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Macerich Company (MAC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MAC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, 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 Real estate in US: −1.5% week · −7.1% month · −7.4% quarter · −0.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLRE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • 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 0.61 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.61 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Macerich Company moved 0.61% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 62% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.75 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.51% 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 −0.13% 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 REIT - Retail · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

REIT - Retail

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

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

Company snapshot — Macerich Company

MAC 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
Macerich is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops retail properties across the United States. Its portfolio sits mainly in California, the Pacific Northwest, the Phoenix and Scottsdale area, and the corridor between New York and Washington, D.C. The company holds interests in 38 retail centres totalling about 40 million square feet of space. It is based in Santa Monica, California, and manages its properties itself rather than through an outside manager.
Where it sits in the stack
Macerich carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Retail industry, as a landlord of shopping and mixed-use centres rather than a supplier to any technology layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group carries no entry for Macerich. The market usually places it alongside other US mall operators such as Simon Property Group.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Macerich holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelooknet score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be read from it. It has not appeared in a diary edition or quote to date, as coverage stays with names inside the build-out we follow.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares close further above the 200-day average they currently sit near, and whether the recently raised analyst target holds as sentiment around mall landlords shifts.

Macerich Company (MAC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Real Estate.

The Closelooknet company score reads 28/100 composite (momentum 54, quality 17, valuation 12) 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.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Goldman Sachs, 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MAC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 21 from 19 Target raised to $21 from $19 (-10.7% to spot) 2026-09-01
  • Price target Evercore ISI — target 26 from 25 Target raised to $26 from $25 (+5.4% to spot) 2026-08-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.00%, quarterly · buybacks 53 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.68 USD per share · a 3.00% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +33.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.51 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.17 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-14
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.68 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.51 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-04
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 188 m USD 133% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 53 m USD 0.8% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.8% in FY2025 18 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 241 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

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 Macerich Company (MAC)?

Macerich Company trades as MAC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Real Estate in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is MAC in a Closelooknet index?

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

What is Macerich Company's Closelooknet composite score?

28 out of 100, with momentum 54, quality 17 and valuation 12 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MAC trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -6.3% vs the 50-day and +5.2% vs the 200-day average, 15.1% below the 52-week high and +44.8% off the 52-week low. 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 Macerich Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Macerich Company had a beta of 0.61 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 62% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.51% 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 Macerich Company do?

Macerich is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops retail properties across the United States. Its portfolio sits mainly in California, the Pacific Northwest, the Phoenix and Scottsdale area, and the corridor between New York and Washington, D.C. The company holds interests in 38 retail centres totalling about 40 million square feet of space. Closelooknet's peer group carries no entry for Macerich. The market usually places it alongside other US mall operators such as Simon Property Group.

Where does Macerich Company sit in the AI build-out?

Macerich carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks. It belongs to the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Retail industry, as a landlord of shopping and mixed-use centres rather than a supplier to any technology layer. Macerich holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelooknet score, so neither module strength nor weakness can be read from it. It has not appeared in a diary edition or quote to date, as coverage stays with names inside the build-out we follow.

Does Macerich Company pay a dividend?

Macerich Company has paid 0.68 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.00% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.17 USD on 2026-09-14. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 188 m USD in dividends and bought back 53 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 2.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Macerich Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on Macerich Company on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Goldman Sachs on 2026-09-01 (target 21 from 19). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then REIT - Retail, then Real Estate. 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.