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Company snapshot — Clariant AG

CLN.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
Clariant makes speciality chemicals used across personal and home care, crop protection, coatings, adhesives, oil services, mining and industrial catalysis. It runs through three segments: Care Chemicals for personal, home and agricultural formulations; Catalysts for propylene, ethylene, syngas and fuel processes; and Adsorbents & Additives for coatings, construction, automotive and mining applications. It is headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland, and sells to industrial and consumer-goods manufacturers worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
Clariant sits outside our index framework; it belongs to the speciality chemicals sleeve of the wider materials sector we track, supplying formulated inputs rather than any layer of the AI build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned Clariant a peer group; the speciality-chemicals name the market most often compares it with is BASF.
Why Closelook tracks it
Clariant holds no seat in any Closelook index, carries no Closelook score, and has not yet appeared in the diary's quotes or editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent run above the 50-day and 200-day levels holds or fades as the stock trades below its 52-week high.

Clariant AG (CLN.SW) trades on the SW exchange in Switzerland, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 90, quality 29, valuation 73) 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 CLN.SW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.01%, annual · last 0.42 CHF on 2026-06-02

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.42 CHF per share · a 4.01% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.42 CHF per share
  • Last distribution 0.42 CHF per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-02
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.42 CHF (partial) · 2026: 0.42 CHF to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-02
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 138 m CHF 124% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count −1.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 138 m CHF · 59% 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 Materials in Europe: −0.4% week · −2.9% month · −0.6% quarter · +10.3% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV3.XETRA+EXH6.XETRA+EXH3.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 Clariant AG (CLN.SW)?

Clariant AG trades as CLN.SW on the SW exchange (Switzerland) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CLN.SW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Clariant AG is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Clariant AG's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 90, quality 29 and valuation 73 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CLN.SW trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +8.7% vs the 50-day and +33.1% vs the 200-day average, 5.1% below the 52-week high and +68.8% 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 Clariant AG do?

Clariant makes speciality chemicals used across personal and home care, crop protection, coatings, adhesives, oil services, mining and industrial catalysis. It runs through three segments: Care Chemicals for personal, home and agricultural formulations; Catalysts for propylene, ethylene, syngas and fuel processes; and Adsorbents & Additives for coatings, construction, automotive and mining applications. It is headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland, and sells to industrial and consumer-goods manufacturers worldwide. Closelook has not assigned Clariant a peer group; the speciality-chemicals name the market most often compares it with is BASF.

Where does Clariant AG sit in the AI build-out?

Clariant sits outside our index framework; it belongs to the speciality chemicals sleeve of the wider materials sector we track, supplying formulated inputs rather than any layer of the AI build-out. Clariant holds no seat in any Closelook index, carries no Closelook score, and has not yet appeared in the diary's quotes or editions.

Does Clariant AG pay a dividend?

Clariant AG has paid 0.42 CHF per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 4.01% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.42 CHF on 2026-06-02. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 138 m CHF in dividends, 59% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.3% 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 CLN.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 Chemicals. 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.