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Align Technology Inc (ALGN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ALGN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 1.02 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How ALGN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.02 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Align Technology Inc moved 1.02% on average · correlation 0.24 · higher than 88% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.56 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.11% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.71% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet 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 ALGN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Align Technology Inc

ALGN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Align Technology makes Invisalign clear aligners for straightening teeth, Vivera retainers, and iTero intraoral scanners that dentists and orthodontists use to plan and monitor treatment. Its Clear Aligner business covers different aligner lines for adults, teenagers and younger children, plus training and accessory products for the professionals who fit them. A second segment sells scanning hardware and CAD/CAM software, including tools that let practitioners simulate outcomes and compare scans over time. It serves dental and orthodontic practices in the United States, Switzerland and other markets, and is based in Tempe, Arizona.
Where it sits in the stack
Align sits outside our Rubin AI build-out index; it belongs to the Healthcare sector, within Medical Instruments & Supplies, alongside other dental and diagnostic equipment makers rather than any AI infrastructure sleeve.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Align; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with 3M's dental business and with SmileDirectClub as a lower-cost aligner rival.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Align is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Rubin or Halo seat, no Closelooknet score yet, and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares steady after moving further below their 50-day and 200-day averages and well off their 52-week high, or keep drifting lower.

Align Technology Inc (ALGN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Align Technology Inc (ALGN)?

Align Technology Inc trades as ALGN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is ALGN in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Align Technology Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does ALGN trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -10% vs the 50-day and -14% vs the 200-day average, 26.8% below the 52-week high and +20.3% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 13 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Align Technology Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Align Technology Inc had a beta of 1.02 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 88% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.11% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Align Technology Inc do?

Align Technology makes Invisalign clear aligners for straightening teeth, Vivera retainers, and iTero intraoral scanners that dentists and orthodontists use to plan and monitor treatment. Its Clear Aligner business covers different aligner lines for adults, teenagers and younger children, plus training and accessory products for the professionals who fit them. A second segment sells scanning hardware and CAD/CAM software, including tools that let practitioners simulate outcomes and compare scans over time. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Align; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with 3M's dental business and with SmileDirectClub as a lower-cost aligner rival.

Where does Align Technology Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Align sits outside our Rubin AI build-out index; it belongs to the Healthcare sector, within Medical Instruments & Supplies, alongside other dental and diagnostic equipment makers rather than any AI infrastructure sleeve. Align is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Rubin or Halo seat, no Closelooknet score yet, and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes so far.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ALGN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Medical Instruments & Supplies. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.