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CAE Inc. (CAE.TO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CAE.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, 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 57/100 · S&P 500 fund at 71, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-09
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +5.0% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-12
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.04 · down 0.71 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-09
Who it is priced against Aerospace & Defense · Canada · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · Canada

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

Compared against CAE.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — CAE Inc.

CAE.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CAE designs and operates flight and defence simulators, training pilots, cabin crew and maintenance staff for civil aviation, and preparing forces and OEMs through its Defense and Security arm. It also builds the simulation hardware and software behind that training, serving airlines, regulators and government agencies worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
CAE holds no seat in Closelooknet's indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of our Canadian coverage, within the aerospace and defence training niche rather than any semiconductor or data-centre sleeve. It is a supplier of simulation infrastructure to airlines and defence customers, not a constraint inside the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with Canadian industrials — TFI International, Canadian National Railway, Bombardier, Finning International, Canadian Pacific and WSP Global — grouped by sector and country rather than by product. The market also names L3Harris as a comparable simulation and training provider.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
CAE carries a Closelooknet score built from several modules; valuation reads as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest. It is not a constituent of Rubin or Halo, and the diary records no index seat, quote or edition mention for the name.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weak momentum reading stabilises or extends further below its recent trading range, which would reshape how the valuation strength is read.

CAE Inc. (CAE.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 40/100 composite (momentum 25, quality 39, valuation 44) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 7 m CAD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 7 m CAD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.8% in FY2026 37 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 7 m CAD · 1% 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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-13

Quick answers

What is CAE Inc. (CAE.TO)?

CAE Inc. trades as CAE.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-13.

Is CAE.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — CAE Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-13.

What is CAE Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

40 out of 100, with momentum 25, quality 39 and valuation 44 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-13. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CAE.TO trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.6% vs the 50-day and -9.7% vs the 200-day average, 28.9% below the 52-week high and +7.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-09 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does CAE Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Aerospace & Defense · Canada), CAE Inc. (CAE.TO) sits 28.9% below its 52-week high, 2.6% below its 50-day average; Bombardier Inc (BBD-A.TO) is 21.7% below, Bombardier Inc Series B (BBD-B.TO) is 21.2% below, MDA Ltd (MDA.TO) is 40.8% below. Put any of them next to CAE.TO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does CAE Inc. do?

CAE designs and operates flight and defence simulators, training pilots, cabin crew and maintenance staff for civil aviation, and preparing forces and OEMs through its Defense and Security arm. It also builds the simulation hardware and software behind that training, serving airlines, regulators and government agencies worldwide. Closelooknet's peer group places it with Canadian industrials — TFI International, Canadian National Railway, Bombardier, Finning International, Canadian Pacific and WSP Global — grouped by sector and country rather than by product. The market also names L3Harris as a comparable simulation and training provider.

Where does CAE Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

CAE holds no seat in Closelooknet's indices; it sits in the Industrials sector of our Canadian coverage, within the aerospace and defence training niche rather than any semiconductor or data-centre sleeve. It is a supplier of simulation infrastructure to airlines and defence customers, not a constraint inside the AI build-out stack. CAE carries a Closelooknet score built from several modules; valuation reads as its strongest module and momentum as its weakest. It is not a constituent of Rubin or Halo, and the diary records no index seat, quote or edition mention for the name.

Does CAE Inc. pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in CAE Inc.’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 7 m CAD of its own shares, 1% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.8% 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 CAE.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.