Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

AFX.DE 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
Carl Zeiss Meditec makes diagnostic and surgical devices for eye care and for minimally invasive surgery more broadly. Its ophthalmology line includes imaging and measurement tools for eye exams, surgical microscopes, lens implants for cataract treatment, and lasers used in vision-correction procedures. Its microsurgery line supplies visualisation systems and instruments used in operating theatres beyond the eye. Customers are physicians and hospitals across several regions. It is based in Jena, Germany, and is a subsidiary of ZEISS Group.
Where it sits in the stack
The company carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; within the diary's universe it belongs to the Healthcare sector, medical-instruments sleeve, alongside other German scored names.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with Siemens Healthineers and Sartorius on account of shared sector and country; Gerresheimer also sits in that set. A wider comparison the market draws is with Alcon, another maker of eye-care surgical equipment.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelook score, where the valuation module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module firms up from its current low reading, and whether directional flow lifts it out of its present standing on the rising-fastest and steady-builder lists.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE) trades on the XETRA exchange in Germany, classified under Healthcare. Constituent of Euro-AI 50.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 50, quality 33, valuation 60) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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 AFX.DE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Healthcare · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Healthcare

Scored names in the same sector from the Closelook universe.

Compared against AFX.DE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Euro-AI 50 — 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.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
AFX.DE
Euro-AI 50+1.7%+0.9%−4.1%

Against the index: on the week, 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 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
  • Sector × region Health care in Europe: +1.1% week · −3.6% month · +0.3% quarter · −6.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (AFX.DE)?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG trades as AFX.DE on the XETRA exchange (Germany) and is classified under Healthcare in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is AFX.DE in a Closelook index?

Yes — Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is a constituent of Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-09-18.

What is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 50, quality 33 and valuation 60 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AFX.DE trade against its moving averages?

Down 4.2% at the close: Already below its 50-day; one of the day's sharpest drops. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG do?

Carl Zeiss Meditec makes diagnostic and surgical devices for eye care and for minimally invasive surgery more broadly. Its ophthalmology line includes imaging and measurement tools for eye exams, surgical microscopes, lens implants for cataract treatment, and lasers used in vision-correction procedures. Its microsurgery line supplies visualisation systems and instruments used in operating theatres beyond the eye. Closelook's peer group places it with Siemens Healthineers and Sartorius on account of shared sector and country; Gerresheimer also sits in that set. A wider comparison the market draws is with Alcon, another maker of eye-care surgical equipment.

Where does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG sit in the AI build-out?

The company carries no seat in our AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; within the diary's universe it belongs to the Healthcare sector, medical-instruments sleeve, alongside other German scored names. It holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelook score, where the valuation module reads strongest and the quality module reads weakest; the diary has not yet quoted it directly.

What does this page show?

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

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