outokumpu.

Where does Aperam SA sit in the AI build-out?

Aperam carries no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sector, within the Steel industry, alongside other metals producers we track for cyclical read rather than for any AI build-out role. Aperam holds no index seats in our Rubin or Halo baskets and does not yet carry a Closelook score, so the diary has no module readings to report. It has not been quoted in the Morning 10 or other editions to date.

Does Aperam SA pay a dividend?

Aperam SA has paid 2.00 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.47% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 EUR on 2026-08-13. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 144 m EUR in dividends, 51% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.4% 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 APAM.AS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Steel, then Basic Materials. 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.