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Kardex (KARN.SW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KARN.SW, 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 Specialty Industrial Machinery · Switzerland · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · Switzerland

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 KARN.SW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Kardex

KARN.SW 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
Kardex builds automated storage and retrieval systems for warehouses and factories, organised into two segments: Automated Products, covering vertical lift modules, carousels and shuttle systems, and Standardised Systems, covering small-parts storage and order-picking equipment. It also integrates AutoStore installations and sells life-cycle services such as system upgrades and support. Customers span automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, e-commerce and logistics operators across Europe, the Americas and Asia. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Where it sits in the stack
Kardex holds no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index; it sits instead in our broader industrials universe as a warehouse-automation and intralogistics equipment maker, supplying storage and retrieval systems rather than compute infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Kardex is not yet set; by industry it groups with specialty industrial-machinery names in warehouse automation, and the market often compares it with Kion Group, whose Dematic unit competes in the same automated-storage market.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Kardex carries no seat in any Closelooknet index and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary follows it for its position in warehouse automation rather than for index or scoring coverage.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether order intake for automated storage systems tracks broader industrial capital spending and e-commerce fulfilment demand, since revenue depends on warehouse investment cycles rather than steady service contracts.

Kardex (KARN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland.

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 2.60%, annual · last 6.21 CHF on 2026-05-04

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 6.21 CHF per share · a 2.60% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +3.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 6.00 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 6.21 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-04
  • By calendar year 2024: 5.00 CHF (partial) · 2025: 6.00 CHF · 2026: 6.21 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-04-29

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 Kardex (KARN.SW)?

Kardex trades as KARN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is KARN.SW in a Closelooknet index?

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

Where does KARN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.1% vs the 50-day and -5.1% vs the 200-day average, 22% below the 52-week high and +18.3% off the 52-week low. 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 Kardex compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Industrial Machinery · Switzerland), Kardex (KARN.SW) sits 22.0% below its 52-week high, 2.1% below its 50-day average; Bucher Industries AG (BUCN.SW) is 12.5% below, Sulzer AG (SUN.SW) is 9.0% below, OC Oerlikon Corp AG (OERL.SW) is 1.8% below. Put any of them next to KARN.SW 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 Kardex do?

Kardex builds automated storage and retrieval systems for warehouses and factories, organised into two segments: Automated Products, covering vertical lift modules, carousels and shuttle systems, and Standardised Systems, covering small-parts storage and order-picking equipment. It also integrates AutoStore installations and sells life-cycle services such as system upgrades and support. Customers span automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, e-commerce and logistics operators across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Closelooknet's peer group for Kardex is not yet set; by industry it groups with specialty industrial-machinery names in warehouse automation, and the market often compares it with Kion Group, whose Dematic unit competes in the same automated-storage market.

Where does Kardex sit in the AI build-out?

Kardex holds no seat in Rubin, our AI infrastructure index; it sits instead in our broader industrials universe as a warehouse-automation and intralogistics equipment maker, supplying storage and retrieval systems rather than compute infrastructure. Kardex carries no seat in any Closelooknet index and no Closelooknet score yet; the diary follows it for its position in warehouse automation rather than for index or scoring coverage.

Does Kardex pay a dividend?

Kardex has paid 6.21 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 2.60% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 6.21 CHF on 2026-05-04. 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 KARN.SW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. 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.