CCL Industries Inc (CCL-B.TO) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — CCL Industries Inc

CCL-B.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
CCL Industries makes labels, printable media, security and banknote materials, and specialty films through four segments: CCL, Avery, Checkpoint and Innovia. The CCL segment converts films for packaging, healthcare, automotive and government uses, including polymer banknote substrate. Avery sells labels and printable media to businesses, homes and retailers. Checkpoint builds radio-frequency loss-prevention and inventory tags for retail. Innovia supplies engineered films for flexible packaging. It is based in Toronto, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
CCL Industries carries no seat in our index. It sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the packaging and containers industry within our broader universe, supplying labelling and security materials to packaged-goods, retail and government customers rather than to any part of the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
The diary's peer group for this name is Consumer Cyclical companies based in Canada, a set that includes Aritzia, Restaurant Brands International and Alimentation Couche-Tard; a comparison the market also draws is with Avery Dennison, a larger labels maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
CCL Industries holds no index seat and appears in no edition quotes tracked by the diary, but it does carry a Closelook score; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for security and banknote substrate and retail loss-prevention tags holds up, since these lines sit alongside the more cyclical packaging and labels business.

CCL Industries Inc (CCL-B.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 56/100 composite (momentum 65, quality 51, valuation 54) 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 CCL-B.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.51%, quarterly · buybacks 300 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.40 CAD per share · a 1.51% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +45.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.96 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.36 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.28 CAD (partial) · 2026: 1.08 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-17
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 224 m CAD 29% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 300 m CAD 1.9% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.1% in FY2025 41 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 524 m CAD · 61% 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 CCL Industries Inc (CCL-B.TO)?

CCL Industries Inc trades as CCL-B.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 CCL-B.TO in a Closelook index?

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

What is CCL Industries Inc's Closelook composite score?

56 out of 100, with momentum 65, quality 51 and valuation 54 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CCL-B.TO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0% vs the 50-day and +5.7% vs the 200-day average, 5.8% below the 52-week high and +25.9% 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 CCL Industries Inc do?

CCL Industries makes labels, printable media, security and banknote materials, and specialty films through four segments: CCL, Avery, Checkpoint and Innovia. The CCL segment converts films for packaging, healthcare, automotive and government uses, including polymer banknote substrate. Avery sells labels and printable media to businesses, homes and retailers. The diary's peer group for this name is Consumer Cyclical companies based in Canada, a set that includes Aritzia, Restaurant Brands International and Alimentation Couche-Tard; a comparison the market also draws is with Avery Dennison, a larger labels maker.

Where does CCL Industries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

CCL Industries carries no seat in our index. It sits in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the packaging and containers industry within our broader universe, supplying labelling and security materials to packaged-goods, retail and government customers rather than to any part of the AI build-out. CCL Industries holds no index seat and appears in no edition quotes tracked by the diary, but it does carry a Closelook score; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest.

Does CCL Industries Inc pay a dividend?

CCL Industries Inc has paid 1.40 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.51% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.36 CAD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 224 m CAD in dividends and bought back 300 m CAD of its own shares, 61% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.1% 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 CCL-B.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 Packaging & Containers, then Consumer Cyclical. 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.