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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Carl Zeiss Meditec makes diagnostic and surgical devices for eye care and for minimally invasive surgery more broadly. Its ophthalmology line includes imaging and measurement tools for eye exams, surgical microscopes, lens implants for cataract treatment, and lasers used in vision-correction procedures.

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Every Closelooknet reading that exists for AFX.DE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Euro-AI 50 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-11-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
AFX.DE−5.7%−0.1%+12.6%+12.5%
Euro-AI 50−0.2%−4.2%−5.8%—

Against the index: 4.1 pts ahead on the week, 18.4 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, 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 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sector × region Health care in Europe: +1.1% week · +16.8% month · +10.1% quarter · +11.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
Who it is priced against Medical Instruments & Supplies · Germany · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Instruments & Supplies · Germany

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

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

Company snapshot — Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

AFX.DE 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
Carl Zeiss Meditec makes diagnostic and surgical devices for eye care and for minimally invasive surgery more broadly. Its ophthalmology line includes imaging and measurement tools for eye exams, surgical microscopes, lens implants for cataract treatment, and lasers used in vision-correction procedures. Its microsurgery line supplies visualisation systems and instruments used in operating theatres beyond the eye. Customers are physicians and hospitals across several regions. It is based in Jena, Germany, and is a subsidiary of ZEISS Group.
Where it sits in the stack
The company carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; within the diary's universe it belongs to the Healthcare sector, medical-instruments sleeve, alongside other German scored names.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with Siemens Healthineers and Sartorius on account of shared sector and country; Gerresheimer also sits in that set. A wider comparison the market draws is with Alcon, another maker of eye-care surgical equipment.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the valuation module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module firms up from its current low reading, and whether directional flow lifts it out of its present standing on the rising-fastest and steady-builder lists.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE) trades on the XETRA exchange in Germany, classified under Healthcare. Constituent of Euro-AI 50.

The Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 79, quality 36, valuation 49) 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 trailing yield 1.57%, annual · last 0.55 EUR on 2026-03-27

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.55 EUR per share · a 1.57% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year −8.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.60 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 0.55 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-27
  • By calendar year 2024: 1.10 EUR (partial) · 2025: 0.60 EUR · 2026: 0.55 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-03-22
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 53 m EUR 54% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count −1.5% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 53 m EUR · 31% 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 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE)?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG trades as AFX.DE on the XETRA exchange (Germany) and is classified under Healthcare in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is AFX.DE in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is a constituent of Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-11-07.

What is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 79, quality 36 and valuation 49 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AFX.DE trade against its moving averages?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG trades 10.8% above its 50-day and 26.4% above its 200-day moving average (4.6% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is AFX.DE doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is +12.6% against −5.8% for the Euro-AI 50 — 18.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-11-06. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Medical Instruments & Supplies · Germany), Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE) sits 24.3% below its 52-week high, 10.8% above its 50-day average; Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (SRT.DE) is 4.4% below, Gerresheimer AG (GXI.DE) is 18.3% below, Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft (FIE.DE) is 5.7% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to AFX.DE 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec AG do?

Carl Zeiss Meditec makes diagnostic and surgical devices for eye care and for minimally invasive surgery more broadly. Its ophthalmology line includes imaging and measurement tools for eye exams, surgical microscopes, lens implants for cataract treatment, and lasers used in vision-correction procedures. Its microsurgery line supplies visualisation systems and instruments used in operating theatres beyond the eye. Closelooknet's peer group places it with Siemens Healthineers and Sartorius on account of shared sector and country; Gerresheimer also sits in that set. A wider comparison the market draws is with Alcon, another maker of eye-care surgical equipment. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG sit in the AI build-out?

The company carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; within the diary's universe it belongs to the Healthcare sector, medical-instruments sleeve, alongside other German scored names. It holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the valuation module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG pay a dividend?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has paid 0.55 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.57% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.55 EUR on 2026-03-27. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 53 m EUR in dividends, 31% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.5% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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