—
C+
C+ The full Closelooknet — membership. Open the C+ overview

Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

Pick a ticker to load its detail page.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ESLT, 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 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
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 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
How it trades on rate days beta 0.56 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.56 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Elbit Systems Ltd moved 0.56% on average · correlation 0.12 · higher than 58% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.21 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.47% 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 −0.37% 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 Aerospace & Defense · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · US

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

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

Company snapshot — Elbit Systems Ltd

ESLT 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
Elbit Systems designs and supplies defence and security equipment across five segments: aerospace, command-and-control and cyber, intelligence and reconnaissance and electronic warfare, land systems, and its US subsidiary Elbit Systems of America. Its products include unmanned aircraft, guided-munition sensors, training simulators, communications and cyber tools, electro-optic and laser systems, naval sonar, and turrets and munitions for land vehicles. It sells mainly to governments, defence forces and homeland-security agencies worldwide, and is based in Haifa, Israel.
Where it sits in the stack
Elbit carries no seat in Closelooknet's index; it sits in the diary's industrials sector, within the aerospace-and-defence sleeve rather than the AI build-out stack proper. Its systems are a customer of chip and sensor supply chains rather than a constraint on any layer of that stack, since it integrates electronics into weapons and surveillance platforms.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group draws on scored industrials names based in the US, including ZTO Express, Nordson, Sunbelt Rentals, Verisk Analytics, Allegheny Technologies, Applied Industrial Technologies, Cintas and LATAM Airlines; the market more often names Lockheed Martin as its closest defence-sector comparison.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether new government contracts and export orders sustain its backlog, and whether the momentum module recovers as sentiment around defence spending shifts.

Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 20, quality 48, valuation 31) 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 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Jefferies, 2026-10-05

The Street on this name

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

  • Price target Jefferies — target 790 from 880 Target cut to $790 from $880 (+9.3% to spot) 2026-10-05

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.51%, quarterly · last 1.00 USD on 2026-06-23

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 3.52 USD per share · a 0.51% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +193.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.20 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.00 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-23
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.72 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.00 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-22
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 121 m USD 25% of earnings
  • Share count +4.9% in FY2025 26 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 121 m USD · 20% 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 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT)?

Elbit Systems Ltd trades as ESLT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is ESLT in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Elbit Systems Ltd is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Elbit Systems Ltd's Closelooknet composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 20, quality 48 and valuation 31 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ESLT trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7.9% vs the 50-day and -10.8% vs the 200-day average, 31.8% below the 52-week high and +53.1% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 12 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 Elbit Systems Ltd compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Aerospace & Defense · US), Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) sits 31.8% below its 52-week high, 7.9% below its 50-day average; Moog Inc (MOG-A) is 16.3% below, L3Harris Technologies Inc (LHX) is 37.3% below, BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) is 44.0% below. Put any of them next to ESLT 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.

How does Elbit Systems Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Elbit Systems Ltd had a beta of 0.56 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 58% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.47% 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 Elbit Systems Ltd do?

Elbit Systems designs and supplies defence and security equipment across five segments: aerospace, command-and-control and cyber, intelligence and reconnaissance and electronic warfare, land systems, and its US subsidiary Elbit Systems of America. Its products include unmanned aircraft, guided-munition sensors, training simulators, communications and cyber tools, electro-optic and laser systems, naval sonar, and turrets and munitions for land vehicles. It sells mainly to governments, defence forces and homeland-security agencies worldwide, and is based in Haifa, Israel. Closelooknet's peer group draws on scored industrials names based in the US, including ZTO Express, Nordson, Sunbelt Rentals, Verisk Analytics, Allegheny Technologies, Applied Industrial Technologies, Cintas and LATAM Airlines; the market more often names Lockheed Martin as its closest defence-sector comparison.

Where does Elbit Systems Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Elbit carries no seat in Closelooknet's index; it sits in the diary's industrials sector, within the aerospace-and-defence sleeve rather than the AI build-out stack proper. Its systems are a customer of chip and sensor supply chains rather than a constraint on any layer of that stack, since it integrates electronics into weapons and surveillance platforms. It carries a Closelooknet score, with quality the strongest module and momentum the weakest; it holds no seat in our index and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Elbit Systems Ltd pay a dividend?

Elbit Systems Ltd has paid 3.52 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.51% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.00 USD on 2026-06-23. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 121 m USD in dividends, 20% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 4.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Elbit Systems Ltd recently?

The most recent analyst action on Elbit Systems Ltd on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Jefferies on 2026-10-05 (target 790 from 880). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. 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 ESLT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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.