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Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A (ATD.TO) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A

ATD.TO 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
Couche-Tard operates and licenses convenience stores across North America, Europe and Asia under the Circle K, Couche-Tard and Ingo banners. It sells fuel, food, drinks, tobacco, lottery tickets and runs electric-vehicle charging points, and is based in Laval, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Couche-Tard carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sleeve of the diary's Canadian universe, alongside other scored retail and consumer names rather than the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group groups it with Aritzia and CCL Industries as scored Canadian Consumer Cyclical names, and with Restaurant Brands International for the same reason; the market also compares it with Seven & I Holdings, owner of 7-Eleven.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, with capital allocation the strongest module and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the quality module firms as store integration continues, and whether fuel margins hold up as charging points spread across its network.

Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A (ATD.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 48, quality 39, valuation 59) 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 ATD.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Specialty Retail

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.09%, quarterly · buybacks 1.57 bn CAD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.86 CAD per share · a 1.09% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +46.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.59 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.22 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-11
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.80 CAD (partial) · 2026: 0.65 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 553 m CAD 27% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 1.57 bn CAD 2.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.9% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 2.13 bn CAD · 63% 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 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 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
  • 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 Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A (ATD.TO)?

Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A trades as ATD.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ATD.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 48, quality 39 and valuation 59 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ATD.TO trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.5% vs the 50-day and -2.5% vs the 200-day average, 16.8% below the 52-week high and +16.6% 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 Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A do?

Couche-Tard operates and licenses convenience stores across North America, Europe and Asia under the Circle K, Couche-Tard and Ingo banners. It sells fuel, food, drinks, tobacco, lottery tickets and runs electric-vehicle charging points, and is based in Laval, Canada. Closelook's peer group groups it with Aritzia and CCL Industries as scored Canadian Consumer Cyclical names, and with Restaurant Brands International for the same reason; the market also compares it with Seven & I Holdings, owner of 7-Eleven.

Where does Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A sit in the AI build-out?

Couche-Tard carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Cyclical sleeve of the diary's Canadian universe, alongside other scored retail and consumer names rather than the AI build-out stack. It carries a Closelook score, with capital allocation the strongest module and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A pay a dividend?

Alimentation Couchen Tard Inc A has paid 0.86 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.09% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.22 CAD on 2026-09-11. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 553 m CAD in dividends and bought back 1.57 bn CAD of its own shares, 63% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.9% 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 ATD.TO, 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 Retail. 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.