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Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF.MC) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.

CAF.MC 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
CAF makes railway trains and buses, along with components, signalling systems and turnkey mobility packages, sold across Spain, wider Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacific. It also supplies rolling stock equipment, simulators, digital and aeronautical mobility items, and offers maintenance, engineering, leasing and marketing services alongside its manufacturing business. The company is headquartered in Beasain, Spain, and has operated as a railway manufacturer for well over a century.
Where it sits in the stack
CAF carries no seat in our Rubin index for the AI build-out; it sits in the Industrials sector, within the Railroads industry, in our wider coverage universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for CAF is not yet defined; a competitor often named alongside it in the market is Alstom, the French rail manufacturer.
Why Closelook tracks it
CAF holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no score yet; it does not appear in any of our editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether CAF's digital mobility and signalling work grows enough to warrant a seat in our indices for transport technology.

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF.MC) trades on the MC exchange in Spain, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 86, quality 37, valuation 63) 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 CAF.MC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Railroads

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.97%, annual · buybacks 10 m EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.52 EUR per share · a 1.97% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +13.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.34 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 1.52 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-03
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.34 EUR (partial) · 2026: 1.52 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-07-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 46 m EUR 30% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 10 m EUR 0.4% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 55 m EUR · 114% 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 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in Europe: −0.4% week · −3.5% month · +0.1% quarter · +2.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · 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 → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF.MC)?

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. trades as CAF.MC on the MC exchange (Spain) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CAF.MC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.'s Closelook composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 86, quality 37 and valuation 63 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CAF.MC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +13% vs the 50-day and +27.1% vs the 200-day average, 3% below the 52-week high and +60.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. do?

CAF makes railway trains and buses, along with components, signalling systems and turnkey mobility packages, sold across Spain, wider Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacific. It also supplies rolling stock equipment, simulators, digital and aeronautical mobility items, and offers maintenance, engineering, leasing and marketing services alongside its manufacturing business. The company is headquartered in Beasain, Spain, and has operated as a railway manufacturer for well over a century. Closelook's peer group for CAF is not yet defined; a competitor often named alongside it in the market is Alstom, the French rail manufacturer.

Where does Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. sit in the AI build-out?

CAF carries no seat in our Rubin index for the AI build-out; it sits in the Industrials sector, within the Railroads industry, in our wider coverage universe. CAF holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no score yet; it does not appear in any of our editions or quotes.

Does Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. pay a dividend?

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. has paid 1.52 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.97% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.52 EUR on 2026-07-03. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 46 m EUR in dividends and bought back 10 m EUR of its own shares, 114% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.3% 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 CAF.MC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Railroads, then Industrials. 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.