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Pilbara Minerals Ltd (PLS.AU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Pilbara Minerals Ltd

PLS.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
PLS Group Limited, formerly Pilbara Minerals, explores for and develops lithium resources in Australia. Its flagship asset is the wholly owned Pilgangoora project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company took its new name in November 2025, having been incorporated in 2005, and is based in West Perth.
Where it sits in the stack
PLS.AU carries no seat in our index and no Rubin layer; it sits in our Basic Materials sleeve, within the other industrial metals and mining group, as a raw-material supplier that feeds the battery and electric-vehicle chain further downstream.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has no listed comparison for this name; the market commonly places it alongside Albemarle as a lithium producer of similar scale.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no index seat with the diary and appears in no edition quotes. It does carry a Closelook score, with the momentum module standing out among its readings.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares stabilise against their moving averages or extend the recent run of down sessions further below the 52-week high.

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (PLS.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia.

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 PLS.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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.20%, annual · last 0.0500 AUD on 2026-09-02

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.0500 AUD per share · a 1.20% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Last distribution 0.0500 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-02
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.0500 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-09-02

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 Pilbara Minerals Ltd (PLS.AU)?

Pilbara Minerals Ltd trades as PLS.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PLS.AU in a Closelook index?

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

Where does PLS.AU trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.8% vs the 50-day and -16% vs the 200-day average, 38.2% below the 52-week high and +85.4% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 22 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 Pilbara Minerals Ltd do?

PLS Group Limited, formerly Pilbara Minerals, explores for and develops lithium resources in Australia. Its flagship asset is the wholly owned Pilgangoora project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The company took its new name in November 2025, having been incorporated in 2005, and is based in West Perth. Closelook's peer group has no listed comparison for this name; the market commonly places it alongside Albemarle as a lithium producer of similar scale.

Where does Pilbara Minerals Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

PLS.AU carries no seat in our index and no Rubin layer; it sits in our Basic Materials sleeve, within the other industrial metals and mining group, as a raw-material supplier that feeds the battery and electric-vehicle chain further downstream. It holds no index seat with the diary and appears in no edition quotes. It does carry a Closelook score, with the momentum module standing out among its readings.

Does Pilbara Minerals Ltd pay a dividend?

Pilbara Minerals Ltd has paid 0.0500 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.20% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0500 AUD on 2026-09-02. 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 PLS.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.