DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (DWS.DE) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA

DWS.DE 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
DWS manages money for retail and institutional clients across equities, fixed income, cash, real estate, infrastructure and private equity. Within private equity it backs buyouts, co-investments and continuation deals, taking both minority and majority stakes. It serves clients across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific, and is based in Frankfurt am Main.
Where it sits in the stack
DWS carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; the diary places it in the Financial Services sector, Asset Management sleeve, alongside other German-listed managers of client capital.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on Financial Services names based in Germany that carry a Closelook score — Deutsche Börse, NN Group and Bawag Group; the market also compares it with larger cross-border asset managers such as Amundi.
Why Closelook tracks it
DWS carries a Closelook score, our composite read across several modules; momentum reads strongest while cash quality reads weakest. It holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the gap between strong momentum and weak cash quality narrows, which would change how the diary reads the stock's underlying support.

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (DWS.DE) trades on the XETRA exchange in Germany, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 56/100 composite (momentum 83, quality 65, valuation 56) 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 DWS.DE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Asset Management

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.09%, annual · last 3.00 EUR on 2026-06-04

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 3.00 EUR per share · a 4.09% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +36.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.20 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 3.00 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.20 EUR (partial) · 2026: 3.00 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-16
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 440 m EUR 58% of earnings
  • Share count +0.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 440 m EUR · 78% 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 Financials in Europe: −2.4% week · −1.4% month · +3.6% quarter · +14.8% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV1.XETRA+EXV6.XETRA+EXH8.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 DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (DWS.DE)?

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA trades as DWS.DE on the XETRA exchange (Germany) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is DWS.DE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA's Closelook composite score?

56 out of 100, with momentum 83, quality 65 and valuation 56 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does DWS.DE trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.1% vs the 50-day and +20.9% vs the 200-day average, 6.9% below the 52-week high and +53.7% 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 DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA do?

DWS manages money for retail and institutional clients across equities, fixed income, cash, real estate, infrastructure and private equity. Within private equity it backs buyouts, co-investments and continuation deals, taking both minority and majority stakes. It serves clients across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific, and is based in Frankfurt am Main. Closelook's peer group draws on Financial Services names based in Germany that carry a Closelook score — Deutsche Börse, NN Group and Bawag Group; the market also compares it with larger cross-border asset managers such as Amundi.

Where does DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA sit in the AI build-out?

DWS carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; the diary places it in the Financial Services sector, Asset Management sleeve, alongside other German-listed managers of client capital. DWS carries a Closelook score, our composite read across several modules; momentum reads strongest while cash quality reads weakest. It holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA pay a dividend?

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA has paid 3.00 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 4.09% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 3.00 EUR on 2026-06-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 440 m EUR in dividends, 78% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.0% 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 DWS.DE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Asset Management. 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.