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Company snapshot — Bluescope Steel Ltd

BSL.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
BlueScope Steel makes coated and painted flat steel used in building and construction, plus pipes, tubes, coils and bars, sold under brands such as Colorbond and Zincalume. It runs five regional segments covering Australia, North America, Asia and New Zealand, and also recycles scrap metal and develops industrial property. The company began as BHP Steel and is based in Melbourne.
Where it sits in the stack
BlueScope carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sector of the Closelook universe, within the Steel industry group, supplying coated steel to builders and manufacturers rather than to any AI hardware layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Basic Materials names, mostly gold and metals miners such as Barrick Mining, AngloGold Ashanti and Kinross Gold, grouped by sector rather than by product; the market more often compares it with steelmakers such as Nucor.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score built from seven modules, strongest on valuation and weakest on quality; it holds no index seat, has no recorded mentions in the diary and no quotes on file.
What the diary watches
Whether demand from residential and non-residential building in its main markets holds up, since that flow feeds the coated and painted steel volumes behind the read.

Bluescope Steel Ltd (BSL.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 50, quality 30, valuation 70) 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 BSL.AU, 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 BSL.AU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 10.04%, semi-annual · buybacks 13 m AUD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 3.02 AUD per share · a 10.04% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +571.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.45 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 1.35 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-08
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.45 AUD (partial) · 2026: 3.02 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-21
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 854 m AUD 53% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 13 m AUD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 867 m AUD · 335% 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 Asia-Pacific developed: +1.6% week · −2.9% month · −11.6% quarter · +2.6% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1620.TSE+1623.TSE+1619.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 Bluescope Steel Ltd (BSL.AU)?

Bluescope Steel Ltd trades as BSL.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BSL.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Bluescope Steel 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 Bluescope Steel Ltd's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 50, quality 30 and valuation 70 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BSL.AU trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5.9% vs the 50-day and +2.2% vs the 200-day average, 14.7% below the 52-week high and +57.1% 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 Bluescope Steel Ltd do?

BlueScope Steel makes coated and painted flat steel used in building and construction, plus pipes, tubes, coils and bars, sold under brands such as Colorbond and Zincalume. It runs five regional segments covering Australia, North America, Asia and New Zealand, and also recycles scrap metal and develops industrial property. The company began as BHP Steel and is based in Melbourne. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Basic Materials names, mostly gold and metals miners such as Barrick Mining, AngloGold Ashanti and Kinross Gold, grouped by sector rather than by product; the market more often compares it with steelmakers such as Nucor.

Where does Bluescope Steel Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

BlueScope carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sector of the Closelook universe, within the Steel industry group, supplying coated steel to builders and manufacturers rather than to any AI hardware layer. It carries a Closelook score built from seven modules, strongest on valuation and weakest on quality; it holds no index seat, has no recorded mentions in the diary and no quotes on file.

Does Bluescope Steel Ltd pay a dividend?

Bluescope Steel Ltd has paid 3.02 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 10.04% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.35 AUD on 2026-09-08. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 854 m AUD in dividends and bought back 13 m AUD of its own shares, 335% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 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 BSL.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 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.