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Company snapshot — St Galler Kantonalbank AG

SGKN.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
St Galler Kantonalbank serves households and small to mid-sized firms across Switzerland with everyday banking, mortgages and Lombard loans. It also runs asset management, structured products, equity and bond dealing, and advice on succession, inheritance and retirement planning. It is a cantonal bank based in Sankt Gallen.
Where it sits in the stack
St Galler Kantonalbank has no seat in our index; it sits in the Financial Services sector, under Banks - Regional, as a Swiss cantonal lender rather than a supplier inside the build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not been set for this name; the market would naturally place it beside other Swiss cantonal banks such as Zürcher Kantonalbank.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no index seat, no Closelook score and no quotes in our editions; the diary notes only the chart reading, which shows the shares near their 52-week high.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares hold this proximity to the 52-week high or give back the recent gain against the 50-day and 200-day levels.

St Galler Kantonalbank AG (SGKN.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 SGKN.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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.09%, annual · buybacks 10 m CHF in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 20.91 CHF per share · a 3.09% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +184.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 7.35 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 20.91 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 7.35 CHF (partial) · 2026: 20.91 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-05-05
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 70 m CHF 106% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 10 m CHF 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 80 m CHF in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

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 St Galler Kantonalbank AG (SGKN.SW)?

St Galler Kantonalbank AG trades as SGKN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is SGKN.SW in a Closelook index?

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

Where does SGKN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.5% vs the 50-day and +9.6% vs the 200-day average, 1.2% below the 52-week high and +42.2% 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 St Galler Kantonalbank AG do?

St Galler Kantonalbank serves households and small to mid-sized firms across Switzerland with everyday banking, mortgages and Lombard loans. It also runs asset management, structured products, equity and bond dealing, and advice on succession, inheritance and retirement planning. It is a cantonal bank based in Sankt Gallen. Closelook's peer group has not been set for this name; the market would naturally place it beside other Swiss cantonal banks such as Zürcher Kantonalbank.

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

St Galler Kantonalbank has no seat in our index; it sits in the Financial Services sector, under Banks - Regional, as a Swiss cantonal lender rather than a supplier inside the build-out. It carries no index seat, no Closelook score and no quotes in our editions; the diary notes only the chart reading, which shows the shares near their 52-week high.

Does St Galler Kantonalbank AG pay a dividend?

St Galler Kantonalbank AG has paid 20.91 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 3.09% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 20.91 CHF on 2026-05-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 70 m CHF in dividends and bought back 10 m CHF of its own shares. The share count fell 0.1% 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 SGKN.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.