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Company snapshot — Burckhardt Compression

BCHN.SW 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
Burckhardt Compression designs and manufactures reciprocating compressors, machines that squeeze gases with a piston stroke rather than a turbine, for industrial gas handling. Its range spans labyrinth-piston units for dry or abrasive gases, high-pressure process compressors built for hydrogen and hydrocarbons, hyper compressors for polyethylene plants, and units for hydrogen refuelling equipment. The company also supplies valves, seals and other compressor parts, plus service work such as overhauls and remote condition monitoring through its own digital tools. It is based in Winterthur, Switzerland, and sells through installations across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.
Where it sits in the stack
Burckhardt Compression carries no seat in our index; it falls in the Industrials sector, under Specialty Industrial Machinery, outside the AI build-out stack we track.
Who it is priced against
Our peer-group field carries nothing for this name; the compressor maker the market most often names alongside it is Atlas Copco.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; it is not quoted in any of the diary's editions, so the diary follows it only as a name in the industrial-machinery sector, outside build-out coverage.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent slide below its short and long-term averages, and its distance from the 52-week high, mark a pause or a longer stall in demand for industrial compressors.

Burckhardt Compression (BCHN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland.

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 BCHN.SW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · Switzerland · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · Switzerland

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 BCHN.SW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.77%, annual · last 18.00 CHF on 2026-07-07

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 18.00 CHF per share · a 3.77% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 18.00 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 18.00 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-07
  • By calendar year 2024: 15.50 CHF (partial) · 2025: 18.00 CHF · 2026: 18.00 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-07-09

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 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 Burckhardt Compression (BCHN.SW)?

Burckhardt Compression trades as BCHN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is BCHN.SW in a Closelook index?

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

Where does BCHN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.3% vs the 50-day and -7.2% vs the 200-day average, 24.3% below the 52-week high and +9.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Burckhardt Compression do?

Burckhardt Compression designs and manufactures reciprocating compressors, machines that squeeze gases with a piston stroke rather than a turbine, for industrial gas handling. Its range spans labyrinth-piston units for dry or abrasive gases, high-pressure process compressors built for hydrogen and hydrocarbons, hyper compressors for polyethylene plants, and units for hydrogen refuelling equipment. The company also supplies valves, seals and other compressor parts, plus service work such as overhauls and remote condition monitoring through its own digital tools. Our peer-group field carries nothing for this name; the compressor maker the market most often names alongside it is Atlas Copco.

Where does Burckhardt Compression sit in the AI build-out?

Burckhardt Compression carries no seat in our index; it falls in the Industrials sector, under Specialty Industrial Machinery, outside the AI build-out stack we track. It holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; it is not quoted in any of the diary's editions, so the diary follows it only as a name in the industrial-machinery sector, outside build-out coverage.

Does Burckhardt Compression pay a dividend?

Burckhardt Compression has paid 18.00 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 3.77% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 18.00 CHF on 2026-07-07. 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 BCHN.SW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. 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.