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Company snapshot — Keyence

6861.T 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
Keyence designs and sells machine-vision systems, sensors and measurement instruments used to inspect and control factory processes. It sells largely through its own sales force rather than distributors, and its products span optical, laser and other sensing technologies. It is based in Osaka, Japan.
Where it sits in the stack
Keyence has no seat in our index yet, but it belongs to the machine-vision and sensing sleeve of the industrial and physical-AI sector our universe tracks. Its instruments sit at the point where a factory line checks and measures what it has just built, feeding the data that automation and robotics depend on.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for this name in the diary; the market commonly compares it with Cognex in machine vision.
Why Closelook tracks it
Keyence carries a Closelook score, though only one module has been scored so far, so the overall read is still being built. It appears once in our dossier on industrial and physical-AI dependencies, listed there for its vision, sensor and automation lines.
What the diary watches
Whether factory spending on vision and sensing keeps pace with wider automation and robotics investment, since that spending is what feeds this sleeve.

Keyence (6861.T) trades on the TSE exchange in Japan.

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 6861.T, 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 Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
6861.T+0.3%−0.5%−4.5%−1.8%
Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge+1.1%−4.4%−5.5%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 1.7 pts ahead on the week, 1.6 pts behind on the month; against its Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge sleeve 1.0 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 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 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Keyence (6861.T)?

Keyence trades as 6861.T on the TSE exchange (Japan) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is 6861.T in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Keyence is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does 6861.T trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 13.4% off its high: 13.4% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is 6861.T doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Keyence is −4.5% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 1.6 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge sleeve is −5.5% 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 Keyence do?

Keyence designs and sells machine-vision systems, sensors and measurement instruments used to inspect and control factory processes. It sells largely through its own sales force rather than distributors, and its products span optical, laser and other sensing technologies. It is based in Osaka, Japan. No peer group is set for this name in the diary; the market commonly compares it with Cognex in machine vision.

Where does Keyence sit in the AI build-out?

Keyence has no seat in our index yet, but it belongs to the machine-vision and sensing sleeve of the industrial and physical-AI sector our universe tracks. Its instruments sit at the point where a factory line checks and measures what it has just built, feeding the data that automation and robotics depend on. Keyence carries a Closelook score, though only one module has been scored so far, so the overall read is still being built. It appears once in our dossier on industrial and physical-AI dependencies, listed there for its vision, sensor and automation lines.

Where has Closelook written about Keyence?

Keyence appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Dossier: Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030 (2026-03-06). What Closelook said most recently: Keyence (6861.T) Machine vision, sensors, factory automation. (Dossier, 2026-03-06). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

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A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for 6861.T, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Dossier, “Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030” (2026-03-06)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where 6861.T appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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