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VAT Group AG (VACN.SW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

VAT Group makes vacuum valves, multi-valve modules, motion components and edge-welded metal bellows that control and isolate vacuum inside process chambers. It runs two segments: Valves, sold into semiconductor, display, photovoltaic and vacuum-coating industries, and Global Service, covering spares, repairs and upgrades.

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Signals for this name

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

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 · 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.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-11-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
VACN.SW−0.9%−9.1%−23.4%−18.1%
Deposition, Etch & Process+0.8%−12.9%−28.3%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+0.8%−13.2%−28.8%—

Against the index: 4.1 pts ahead on the week, 5.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve 4.9 pts ahead on the month.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-11-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
VACN.SW−0.9%−9.1%−23.4%−18.1%
Euro-AI 50−0.2%−4.2%−5.8%—

Against the index: 4.9 pts behind on the week, 17.6 pts behind 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 Industrials in Europe: −1.4% week · −1.3% month · −9.3% quarter · −0.7% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-07
  • 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 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 VACN.SW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — VAT Group AG

VACN.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
VAT Group makes vacuum valves, multi-valve modules, motion components and edge-welded metal bellows that control and isolate vacuum inside process chambers. It runs two segments: Valves, sold into semiconductor, display, photovoltaic and vacuum-coating industries, and Global Service, covering spares, repairs and upgrades. It is based in Solothurn, Switzerland.
Where it sits in the stack
In our index, VAT Group sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the process-equipment kit every fab orders by the truckload. VAT does not build the deposition or etch tools itself; it supplies the vacuum valves and bellows that regulate gas flow inside them, making it a component supplier to the toolmakers that share its sleeve.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with the Deposition, Etch & Process names — ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, Inficon, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron — the process-equipment vendors fabs depend on. The market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable vacuum-and-gas-delivery component supplier.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in our index and in the Euro-AI 50, and carries a Closelooknet score, where the quality module reads strongest and the valuation module reads weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether order intensity for deposition and etch tools tracks fab capacity additions, since VAT's volume rides on those orders rather than on chip design cycles.

VAT Group AG (VACN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland, classified under Industrials, and sits in Layer 2 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100 and Euro-AI 50.

The Closelooknet company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 40, quality 72, valuation 24) 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 1.36%, annual · buybacks 5 m CHF in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 7.00 CHF per share · a 1.36% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +14.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 6.14 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 7.00 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-30
  • By calendar year 2024: 6.25 CHF (partial) · 2025: 6.14 CHF · 2026: 7.00 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-05-16
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 187 m CHF 2% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 5 m CHF 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 193 m CHF · 81% 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 VAT Group AG (VACN.SW)?

VAT Group AG trades as VACN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is VACN.SW in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — VAT Group AG is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100 and Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-11-07.

What is VAT Group AG's Closelooknet composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 40, quality 72 and valuation 24 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VACN.SW trade against its moving averages?

VAT Group AG trades 15.9% below its 50-day and 12.0% below its 200-day moving average (12.6% below 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 VACN.SW doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month VAT Group AG is −23.4% against −28.8% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 5.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-11-06. Its Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve is −28.3% 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.

How does VAT Group AG compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Rubin Build-Out 100 · Deposition, Etch & Process), VAT Group AG (VACN.SW) sits 28.3% below its 52-week high, 15.9% below its 50-day average; ASM International NV (ASM.AS) is 41.8% below, AIXTRON SE (AIXA.DE) is 53.8% below, Lam Research Corp (LRCX) is 57.8% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to VACN.SW 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 VAT Group AG do?

VAT Group makes vacuum valves, multi-valve modules, motion components and edge-welded metal bellows that control and isolate vacuum inside process chambers. It runs two segments: Valves, sold into semiconductor, display, photovoltaic and vacuum-coating industries, and Global Service, covering spares, repairs and upgrades. It is based in Solothurn, Switzerland. Closelooknet's peer group places it with the Deposition, Etch & Process names — ASM International, Lam Research, Applied Materials, Inficon, AIXTRON, Comet Holding, Kokusai Electric and Tokyo Electron — the process-equipment vendors fabs depend on. The market also names MKS Instruments as a comparable vacuum-and-gas-delivery component supplier. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does VAT Group AG sit in the AI build-out?

In our index, VAT Group sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Deposition, Etch & Process sleeve — the process-equipment kit every fab orders by the truckload. VAT does not build the deposition or etch tools itself; it supplies the vacuum valves and bellows that regulate gas flow inside them, making it a component supplier to the toolmakers that share its sleeve. It holds a seat in our index and in the Euro-AI 50, and carries a Closelooknet score, where the quality module reads strongest and the valuation module reads weakest. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does VAT Group AG pay a dividend?

VAT Group AG has paid 7.00 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.36% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 7.00 CHF on 2026-04-30. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 187 m CHF in dividends and bought back 5 m CHF of its own shares, 81% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% 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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