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Inficon Holding (IFCN.SW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

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

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 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.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
IFCN.SW+2.8%+9.7%+8.5%+0.8%
Deposition, Etch & Process+2.4%+5.8%+1.4%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.7%+5.0%+4.1%—

Against the index: 4.7 pts ahead on the week, 4.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve 7.1 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 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 Technology in Europe: +0.7% week · +4.9% month · +13.8% quarter · +12.3% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH1.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • 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
Who it is priced against Rubin Build-Out 100 · Deposition, Etch & Process · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Rubin Build-Out 100 · Deposition, Etch & Process

Process-equipment vendors for deposition, etch, CMP, and clean. The kit list every fab orders by the truckload.

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

Company snapshot — Inficon Holding

IFCN.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
Inficon makes instruments that measure and control gas, vacuum and thin-film processes: leak detectors, vacuum gauges, mass spectrometers, quartz sensors and thin-film controllers. These instruments are built into semiconductor and coating equipment, and used directly by fabs, refrigeration and automotive manufacturers. It is based in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
Where it sits in the stack
In our index, Inficon sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the group of vendors supplying the kit every fab orders in bulk. Inficon is a supplier of the measurement and control instruments that this equipment needs to run, so it is a constraint on how precisely fabs can monitor deposition and etch steps rather than a maker of the tools themselves.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for the sleeve places it with ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, VAT Group, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron; the market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable supplier of process instrumentation.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where momentum is the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether orders for fab process equipment, which set demand for the sensors and controllers Inficon supplies, hold up through the next capital-spending cycle.

Inficon Holding (IFCN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 2 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 82, quality 67, valuation 28) 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 1.09%, annual · buybacks 1 m CHF in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 2.00 CHF per share · a 1.09% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-25
  • Last distribution 2.00 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-24
  • By calendar year 2026: 2.00 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-04-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 61 m CHF 42% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1 m CHF 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.2% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 62 m CHF · 87% 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 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Inficon Holding (IFCN.SW)?

Inficon Holding trades as IFCN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is IFCN.SW in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Inficon Holding is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Inficon Holding's Closelooknet composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 82, quality 67 and valuation 28 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does IFCN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Reclaimed its 50-day: Closed back above its 50-day line 5 sessions ago, with the 200-day still rising beneath it. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is IFCN.SW doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Inficon Holding is +8.5% against +4.1% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 4.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve is +1.4% 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 Inficon Holding do?

Inficon makes instruments that measure and control gas, vacuum and thin-film processes: leak detectors, vacuum gauges, mass spectrometers, quartz sensors and thin-film controllers. These instruments are built into semiconductor and coating equipment, and used directly by fabs, refrigeration and automotive manufacturers. It is based in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Closelooknet's peer group for the sleeve places it with ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, VAT Group, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron; the market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable supplier of process instrumentation.

Where does Inficon Holding sit in the AI build-out?

In our index, Inficon sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the group of vendors supplying the kit every fab orders in bulk. Inficon is a supplier of the measurement and control instruments that this equipment needs to run, so it is a constraint on how precisely fabs can monitor deposition and etch steps rather than a maker of the tools themselves. It is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where momentum is the strongest module and valuation the weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Inficon Holding pay a dividend?

Inficon Holding has paid 2.00 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.09% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.00 CHF on 2026-04-24. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 61 m CHF in dividends and bought back 1 m CHF of its own shares, 87% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.2% over the fiscal year. 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 IFCN.SW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Scientific & Technical Instruments. 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.