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Company snapshot — Vicat S.A.

VCT.PA 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
Vicat produces and sells cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates for the construction trade, including specialised binders for roads, bridges and tunnels. It also supplies mortars, finishing products and industrial paper packaging, and takes part in large infrastructure projects such as rail lines and airports. The group operates across Europe, the Americas, Asia and parts of Africa, and is based in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France.
Where it sits in the stack
Vicat holds no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sleeve, within the Building Materials sector, alongside other cement and aggregates producers rather than inside the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary lists no formal peer group for Vicat, but the market usually names Holcim as the comparable large cement producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vicat carries no seat in our index and no Closelook score yet, and it does not appear in any of the diary's editions or quotes, so it stays outside our active coverage lists for now.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how construction and infrastructure demand across Vicat's markets feeds through into the shares, given the stock currently trades below both its 50-day and 200-day averages and remains well off its 52-week high.

Vicat S.A. (VCT.PA) trades on the PA exchange in France, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 25, quality 37, valuation 82) 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 VCT.PA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Building Materials · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Building Materials

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.40%, annual · buybacks 60 m EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 EUR per share · a 3.40% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.00 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 2.00 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-29
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.00 EUR (partial) · 2026: 2.00 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-29
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 116 m EUR 31% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 60 m EUR 2.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.2% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 177 m EUR · 56% 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 Europe: −0.4% week · −2.9% month · −0.6% quarter · +10.3% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV3.XETRA+EXH6.XETRA+EXH3.XETRA; 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 Vicat S.A. (VCT.PA)?

Vicat S.A. trades as VCT.PA on the PA exchange (France) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VCT.PA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Vicat S.A. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Vicat S.A.'s Closelook composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 25, quality 37 and valuation 82 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VCT.PA trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -7.5% vs the 50-day and -10.8% vs the 200-day average, 25.6% below the 52-week high and +4.4% 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 Vicat S.A. do?

Vicat produces and sells cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates for the construction trade, including specialised binders for roads, bridges and tunnels. It also supplies mortars, finishing products and industrial paper packaging, and takes part in large infrastructure projects such as rail lines and airports. The group operates across Europe, the Americas, Asia and parts of Africa, and is based in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France. The diary lists no formal peer group for Vicat, but the market usually names Holcim as the comparable large cement producer.

Where does Vicat S.A. sit in the AI build-out?

Vicat holds no seat in our index; it sits in the diary's Basic Materials sleeve, within the Building Materials sector, alongside other cement and aggregates producers rather than inside the AI build-out stack. Vicat carries no seat in our index and no Closelook score yet, and it does not appear in any of the diary's editions or quotes, so it stays outside our active coverage lists for now.

Does Vicat S.A. pay a dividend?

Vicat S.A. has paid 2.00 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 3.40% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.00 EUR on 2026-04-29. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 116 m EUR in dividends and bought back 60 m EUR of its own shares, 56% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.2% 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 VCT.PA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Building Materials, 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.