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Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (CM.TO) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce

CM.TO 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
CIBC is a diversified Canadian bank that serves personal, business, public-sector and institutional clients across Canada, the United States and other markets. It runs through five segments: personal and business banking in Canada, commercial banking and wealth management in Canada and in the United States, capital markets and direct financial services, and a corporate segment that covers everything else. Products span everyday accounts, mortgages and loans, cards, wealth and insurance services, and capital-markets activity. It is headquartered in Toronto.
Where it sits in the stack
CIBC holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Financial Services sector of the diary's universe, grouped with other Canadian banks rather than any build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names based in Canada, including Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, Manulife, Sun Life, Power Corporation, IGM Financial, Intact and Great-West Lifeco; the market also names Toronto-Dominion as a comparison.
Why Closelook tracks it
CIBC carries a Closelook score, with the capital-allocation module reading strongest and the balance-sheet module weakest across the seven modules the diary tracks. It holds no index seat and has not yet appeared in the diary's dated quotes.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weak balance-sheet reading persists or improves as the stronger capital-allocation signal moves, since that gap shapes how the composite score behaves next.

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (CM.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 54/100 composite (momentum 71, quality 51, valuation 62) 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 CM.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · Canada · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · Canada

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.60%, quarterly · buybacks 1.73 bn CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 4.19 CAD per share · a 2.60% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +115.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.94 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 1.07 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-29
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.99 CAD (partial) · 2026: 2.14 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 3.99 bn CAD 42% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.73 bn CAD 1.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2025 20 m CAD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 5.72 bn CAD · 45% 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 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 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
  • 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 Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (CM.TO)?

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce trades as CM.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CM.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce's Closelook composite score?

54 out of 100, with momentum 71, quality 51 and valuation 62 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CM.TO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.8% vs the 50-day and +11% vs the 200-day average, 6.8% below the 52-week high and +50.7% 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 Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce do?

CIBC is a diversified Canadian bank that serves personal, business, public-sector and institutional clients across Canada, the United States and other markets. It runs through five segments: personal and business banking in Canada, commercial banking and wealth management in Canada and in the United States, capital markets and direct financial services, and a corporate segment that covers everything else. Products span everyday accounts, mortgages and loans, cards, wealth and insurance services, and capital-markets activity. Closelook's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names based in Canada, including Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, Manulife, Sun Life, Power Corporation, IGM Financial, Intact and Great-West Lifeco; the market also names Toronto-Dominion as a comparison.

Where does Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce sit in the AI build-out?

CIBC holds no seat in our index; it sits in the Financial Services sector of the diary's universe, grouped with other Canadian banks rather than any build-out layer. CIBC carries a Closelook score, with the capital-allocation module reading strongest and the balance-sheet module weakest across the seven modules the diary tracks. It holds no index seat and has not yet appeared in the diary's dated quotes.

Does Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce pay a dividend?

Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce has paid 4.19 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.60% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.07 CAD on 2026-06-29. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 3.99 bn CAD in dividends and bought back 1.73 bn CAD of its own shares, 45% of that year’s free cash flow. 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 CM.TO, 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 - Diversified, then Financial Services. 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.