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Company snapshot — Vallourec

VK.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
Vallourec supplies tubular products for the oil and gas, industrial and new-energy markets, organised into Tubes and Mine & Forests segments. It makes seamless tubes, VAM connections, subsea pipelines and carbon-steel tubes, alongside iron-ore and charcoal production. It is headquartered in Meudon, France, and serves oil-service, engineering and industrial-equipment customers worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
Vallourec carries no Closelook index seat and sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, under the Steel industry classification, serving energy and industrial demand rather than the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not classified this name; the market usually compares it with Tenaris, another maker of seamless tubular products for energy markets.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vallourec holds no Closelook index seat, carries no score and has not been quoted in the diary's editions to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent move above its 50- and 200-day averages holds, given the shares remain below their 52-week high.

Vallourec (VK.PA) trades on the PA exchange in France, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 34, quality 56, valuation 71) 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 VK.PA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Steel

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 10.82%, annual · buybacks 29 m EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 2.05 EUR per share · a 10.82% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +36.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.50 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 2.05 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-03
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.50 EUR (partial) · 2026: 2.05 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-05-26
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 352 m EUR
  • Buybacks, FY2025 29 m EUR 0.6% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.5% in FY2025 5 m EUR of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 381 m EUR · 99% 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 Vallourec (VK.PA)?

Vallourec trades as VK.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 VK.PA in a Closelook index?

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

What is Vallourec's Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 34, quality 56 and valuation 71 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VK.PA trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +1.5% vs the 50-day and +2.1% vs the 200-day average, 24.1% below the 52-week high and +39.5% 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 Vallourec do?

Vallourec supplies tubular products for the oil and gas, industrial and new-energy markets, organised into Tubes and Mine & Forests segments. It makes seamless tubes, VAM connections, subsea pipelines and carbon-steel tubes, alongside iron-ore and charcoal production. It is headquartered in Meudon, France, and serves oil-service, engineering and industrial-equipment customers worldwide. Closelook's peer group has not classified this name; the market usually compares it with Tenaris, another maker of seamless tubular products for energy markets.

Where does Vallourec sit in the AI build-out?

Vallourec carries no Closelook index seat and sits outside our AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, under the Steel industry classification, serving energy and industrial demand rather than the compute stack. Vallourec holds no Closelook index seat, carries no score and has not been quoted in the diary's editions to date.

Does Vallourec pay a dividend?

Vallourec has paid 2.05 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 10.82% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.05 EUR on 2026-08-03. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 352 m EUR in dividends and bought back 29 m EUR of its own shares, 99% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.5% 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 VK.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 Steel, 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.