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Air Canada (AC.TO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AC.TO, 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 56/100 · S&P 500 fund at 61, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-15
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 85th percentile of the window, -2.5% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-15
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.32 · down 0.76 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-14
Who it is priced against Airlines · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Airlines

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

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

Company snapshot — Air Canada

AC.TO 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
Air Canada operates scheduled passenger flights within Canada, across the Canada–US transborder market, and to international destinations, supplemented by regional partners under capacity purchase agreements. It also runs the Rouge brand for leisure routes, Air Canada Express through regional carriers, an air cargo business, and Air Canada Vacations, which packages holidays and cruises alongside a travel loyalty programme. The airline is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Air Canada carries no seat in Rubin, Closelooknet's AI build-out index, and sits outside that stack entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Airlines industry.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has not been assigned for this name; the market usually compares it with Delta Air Lines as a similarly positioned network carrier.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Air Canada holds no Closelooknet index seat, carries no score yet, and has not appeared in any diary quote; coverage here is limited to this snapshot.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares hold their run above the 50- and 200-day averages or slip back toward the wider gap to their 52-week high, since that would change the near-term chart read.

Air Canada (AC.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 61, quality 36, valuation 78) 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 no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 859 m CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 859 m CAD 14.9% of today's market value
  • Share count −14.9% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 859 m CAD · 115% 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 2026-10-16

Quick answers

What is Air Canada (AC.TO)?

Air Canada trades as AC.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-16.

Is AC.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Air Canada is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-16.

What is Air Canada's Closelooknet composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 61, quality 36 and valuation 78 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-16. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AC.TO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -17.8% vs the 50-day and +1.2% vs the 200-day average, 28.6% below the 52-week high and +36.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-15 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Air Canada compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Airlines), Air Canada (AC.TO) sits 28.6% below its 52-week high, 17.8% below its 50-day average; LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LTM) is 31.0% below, Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (RYAAY) is 28.8% below, Exchange Income Corporation (EIF.TO) is 15.0% below. Put any of them next to AC.TO 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 Air Canada do?

Air Canada operates scheduled passenger flights within Canada, across the Canada–US transborder market, and to international destinations, supplemented by regional partners under capacity purchase agreements. It also runs the Rouge brand for leisure routes, Air Canada Express through regional carriers, an air cargo business, and Air Canada Vacations, which packages holidays and cruises alongside a travel loyalty programme. The airline is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada. Closelooknet's peer group has not been assigned for this name; the market usually compares it with Delta Air Lines as a similarly positioned network carrier.

Where does Air Canada sit in the AI build-out?

Air Canada carries no seat in Rubin, Closelooknet's AI build-out index, and sits outside that stack entirely. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Airlines industry. Air Canada holds no Closelooknet index seat, carries no score yet, and has not appeared in any diary quote; coverage here is limited to this snapshot.

Does Air Canada pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Air Canada’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 859 m CAD of its own shares, 115% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 14.9% 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 AC.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Airlines, then Industrials. 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.