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Thales S.A. (HO.PA) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

Versus its index Euro-AI 50 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
HO.PA−3.1%−3.7%−7.0%+2.0%
Euro-AI 50+0.4%+1.8%−3.7%—

Against the index: 5.5 pts behind on the week, 3.3 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

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 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
  • Sector × region Industrials in Europe: +1.3% week · −3.7% month · +0.2% quarter · +5.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • 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
Who it is priced against Aerospace & Defense · France · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · France

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

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

Company snapshot — Thales S.A.

HO.PA 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
Thales designs and supplies defence and aerospace equipment, including air defence, combat, command-and-control and naval or underwater systems, plus airborne electronics and optronics. It also makes digital identity and security products such as biometric checks, secure payments and IoT protection, alongside air traffic management and avionics for civil aviation. The company is based in Meudon, France.
Where it sits in the stack
Thales carries no seat in Rubin, our index of the AI build-out, so it sits instead within the Industrials sector of our universe, in the aerospace and defence corner of that group.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Industrials names based in France, including Safran, Schneider Electric, Airbus, Legrand, Saint-Gobain and Veolia; outside that group the market most often compares it with Lockheed Martin.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Thales holds a seat in our Euro-AI 50 index and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the growth module narrows the gap with the valuation strength, and whether momentum turns before the recent run of up sessions fades.

Thales S.A. (HO.PA) trades on the PA exchange in France, classified under Industrials. Constituent of Euro-AI 50.

The Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 41, quality 53, valuation 58) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.70%, semi-annual · buybacks 45 m EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 3.90 EUR per share · a 1.70% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +5.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.70 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 2.95 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-18
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.80 EUR (partial) · 2024: 3.45 EUR · 2025: 3.80 EUR · 2026: 2.95 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-05
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 781 m EUR 54% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 45 m EUR 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 826 m EUR · 31% 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.

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

Quick answers

What is Thales S.A. (HO.PA)?

Thales S.A. trades as HO.PA on the PA exchange (France) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is HO.PA in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Thales S.A. is a constituent of Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Thales S.A.'s Closelooknet composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 41, quality 53 and valuation 58 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does HO.PA trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 16.5% off its high: 16.5% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is HO.PA doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Thales S.A. is −7.0% against −3.7% for the Euro-AI 50 — 3.3 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Thales S.A. do?

Thales designs and supplies defence and aerospace equipment, including air defence, combat, command-and-control and naval or underwater systems, plus airborne electronics and optronics. It also makes digital identity and security products such as biometric checks, secure payments and IoT protection, alongside air traffic management and avionics for civil aviation. The company is based in Meudon, France. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Industrials names based in France, including Safran, Schneider Electric, Airbus, Legrand, Saint-Gobain and Veolia; outside that group the market most often compares it with Lockheed Martin.

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

Thales carries no seat in Rubin, our index of the AI build-out, so it sits instead within the Industrials sector of our universe, in the aerospace and defence corner of that group. Thales holds a seat in our Euro-AI 50 index and carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation as its strongest module and momentum its weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.

Does Thales S.A. pay a dividend?

Thales S.A. has paid 3.90 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.70% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.95 EUR on 2026-05-18. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 781 m EUR in dividends and bought back 45 m EUR of its own shares, 31% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% 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 HO.PA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Aerospace & Defense. 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.