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Company snapshot — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc

SMFG 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
SMFG is the holding company for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, running four units — wholesale, retail, global, and global markets — that cover corporate lending, deposits, leasing, securities trading, wealth management and cash management. It operates across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, serving corporate, institutional and retail clients. It is headquartered in Tokyo and trades in the US under its own ticker.
Where it sits in the stack
SMFG holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer; it belongs to the diary's broader Financial Services sleeve, followed for sector context rather than for any constraint or customer role in the build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names listed in the US, including Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and Piraeus Bank; the market also names Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a comparable Japanese banking group.
Why Closelook tracks it
SMFG carries a Closelook score with no index seat attached; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest, and it has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weaker balance-sheet reading feeds through into the quality module, and whether the recent run of down sessions holds against the longer uptrend against the 200-day line.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 66/100 composite (momentum 78, quality 65, valuation 71) 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 SMFG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · US

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

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.18%, semi-annual · buybacks 265.7 bn USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.57 USD per share · a 2.18% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +128.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.25 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.52 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.30 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 572.6 bn USD 33% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 265.7 bn USD 156.7% of today's market value
  • Share count +63.9% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 838.4 bn USD · 11% 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 US: −2.4% week · −2.8% month · +4.6% quarter · +9.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; 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 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG)?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc trades as SMFG on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SMFG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc's Closelook composite score?

66 out of 100, with momentum 78, quality 65 and valuation 71 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SMFG trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +1.3% vs the 50-day and +17.1% vs the 200-day average, 5% below the 52-week high and +75.6% 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 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc do?

SMFG is the holding company for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, running four units — wholesale, retail, global, and global markets — that cover corporate lending, deposits, leasing, securities trading, wealth management and cash management. It operates across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, serving corporate, institutional and retail clients. It is headquartered in Tokyo and trades in the US under its own ticker. Closelook's peer group groups it with other Financial Services names listed in the US, including Mizuho Financial Group, Brookfield Asset Management, Credicorp and Piraeus Bank; the market also names Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group as a comparable Japanese banking group.

Where does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

SMFG holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer; it belongs to the diary's broader Financial Services sleeve, followed for sector context rather than for any constraint or customer role in the build-out. SMFG carries a Closelook score with no index seat attached; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest, and it has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.

Does Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc pay a dividend?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc has paid 0.57 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.18% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-03-31. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 572.6 bn USD in dividends and bought back 265.7 bn USD of its own shares, 11% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 63.9% 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 SMFG, 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.