Grupo Aval (AVAL) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Grupo Aval

AVAL 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
Grupo Aval is a Colombian financial holding company that owns banks and related businesses across Colombia and Central America. It offers deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, mortgages, pension fund management, investment banking, insurance and payment services. It also holds equity stakes in infrastructure, energy, agribusiness and hotel ventures. The company is based in Bogotá and has been listed since 2014.
Where it sits in the stack
Grupo Aval carries no seat in our index; it sits outside the AI build-out entirely, in the Banks - Regional sector of the wider financial-services universe the diary also tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned it a peer group; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with Bancolombia, another large Colombian banking group.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no Closelook index seat and carries no score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be reported; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches the share's position against its 200-day average and its distance from the 52-week high, since both mark how far sentiment on the stock has swung.

Grupo Aval (AVAL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 61, quality 37, valuation 91) 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 AVAL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Regional · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Regional · US

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.09%, monthly · buybacks 6 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.16 USD per share · a 3.09% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 12 distributions, paid monthly 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +87.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.0842 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0140 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.13 USD · 2026: 0.11 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 582.9 bn USD 14% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 6 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count 0.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 582.9 bn USD · 40% 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 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Financials in US: −3.3% week · −4.3% month · +2.1% quarter · +9.7% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Grupo Aval (AVAL)?

Grupo Aval trades as AVAL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is AVAL in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Grupo Aval is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Grupo Aval's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 61, quality 37 and valuation 91 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AVAL trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2% vs the 50-day and +10.3% vs the 200-day average, 17% below the 52-week high and +68.2% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Grupo Aval do?

Grupo Aval is a Colombian financial holding company that owns banks and related businesses across Colombia and Central America. It offers deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, mortgages, pension fund management, investment banking, insurance and payment services. It also holds equity stakes in infrastructure, energy, agribusiness and hotel ventures. Closelook has not assigned it a peer group; the comparison the market sometimes draws is with Bancolombia, another large Colombian banking group.

Where does Grupo Aval sit in the AI build-out?

Grupo Aval carries no seat in our index; it sits outside the AI build-out entirely, in the Banks - Regional sector of the wider financial-services universe the diary also tracks. It holds no Closelook index seat and carries no score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be reported; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.

Does Grupo Aval pay a dividend?

Grupo Aval has paid 0.16 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid monthly, a trailing yield of 3.09% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0140 USD on 2026-08-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 582.9 bn USD in dividends and bought back 6 m USD of its own shares, 40% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count was unchanged 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 AVAL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Banks - Regional. 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.