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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SMFG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, 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 53/100 · S&P 500 fund at 50, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-14
  • Factor regime Momentum repair attempt below trendMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 89th percentile of the window, +0.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-14
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +1.4% week · −3.8% month · −3.6% quarter · +13.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-14
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.13 · down 0.58 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-13
How it trades on rate days beta 0.43 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.43 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc moved 0.43% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 37% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.10 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.95% 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 −1.32% 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.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · US

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

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

Company snapshot — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc

SMFG 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
SMFG is the holding company for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, running four units — wholesale, retail, global, and global markets — that cover corporate lending, deposits, leasing, securities trading, wealth management and cash management. It operates across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, serving corporate, institutional and retail clients. It is headquartered in Tokyo and trades in the US under its own ticker.
Where it sits in the stack
SMFG holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer; it belongs to the diary's broader Financial Services sleeve, followed for sector context rather than for any constraint or customer role in the build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names listed in the US, including Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and Piraeus Bank; the market also names Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a comparable Japanese banking group.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
SMFG carries a Closelooknet score with no index seat attached; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest, and it has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weaker balance-sheet reading feeds through into the quality module, and whether the recent run of down sessions holds against the longer uptrend against the 200-day line.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 65/100 composite (momentum 68, quality 65, valuation 71) 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 1.20%, annual · buybacks 265.7 bn USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.30 USD per share · a 1.20% yield on the 2026-10-14 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-14
  • Change on the year −43.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.52 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.52 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.30 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 572.6 bn USD 17% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 265.7 bn USD 166.8% of today's market value
  • Share count +63.9% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 838.4 bn USD · 11% 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 2026-10-15

Quick answers

What is Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG)?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc trades as SMFG on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-15.

Is SMFG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-15.

What is Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

65 out of 100, with momentum 68, quality 65 and valuation 71 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-15. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SMFG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.4% vs the 50-day and +7.5% vs the 200-day average, 10.4% below the 52-week high and +64.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-14 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Banks - Diversified · US), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) sits 10.4% below its 52-week high, 4.4% below its 50-day average; UBS Group AG (UBS) is 15.8% below, Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) is 13.1% below, ING Group NV ADR (ING) is 10.8% below. Put any of them next to SMFG 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.

How does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc had a beta of 0.43 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 37% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.95% 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 does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc do?

SMFG is the holding company for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, running four units — wholesale, retail, global, and global markets — that cover corporate lending, deposits, leasing, securities trading, wealth management and cash management. It operates across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, serving corporate, institutional and retail clients. It is headquartered in Tokyo and trades in the US under its own ticker. Closelooknet's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names listed in the US, including Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and Piraeus Bank; the market also names Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a comparable Japanese banking group.

Where does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

SMFG holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer; it belongs to the diary's broader Financial Services sleeve, followed for sector context rather than for any constraint or customer role in the build-out. SMFG carries a Closelooknet score with no index seat attached; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest, and it has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.

Does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc pay a dividend?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc has paid 0.30 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.20% on the 2026-10-14 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-03-31. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 572.6 bn USD in dividends and bought back 265.7 bn USD of its own shares, 11% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 63.9% 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 SMFG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Diversified, then Financial Services. 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.