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Auto Trader Group plc (AUTO.L) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AUTO.L, 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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Internet Content & Information · UK · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Internet Content & Information · UK

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 AUTO.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Auto Trader Group plc

AUTO.L 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
Auto Trader runs an online marketplace in the United Kingdom that lists vehicles for sale, split between its Autotrader arm for classified listings and Autorama for retail vehicle sales and leasing. Private sellers and dealers pay to advertise cars, vans and other vehicles, while manufacturers and their agencies buy display advertising on the same sites. It also offers insurance and loan finance to consumers alongside the listings, and helps arrange new-vehicle leases. It is headquartered in Manchester.
Where it sits in the stack
Auto Trader carries no seat in our index; it sits within the Communication Services sector, in the Internet Content & Information group, as part of the UK online-marketplace names the diary tracks outside the AI build-out sleeves.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has no comparison set recorded for this name; the market commonly sets it against other online vehicle marketplaces, among them CarGurus.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Auto Trader holds no Closelooknet index seat and no score has been built for it yet; the diary has not logged a quote for the name across its editions so far.
What the diary watches
Whether shifts in dealer advertising spend or vehicle-listing volumes on the platform change how the diary reads this name.

Auto Trader Group plc (AUTO.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

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 2.50%, semi-annual · last 7.80 GBP on 2026-08-27

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 11.60 GBP per share · a 2.50% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +9.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 10.60 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 7.80 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-27
  • By calendar year 2024: 9.60 GBP · 2025: 10.60 GBP · 2026: 11.60 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-01-04

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 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Auto Trader Group plc (AUTO.L)?

Auto Trader Group plc trades as AUTO.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is AUTO.L in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Auto Trader Group plc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does AUTO.L trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.9% vs the 50-day and -7.3% vs the 200-day average, 43.6% below the 52-week high and +11% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 18 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Auto Trader Group plc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Internet Content & Information · UK), Auto Trader Group plc (AUTO.L) sits 43.6% below its 52-week high, 7.9% below its 50-day average; Rightmove PLC (RMV.L) is 34.3% below, MONY Group plc (MONY.L) is 18.3% below, Baltic Classifieds Group PLC (BCG.L) is 99.4% below. Put any of them next to AUTO.L in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does Auto Trader Group plc do?

Auto Trader runs an online marketplace in the United Kingdom that lists vehicles for sale, split between its Autotrader arm for classified listings and Autorama for retail vehicle sales and leasing. Private sellers and dealers pay to advertise cars, vans and other vehicles, while manufacturers and their agencies buy display advertising on the same sites. It also offers insurance and loan finance to consumers alongside the listings, and helps arrange new-vehicle leases. Closelooknet's peer group has no comparison set recorded for this name; the market commonly sets it against other online vehicle marketplaces, among them CarGurus.

Where does Auto Trader Group plc sit in the AI build-out?

Auto Trader carries no seat in our index; it sits within the Communication Services sector, in the Internet Content & Information group, as part of the UK online-marketplace names the diary tracks outside the AI build-out sleeves. Auto Trader holds no Closelooknet index seat and no score has been built for it yet; the diary has not logged a quote for the name across its editions so far.

Does Auto Trader Group plc pay a dividend?

Auto Trader Group plc has paid 11.60 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.50% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 7.80 GBP on 2026-08-27. 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 AUTO.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Internet Content & Information. 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.