Tate & Lyle PLC (TATE.L) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Tate & Lyle PLC

TATE.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
Tate & Lyle supplies ingredients such as sweeteners, fibres, stabilisers, hydrocolloids and starches to food and drink makers worldwide. Customers use these in bakery, dairy, beverages, confectionery and other packaged goods. The company is headquartered in London and has a collaboration with BioHarvest Sciences.
Where it sits in the stack
Tate & Lyle carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Defensive sector, within the Packaged Foods industry of our wider universe, as a supplier of functional ingredients to food and drink manufacturers rather than a maker of finished consumer products.
Who it is priced against
There is no peer group set for it in our coverage; the comparison the market often draws is with Ingredion, another large supplier of food ingredients and starches.
Why Closelook tracks it
Tate & Lyle holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; the diary notes only chart structure for it, such as its distance from moving averages and its 52-week high.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for fibre and other functional ingredients keeps shifting away from traditional sweeteners, changing the mix the company sells into food and drink makers.

Tate & Lyle PLC (TATE.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 TATE.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Packaged Foods · 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 TATE.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 13.20 GBP on 2026-06-18

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 19.80 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 +47.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 13.40 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 13.20 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-18
  • By calendar year 2025: 20.00 GBP (partial) · 2026: 13.20 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-19

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 Tate & Lyle PLC (TATE.L)?

Tate & Lyle PLC trades as TATE.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is TATE.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Tate & Lyle 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 TATE.L trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.4% vs the 50-day and +26% vs the 200-day average, 3.7% below the 52-week high and +78.9% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 76 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 Tate & Lyle PLC do?

Tate & Lyle supplies ingredients such as sweeteners, fibres, stabilisers, hydrocolloids and starches to food and drink makers worldwide. Customers use these in bakery, dairy, beverages, confectionery and other packaged goods. The company is headquartered in London and has a collaboration with BioHarvest Sciences. There is no peer group set for it in our coverage; the comparison the market often draws is with Ingredion, another large supplier of food ingredients and starches.

Where does Tate & Lyle PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Tate & Lyle carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Consumer Defensive sector, within the Packaged Foods industry of our wider universe, as a supplier of functional ingredients to food and drink manufacturers rather than a maker of finished consumer products. Tate & Lyle holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; the diary notes only chart structure for it, such as its distance from moving averages and its 52-week high.

Does Tate & Lyle PLC pay a dividend?

Tate & Lyle PLC has paid 19.80 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 13.20 GBP on 2026-06-18. 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 TATE.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 Packaged Foods. 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.