Shimadzu Corp (SHMXY) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Shimadzu Corp

SHMXY in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Shimadzu builds laboratory and imaging equipment across four areas: analytical instruments such as chromatography and mass spectrometry, medical imaging systems, industrial machinery including vacuum pumps, and aircraft actuators and landing gear. It is based in Kyoto and sells across Japan, the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Where it sits in the stack
Shimadzu carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector of our universe, spanning laboratory, medical and industrial measurement tools rather than a single build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Our diary has no peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other diversified scientific-instrument makers such as Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built; it holds no index seats and no quotes yet appear in the diary.
What the diary watches
Whether the aircraft and industrial segments move with a different cycle than the laboratory and medical instrument businesses, which would change how the whole company reads.

Shimadzu Corp (SHMXY) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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 Closelook reading that exists for SHMXY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Scientific & Technical Instruments · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Scientific & Technical Instruments · US

This name carries no Closelook 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 SHMXY on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.87%, semi-annual · last 0.13 USD on 2026-03-31

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.22 USD per share · a 1.87% yield on the 2026-09-21 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-21
  • Change on the year +56.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.14 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.13 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.22 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.13 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-31

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.

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 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Shimadzu Corp (SHMXY)?

Shimadzu Corp trades as SHMXY on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is SHMXY in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Shimadzu Corp is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

Where does SHMXY trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.4% vs the 50-day and -7.5% vs the 200-day average, 31.2% below the 52-week high and +10.9% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 11 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-21 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Shimadzu Corp do?

Shimadzu builds laboratory and imaging equipment across four areas: analytical instruments such as chromatography and mass spectrometry, medical imaging systems, industrial machinery including vacuum pumps, and aircraft actuators and landing gear. It is based in Kyoto and sells across Japan, the Americas, Europe and Asia. Our diary has no peer group set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with other diversified scientific-instrument makers such as Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Where does Shimadzu Corp sit in the AI build-out?

Shimadzu carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector of our universe, spanning laboratory, medical and industrial measurement tools rather than a single build-out layer. It carries a Closelook score, but only one module has been scored so far, so the score is still being built; it holds no index seats and no quotes yet appear in the diary.

Does Shimadzu Corp pay a dividend?

Shimadzu Corp has paid 0.22 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.87% on the 2026-09-21 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.13 USD on 2026-03-31. 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 SHMXY, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Scientific & Technical Instruments, then Technology. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.