Joby Aviation (JOBY) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Joby Aviation

JOBY 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
Joby Aviation designs, builds and tests aircraft that take off and land vertically using electric power, intended for passenger air transport. It also offers flight services for government customers, engineering work and demonstration flights, and is based in Santa Cruz, California. The company has said it is pursuing markets beyond the United States, including Japan and Europe.
Where it sits in the stack
Joby carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector, in the Airports & Air Services sleeve of our universe. It is an early-stage aircraft manufacturer working toward certified passenger service rather than a supplier inside the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
The market most often names Archer Aviation as the comparable developer of electric vertical-takeoff air taxis; the diary does not carry a formal peer group for Joby beyond that comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
Joby holds no index seat in the diary and no Closelook score has been assigned to it; no edition has quoted the name directly.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares stabilise after their extended run below both the 50-day and 200-day averages, since a change there would say more about sentiment on the path to certified passenger flights than about the business itself.

Joby Aviation (JOBY) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 35/100 composite (momentum 1, quality 6, valuation 3) 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 JOBY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Airports & Air Services · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Airports & Air Services

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

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

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Share count +18.1% in FY2025 128 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year

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 US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; 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 Joby Aviation (JOBY)?

Joby Aviation trades as JOBY on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is JOBY in a Closelook index?

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

What is Joby Aviation's Closelook composite score?

35 out of 100, with momentum 1, quality 6 and valuation 3 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does JOBY trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -16.1% vs the 50-day and -38.9% vs the 200-day average, 69.4% below the 52-week high and +3.2% 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 Joby Aviation do?

Joby Aviation designs, builds and tests aircraft that take off and land vertically using electric power, intended for passenger air transport. It also offers flight services for government customers, engineering work and demonstration flights, and is based in Santa Cruz, California. The company has said it is pursuing markets beyond the United States, including Japan and Europe. The market most often names Archer Aviation as the comparable developer of electric vertical-takeoff air taxis; the diary does not carry a formal peer group for Joby beyond that comparison.

Where does Joby Aviation sit in the AI build-out?

Joby carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector, in the Airports & Air Services sleeve of our universe. It is an early-stage aircraft manufacturer working toward certified passenger service rather than a supplier inside the AI build-out stack. Joby holds no index seat in the diary and no Closelook score has been assigned to it; no edition has quoted the name directly.

Does Joby Aviation pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Joby Aviation’s price series over the last three years. The share count rose 18.1% 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 JOBY, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Airports & Air Services, then Industrials. 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.