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Company snapshot — BSP Financial Group Ltd

BFL.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
BSP Financial Group runs commercial banking across the South Pacific and into parts of South-East Asia, covering Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and several smaller island states, plus Cambodia and Laos. It serves both personal customers, with savings, loans and insurance, and businesses, with trade finance, asset financing and payment services. The bank was called Bank of South Pacific before it took its current name, and it is headquartered in Port Moresby.
Where it sits in the stack
BSP sits outside our AI build-out stack; it belongs to the regional banking sleeve of our broader company coverage, grouped under Banks - Regional rather than any Rubin or Halo layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison worth noting is with ANZ's Pacific banking arm, given the overlapping footprint across Papua New Guinea and its island neighbours.
Why Closelook tracks it
BSP holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so no module can be named as stronger or weaker. It has not appeared in any edition quote so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether BSP's expansion into Cambodia and Laos shifts its balance away from Papua New Guinea, where its banking business is concentrated.

BSP Financial Group Ltd (BFL.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 77/100 composite (momentum 48, quality 90, valuation 94) 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 BFL.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Banks - Regional

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.39%, semi-annual · last 0.14 AUD on 2026-08-26

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.51 AUD per share · a 6.39% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year −15.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.61 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.14 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-26
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.61 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.51 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 860 m AUD 42% of earnings
  • Share count −0.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 860 m AUD · 18% 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 Asia-Pacific developed: +0.0% week · +5.4% month · +7.3% quarter · +32.2% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1631.TSE+1632.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 BSP Financial Group Ltd (BFL.AU)?

BSP Financial Group Ltd trades as BFL.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BFL.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — BSP Financial Group 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 BSP Financial Group Ltd's Closelook composite score?

77 out of 100, with momentum 48, quality 90 and valuation 94 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BFL.AU trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +0.6% vs the 50-day and -0.2% vs the 200-day average, 10.7% below the 52-week high and +15.6% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 14 sessions ago. 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 BSP Financial Group Ltd do?

BSP Financial Group runs commercial banking across the South Pacific and into parts of South-East Asia, covering Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and several smaller island states, plus Cambodia and Laos. It serves both personal customers, with savings, loans and insurance, and businesses, with trade finance, asset financing and payment services. The bank was called Bank of South Pacific before it took its current name, and it is headquartered in Port Moresby. Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the comparison worth noting is with ANZ's Pacific banking arm, given the overlapping footprint across Papua New Guinea and its island neighbours.

Where does BSP Financial Group Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

BSP sits outside our AI build-out stack; it belongs to the regional banking sleeve of our broader company coverage, grouped under Banks - Regional rather than any Rubin or Halo layer. BSP holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score yet, so no module can be named as stronger or weaker. It has not appeared in any edition quote so far.

Does BSP Financial Group Ltd pay a dividend?

BSP Financial Group Ltd has paid 0.51 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 6.39% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.14 AUD on 2026-08-26. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 860 m AUD in dividends, 18% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.0% 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 BFL.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 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.