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Company snapshot — Fomento Economico Mexicano

FMX 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
Femsa bottles and distributes Coca-Cola drinks across Mexico and much of Latin America, and also runs the OXXO chain of convenience stores, fuel stations, drugstores, logistics and payment-processing units. Its businesses span Coca-Cola FEMSA, Proximity retail in the Americas and Europe, Health, Fuel and other divisions. It is based in Monterrey, Mexico, and its store and route networks reach into Central and South America as well as parts of Europe.
Where it sits in the stack
Femsa carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, within the Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve. That sleeve groups freight and retail operators whose fortunes track where supply chains physically move, and Femsa's dense store and distribution footprint across Mexico and Latin America makes it a proxy for that shift rather than a supplier to any tech layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with freight and logistics names tied to supply-chain re-shoring — Sea, Old Dominion Freight Line, TFI International, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, DSV and Embraer — under the idea that geography decides outcomes again; the market also compares its bottling arm with the Coca-Cola Company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score in which the momentum module is the one the diary currently flags. The pattern scanner has named it in both the Daily Pulse and the Morning 10 editions, most recently amber-flagged alongside other names awaiting resolution.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the pattern scanner's amber signal on Femsa resolves alongside the other clustered names, and whether the recent move below its 200-day trend and the analyst downgrade mark a lasting shift in the momentum reading.

Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX) trades on US exchanges in Mexico, classified under Consumer Defensive. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 54/100 composite (momentum 54, quality 45, valuation 50) 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.

Signals for this name

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

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: downgrade by BBVA, 2026-08-24

The Street on this name

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

  • Downgrade BBVA — Outperform → Market Perform Downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform 2026-08-24

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

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce

Freight forwarders, less-than-truckload, Latin-American beneficiaries of supply-chain re-shoring. Geography is destiny again.

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

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — 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.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
FMX+1.6%+0.8%−2.7%−7.2%
Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce+1.0%+0.3%−6.9%—
HALO Growth 1000.0%+0.2%−7.6%—

Against the index: 0.6 pts ahead on the week, 4.9 pts ahead on the month; against its Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve 4.2 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.41%, quarterly · buybacks 686 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 7.67 USD per share · a 6.41% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +36.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.63 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.83 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.07 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.07 USD · 2025: 6.69 USD · 2026: 5.68 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 2.77 bn USD 148% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 686 m USD 1.6% of today's market value
  • Share count −81.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 3.46 bn USD · 215% 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.

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.56 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Fomento Economico Mexicano moved 0.56% on average · correlation 0.21 · higher than 58% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.94 more 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 −1.68% 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.

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 Consumer staples in emerging markets: −0.2% week · −2.3% month · +1.1% quarter · +3.2% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EM:CN+TW+IN+KR+BR+SA+MX+ZA+ID+TH+MY+OTHER; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.75 · up 0.21 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-24

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX)?

Fomento Economico Mexicano trades as FMX on the US exchange (Mexico) and is classified under Consumer Defensive in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is FMX in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Fomento Economico Mexicano is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Fomento Economico Mexicano's Closelooknet composite score?

54 out of 100, with momentum 54, quality 45 and valuation 50 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does FMX trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 16.8% off its high: 16.8% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is FMX doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Fomento Economico Mexicano is −2.7% against −7.6% for the HALO Growth 100 — 4.9 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve is −6.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Fomento Economico Mexicano do?

Femsa bottles and distributes Coca-Cola drinks across Mexico and much of Latin America, and also runs the OXXO chain of convenience stores, fuel stations, drugstores, logistics and payment-processing units. Its businesses span Coca-Cola FEMSA, Proximity retail in the Americas and Europe, Health, Fuel and other divisions. It is based in Monterrey, Mexico, and its store and route networks reach into Central and South America as well as parts of Europe. Closelooknet's peer group places it with freight and logistics names tied to supply-chain re-shoring — Sea, Old Dominion Freight Line, TFI International, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, DSV and Embraer — under the idea that geography decides outcomes again; the market also compares its bottling arm with the Coca-Cola Company.

Where does Fomento Economico Mexicano sit in the AI build-out?

Femsa carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the HALO Growth 100, our growth index outside the megacaps, within the Nearshoring, Logistics & Physical Commerce sleeve. That sleeve groups freight and retail operators whose fortunes track where supply chains physically move, and Femsa's dense store and distribution footprint across Mexico and Latin America makes it a proxy for that shift rather than a supplier to any tech layer. It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score in which the momentum module is the one the diary currently flags. The pattern scanner has named it in both the Daily Pulse and the Morning 10 editions, most recently amber-flagged alongside other names awaiting resolution.

Does Fomento Economico Mexicano pay a dividend?

Fomento Economico Mexicano has paid 7.67 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 6.41% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.83 USD on 2026-07-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 2.77 bn USD in dividends and bought back 686 m USD of its own shares, 215% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 81.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Fomento Economico Mexicano trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Fomento Economico Mexicano had a beta of 0.56 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, 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 has Wall Street done on Fomento Economico Mexicano recently?

The most recent analyst action on Fomento Economico Mexicano on the Closelooknet wire is a downgrade by BBVA on 2026-08-24 (Outperform → Market Perform). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade. 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.

Where has Closelooknet written about Fomento Economico Mexicano?

Fomento Economico Mexicano appears in 4 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: Semiconductors Surge While Blue Chips Slip on a Divided Day (2026-09-07); Daily Pulse: The Yield March Breaks Three Decades of Lines (2026-09-01); Daily Pulse: Narrow tape: Rubin bleeds as HALO and Energy hold monthly gains (2026-08-21). What Closelooknet said most recently: The reading sits modestly above neutral but does not signal excessive heat, consistent with a market that is selectively risk-on in tech rather than broadly ebullient. §11 — Pattern Scanner Active 414 signals · FMX 51 🟡… (Daily Pulse, 2026-09-07). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

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

Mentioned on Closelooknet 4 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “Semiconductors Surge While Blue Chips Slip on a Divided Day” (2026-09-07)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where FMX appears in the diary — 4 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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