Andritz AG (AZ2.DE) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Andritz AG

AZ2.DE 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
Andritz makes heavy industrial equipment and plant systems across four areas: pulp and paper machinery, metals processing lines, hydropower components, and environment and energy technology including carbon capture and green hydrogen plant. It supplies mills, metal producers, hydropower stations and a range of process industries worldwide, and is based in Graz, Austria.
Where it sits in the stack
Andritz carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of Closelook's universe, grouped there for sector and country comparison rather than for any position in the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other German and Austrian industrials scored in the diary — Nordex, Rheinmetall, Hensoldt, Traton and Kion — grouped for shared sector and country rather than shared business; the market also names Voith as a comparable maker of hydropower and paper machinery.
Why Closelook tracks it
Andritz carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest of its modules and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not yet been quoted in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether demand across its four segments, particularly hydropower and the newer environment and energy work, feeds through into the weaker capital and quality readings over time.

Andritz AG (AZ2.DE) trades on the XETRA exchange in Germany, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 80, quality 42, valuation 67) 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 AZ2.DE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · Germany

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

Compared against AZ2.DE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.21%, annual · last 2.70 EUR on 2026-03-30

Dividends and capital return

What AZ2.DE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.70 EUR per share · a 3.21% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +3.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.60 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 2.70 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-30
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.60 EUR (partial) · 2026: 2.70 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 254 m EUR 57% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count +4.6% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 254 m EUR · 56% 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 Industrials in Europe: −0.4% week · −3.5% month · +0.1% quarter · +2.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.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 Andritz AG (AZ2.DE)?

Andritz AG trades as AZ2.DE on the XETRA exchange (Germany) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AZ2.DE in a Closelook index?

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

What is Andritz AG's Closelook composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 80, quality 42 and valuation 67 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AZ2.DE trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +4.9% vs the 50-day and +16.9% vs the 200-day average, 1.2% below the 52-week high and +54.3% 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 Andritz AG do?

Andritz makes heavy industrial equipment and plant systems across four areas: pulp and paper machinery, metals processing lines, hydropower components, and environment and energy technology including carbon capture and green hydrogen plant. It supplies mills, metal producers, hydropower stations and a range of process industries worldwide, and is based in Graz, Austria. Closelook's peer group places it with other German and Austrian industrials scored in the diary — Nordex, Rheinmetall, Hensoldt, Traton and Kion — grouped for shared sector and country rather than shared business; the market also names Voith as a comparable maker of hydropower and paper machinery.

Where does Andritz AG sit in the AI build-out?

Andritz carries no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of Closelook's universe, grouped there for sector and country comparison rather than for any position in the AI build-out. Andritz carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest of its modules and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not yet been quoted in the diary's editions.

Does Andritz AG pay a dividend?

Andritz AG has paid 2.70 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 3.21% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.70 EUR on 2026-03-30. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 254 m EUR in dividends, 56% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 4.6% 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 AZ2.DE, 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.