NCC Group plc (NCC.L) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — NCC Group plc

NCC.L 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
NCC Group provides cyber security and software resilience services, including incident response, penetration testing, managed detection and cloud security, alongside an Escrow business that safeguards software code for clients. It serves sectors such as finance, transport, health, technology and government. The company is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Where it sits in the stack
NCC Group has no seat in our index, so it sits within the wider cyber security and software infrastructure sleeve of our universe, offering services that harden systems rather than build the compute layers themselves.
Who it is priced against
There is no formal peer group listed for this name; within its sleeve it can be set alongside other UK-listed cyber security providers, and the market often names CrowdStrike as a larger comparison in the same field.
Why Closelook tracks it
NCC Group carries no index seat and no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not recorded any quotes or editions featuring it so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance between recurring Escrow revenue and project-based security work shifts, since that mix shapes how steady the company's earnings look over time.

NCC Group plc (NCC.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

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 NCC.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Software - Infrastructure · UK · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software - Infrastructure · UK

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.55%, semi-annual · last 1.50 GBP on 2026-09-10

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 4.65 GBP per share · a 3.55% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +3.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.50 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 1.50 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 3.15 GBP (partial) · 2024: 4.65 GBP · 2025: 4.50 GBP · 2026: 4.65 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

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 NCC Group plc (NCC.L)?

NCC Group plc trades as NCC.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is NCC.L in a Closelook index?

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

Where does NCC.L trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6% vs the 50-day and -1.5% vs the 200-day average, 16.9% below the 52-week high and +22.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 52 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 NCC Group plc do?

NCC Group provides cyber security and software resilience services, including incident response, penetration testing, managed detection and cloud security, alongside an Escrow business that safeguards software code for clients. It serves sectors such as finance, transport, health, technology and government. The company is based in Manchester, United Kingdom. There is no formal peer group listed for this name; within its sleeve it can be set alongside other UK-listed cyber security providers, and the market often names CrowdStrike as a larger comparison in the same field.

Where does NCC Group plc sit in the AI build-out?

NCC Group has no seat in our index, so it sits within the wider cyber security and software infrastructure sleeve of our universe, offering services that harden systems rather than build the compute layers themselves. NCC Group carries no index seat and no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not recorded any quotes or editions featuring it so far.

Does NCC Group plc pay a dividend?

NCC Group plc has paid 4.65 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.55% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.50 GBP on 2026-09-10. 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 NCC.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Software - Infrastructure. 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.