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Nickel Industries Ltd (NIC.AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Nickel Industries Ltd

NIC.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
Nickel Industries mines nickel ore and processes it into nickel pig iron, cobalt and nickel matte, and also makes mixed hydroxide precipitate for battery supply chains. It was previously named Nickel Mines and is based in Sydney, Australia.
Where it sits in the stack
Nickel Industries has no seat in our index; it sits within the basic-materials sector, in the other-industrial-metals-and-mining sleeve of our universe, supplying nickel products used in battery and steel-making chains rather than in any layer of the build-out itself.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group defined for this name in the diary; the market commonly compares it with other diversified nickel producers such as Vale.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no Closelook index seat and no score, and it does not appear in the diary's quotes or editions; coverage here is limited to price and chart readings on the stock.
What the diary watches
Whether nickel prices and demand from battery makers move enough to change how the diary reads this name against the wider metals-and-mining sleeve.

Nickel Industries Ltd (NIC.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 34/100 composite (momentum 17, quality 21, valuation 61) 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 NIC.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Other Industrial Metals & Mining · Australia · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Other Industrial Metals & Mining · Australia

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

Compared against NIC.AU 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 · last 0.0150 AUD on 2025-02-27

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months No cash distribution in the last twelve months earlier distributions show in the price series, see the years below
  • Last distribution 0.0150 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-02-27
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.0150 AUD (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-27
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 18 m AUD
  • Share count +1.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 18 m AUD · 20% 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 Nickel Industries Ltd (NIC.AU)?

Nickel Industries Ltd trades as NIC.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 NIC.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Nickel Industries 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 Nickel Industries Ltd's Closelook composite score?

34 out of 100, with momentum 17, quality 21 and valuation 61 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does NIC.AU trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7% vs the 50-day and -15.4% vs the 200-day average, 31.1% below the 52-week high and +17.4% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 28 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 Nickel Industries Ltd do?

Nickel Industries mines nickel ore and processes it into nickel pig iron, cobalt and nickel matte, and also makes mixed hydroxide precipitate for battery supply chains. It was previously named Nickel Mines and is based in Sydney, Australia. There is no peer group defined for this name in the diary; the market commonly compares it with other diversified nickel producers such as Vale.

Where does Nickel Industries Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Nickel Industries has no seat in our index; it sits within the basic-materials sector, in the other-industrial-metals-and-mining sleeve of our universe, supplying nickel products used in battery and steel-making chains rather than in any layer of the build-out itself. It carries no Closelook index seat and no score, and it does not appear in the diary's quotes or editions; coverage here is limited to price and chart readings on the stock.

Does Nickel Industries Ltd pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Nickel Industries Ltd’s price series over the last twelve months. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 18 m AUD in dividends, 20% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.1% 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 NIC.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 Other Industrial Metals & Mining, 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.