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Company snapshot — New Hope Corporation Ltd

NHC.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
New Hope Corporation runs open-pit thermal coal mines in Queensland and New South Wales, including the New Acland and Bengalla operations, and owns the Queensland Bulk Handling export terminal. It also handles port operations, coal marketing, some agriculture, and early-stage oil and gas work, selling coal into buyers across Asia and beyond. The company is based in Brisbane, Australia.
Where it sits in the stack
New Hope carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, within the thermal coal industry, outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not been set for New Hope; the market usually names Whitehaven Coal as its closest Australian comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
New Hope holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score yet; it has no quotes on record and has not featured in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches export tonnage through Queensland Bulk Handling and any approvals affecting mine life at New Acland, since these set how much coal reaches its Asian buyers.

New Hope Corporation Ltd (NHC.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 75, quality 48, valuation 58) 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 NHC.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Energy · Australia · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Energy · Australia

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.92%, semi-annual · buybacks 3 m AUD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.25 AUD per share · a 3.92% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +31.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.19 AUD per share
  • Last distribution 0.10 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.34 AUD (partial) · 2026: 0.10 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 206 m AUD 132% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 3 m AUD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.5% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 210 m AUD · 55% 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 Energy in Asia-Pacific developed: −0.4% week · +7.6% month · +13.2% quarter · +3.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1618.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 New Hope Corporation Ltd (NHC.AU)?

New Hope Corporation Ltd trades as NHC.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is NHC.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — New Hope Corporation 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 New Hope Corporation Ltd's Closelook composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 75, quality 48 and valuation 58 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does NHC.AU trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +11.9% vs the 50-day and +23.6% vs the 200-day average, 3.5% below the 52-week high and +72% 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 New Hope Corporation Ltd do?

New Hope Corporation runs open-pit thermal coal mines in Queensland and New South Wales, including the New Acland and Bengalla operations, and owns the Queensland Bulk Handling export terminal. It also handles port operations, coal marketing, some agriculture, and early-stage oil and gas work, selling coal into buyers across Asia and beyond. The company is based in Brisbane, Australia. Closelook's peer group has not been set for New Hope; the market usually names Whitehaven Coal as its closest Australian comparison.

Where does New Hope Corporation Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

New Hope carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, within the thermal coal industry, outside the AI build-out sleeves the diary tracks. New Hope holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score yet; it has no quotes on record and has not featured in the diary's editions.

Does New Hope Corporation Ltd pay a dividend?

New Hope Corporation Ltd has paid 0.25 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.92% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.10 AUD on 2026-03-31. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 206 m AUD in dividends and bought back 3 m AUD of its own shares, 55% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.5% 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 NHC.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 Thermal Coal, then Energy. 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.