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Company snapshot — Berner Kantonalbank AG

BEKN.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
Berner Kantonalbank operates as a retail and business bank centred on the Bern region, offering savings accounts, mortgages, and business loans. It also runs pension and insurance products, leasing services, asset management, and trading in securities, currencies and money-market instruments. The bank operates under a cantonal, government-linked structure and trades under the ticker BEKN.
Where it sits in the stack
Berner Kantonalbank carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks elsewhere; it belongs to the regional-banking sleeve of our Financial Services universe, valued on lending and deposit activity rather than any stack position.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group data lists none for this name; the diary compares it informally with other Swiss cantonal banks, such as Zürcher Kantonalbank, which share its government-backed retail-banking model.
Why Closelook tracks it
Berner Kantonalbank holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score; its presence in the diary rests on its listing and sector profile rather than any AI-stack signal.
What the diary watches
The diary watches Swiss mortgage demand and interest-rate direction, since both shape a cantonal bank's lending margins and balance-sheet growth.

Berner Kantonalbank AG (BEKN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 64, quality 61, valuation 59) 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 BEKN.SW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Banks - Regional · Switzerland

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.77%, annual · buybacks 7 m CHF in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 11.09 CHF per share · a 2.77% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +6.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 10.40 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 11.09 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 10.40 CHF (partial) · 2026: 11.09 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-05-15
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 97 m CHF 57% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 7 m CHF 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.6% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 104 m CHF · 26% 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.

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 Financials in Europe: −2.3% week · −0.6% month · +3.8% quarter · +13.4% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV1.XETRA+EXV6.XETRA+EXH8.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 Berner Kantonalbank AG (BEKN.SW)?

Berner Kantonalbank AG trades as BEKN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is BEKN.SW in a Closelook index?

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

What is Berner Kantonalbank AG's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 64, quality 61 and valuation 59 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BEKN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.7% vs the 50-day and +11.4% vs the 200-day average, 3.9% below the 52-week high and +63.9% 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 Berner Kantonalbank AG do?

Berner Kantonalbank operates as a retail and business bank centred on the Bern region, offering savings accounts, mortgages, and business loans. It also runs pension and insurance products, leasing services, asset management, and trading in securities, currencies and money-market instruments. The bank operates under a cantonal, government-linked structure and trades under the ticker BEKN. Closelook's peer group data lists none for this name; the diary compares it informally with other Swiss cantonal banks, such as Zürcher Kantonalbank, which share its government-backed retail-banking model.

Where does Berner Kantonalbank AG sit in the AI build-out?

Berner Kantonalbank carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks elsewhere; it belongs to the regional-banking sleeve of our Financial Services universe, valued on lending and deposit activity rather than any stack position. Berner Kantonalbank holds no index seat and carries no Closelook score; its presence in the diary rests on its listing and sector profile rather than any AI-stack signal.

Does Berner Kantonalbank AG pay a dividend?

Berner Kantonalbank AG has paid 11.09 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 2.77% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 11.09 CHF on 2026-05-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 97 m CHF in dividends and bought back 7 m CHF of its own shares, 26% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.6% 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 BEKN.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 Banks - Regional. 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.