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OTCM
KAOOY
Market cap20bUSD
Oct 08, Last price  
7.44USD
1D
1.09%
1Q
12.22%
Jan 2017
-81.16%
Name

Kao Corp

Chart & performance

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OTCM:KAOOY chart
P/E
44.25
P/S
3.15
EPS
132.74
Div yield, %
2.24%
Shrs. gr., 5y
13.91%
Rev. gr., 5y
4.09%
Revenues
1.69t
+3.70%
1,231,808,000,0001,318,514,000,0001,276,316,000,0001,184,384,000,0001,186,831,000,0001,216,095,000,0001,293,886,000,0001,315,217,000,0001,401,707,000,0001,471,791,000,0001,457,610,000,0001,489,421,000,0001,508,007,000,0001,502,241,000,0001,381,997,000,0001,418,768,000,0001,551,059,000,0001,532,579,000,0001,628,448,000,0001,688,633,000,000
Net income
120.08b
+11.43%
70,528,000,00066,562,000,00064,462,000,00040,506,000,00046,737,000,00052,434,000,00055,823,000,00064,764,000,00079,590,000,00098,862,000,000126,551,000,000147,010,000,000153,698,000,000148,213,000,000126,142,000,000109,636,000,00086,038,000,00043,870,000,000107,767,000,000120,081,000,000
CFO
199.68b
-0.95%
164,977,000,000180,322,000,000121,597,000,000172,284,000,000151,298,000,000125,032,000,00097,357,000,000178,745,000,000145,118,000,000181,672,000,000184,307,000,000185,845,000,000195,610,000,000244,523,000,000214,718,000,000175,524,000,000130,905,000,000202,481,000,000201,585,000,000199,680,000,000
Dividend
Dec 29, 20260.08188 USD/sh

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Profile

Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene living care, health beauty care, life care, cosmetics, and chemical products in Japan. It offers fabric, kitchen, home, and sanitary care products; facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, salon, in-bathroom health care, and warming products; and self-selection cosmetics, as well as provides cosmetics counselling services. It also provides oleo chemicals, such as oleochemicals, fat and oil derivatives, surfactants, and fragrances; water-reducing admixtures for concrete, casting sand binders, plastics additives, and process chemicals for various industries; and toners/toner binders, inkjet ink colorants, ink, fine polishing agents and cleaners for hard disk, and materials and process chemicals for semiconductor. The company was formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kao Corporation in 1982. Kao Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Chuo, Japan.

Related entities

Subsidiaries (3)
KAO CHEMICALS EUROPE S.L. (SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL)
Kao Germany GmbH
KAO CORPORATION S.A.

Key people

Yuki Nomura
Executive Officer · since 2025
Junko Ohtani
Executive Officer · since 2025
Tetsuya Okano
Executive Officer, Manager of Fabric Home Care Products Business in Hygiene Living Care Business Division · since 2026
Dominic Pratt
Executive Officer, Director of Salon Business in Global Consumer Care Division, Chairperson and President of Subsidiaries · since 2025
Mitsunobu Saka
Executive Officer, Manager of Business Connected in Global Consumer Care Unit, Manager of Global Business Promotion Center in Business Connected Global Consumer Care Unit · since 2025
Masaru Takeyasu
Executive Officer, Chairman & General Manager of Subsidiaries · since 2023
Yasuo Toyoshima
Executive Officer, Manager of Business Research Center in Research and Development Division · since 2025
Joe Workman
Executive Officer, Director of Americas and EMEA Consumer Care in Global Consumer Care Unit, Chairperson & President of Subsidiary · since 2025
Yoshihiro Hasebe
Executive President, Chief Executive Officer, Representative Director · since 2021
Lisa Maccallum
Director · since 2025
Masakazu Negoro
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Representative Director · since 2023
Independent Director · since 2025
Independent Director · since 2023
Shinji Okuyama
Independent Director · since 2026
Independent Director · since 2022
Independent Director · since 2024
IPO date
May 16, 1949
Employees
35,411
Domiciled in
JP
Incorporated in
JP
Headquarters & legal address
日本橋茅場町一丁目14番10号
東京都 中央区 103-8210
JP
Address
14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho 1-chome
Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8210
JP
Other language
Kao Corporation

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