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XJPX
4452
Market cap20bUSD
Apr 04, Last price  
6,475.00JPY
1D
0.20%
1Q
1.36%
Jan 2017
16.86%
Name

Kao Corp

Chart & Performance

D1W1MN
P/E
27.91
P/S
1.85
EPS
232.01
Div Yield, %
2.35%
Shrs. gr., 5y
-0.79%
Rev. gr., 5y
1.63%
Revenues
1.63t
+6.26%
971,230,000,0001,231,808,000,0001,318,514,000,0001,276,316,000,0001,184,384,000,0001,186,831,000,0001,216,095,000,0001,293,886,000,0001,315,217,000,0001,401,707,000,0001,471,791,000,0001,457,610,000,0001,489,421,000,0001,508,007,000,0001,502,241,000,0001,381,997,000,0001,418,768,000,0001,551,059,000,0001,532,579,000,0001,628,448,000,000
Net income
107.77b
+145.65%
71,140,000,00070,528,000,00066,562,000,00064,462,000,00040,506,000,00046,737,000,00052,434,000,00055,823,000,00064,764,000,00079,590,000,00098,862,000,000126,551,000,000147,010,000,000153,698,000,000148,213,000,000126,142,000,000109,636,000,00086,038,000,00043,870,000,000107,767,000,000
CFO
201.59b
-0.44%
117,293,000,000164,978,000,000180,322,000,000121,597,000,000172,284,000,000151,298,000,000125,032,000,000142,864,000,000178,745,000,000145,118,000,000180,864,000,000184,307,000,000185,845,000,000195,610,000,000244,523,000,000214,718,000,000175,524,000,000130,905,000,000202,481,000,000201,585,000,000
Dividend
Jun 27, 20250 JPY/sh
Earnings
May 07, 2025

Profile

Kao Corporation develops and sells cosmetic, skin/hair care, human health care, fabric and home care, and chemical products. It operates through five segments: Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Life Care Business, Cosmetics Business, and Chemical Business. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers laundry detergents; fabric treatments; kitchen, paper, and house cleaning products; sanitary napkins; and baby diapers. The Health and Beauty Care Business segments provides skin and hair care products, professional hair care products, bath additives, and oral care and thermo products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals. 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 Tokyo, Japan.
URL
https://www.kao.com/jp/
IPO date
May 16, 1949
Employees
35,411
Domiciled in
JP
Incorporated in
JP

Valuation

Title
JPY in thousands, except ratios and share amounts
FYFYFYFYFYFYFYFYFYFY
2024‑122023‑122022‑122021‑122020‑122019‑122018‑122017‑122016‑122015‑12
Income
Revenues
1,628,448,000
6.26%
1,532,579,000
-1.19%
1,551,059,000
9.32%
Cost of revenue
1,550,276,000
1,411,128,000
1,625,932,000
Unusual Expense (Income)
NOPBT
78,172,000
121,451,000
(74,873,000)
NOPBT Margin
4.80%
7.92%
Operating Taxes
40,650,000
17,685,000
28,106,000
Tax Rate
52.00%
14.56%
NOPAT
37,522,000
103,766,000
(102,979,000)
Net income
107,767,000
145.65%
43,870,000
-49.01%
86,038,000
-21.52%
Dividends
(70,246,000)
(69,339,000)
(68,931,000)
Dividend yield
2.37%
2.57%
2.79%
Proceeds from repurchase of equity
(17,000)
(50,035,000)
BB yield
0.00%
2.03%
Debt
Debt current
55,895,000
33,059,000
85,110,000
Long-term debt
303,702,000
350,605,000
312,834,000
Deferred revenue
Other long-term liabilities
69,369,000
61,077,000
59,704,000
Net debt
(12,642,000)
53,313,000
93,310,000
Cash flow
Cash from operating activities
201,585,000
202,481,000
130,905,000
CAPEX
(57,404,000)
(54,166,000)
(77,201,000)
Cash from investing activities
(45,902,000)
(109,302,000)
(74,911,000)
Cash from financing activities
(104,578,000)
(79,983,000)
(139,311,000)
FCF
55,503,000
155,083,000
(170,289,000)
Balance
Cash
357,713,000
291,663,000
271,853,000
Long term investments
14,526,000
38,688,000
32,781,000
Excess cash
290,816,600
253,722,050
227,081,050
Stockholders' equity
998,503,000
909,530,000
892,963,000
Invested Capital
1,122,715,400
1,080,469,950
1,078,597,950
ROIC
3.41%
9.61%
ROCE
5.53%
9.04%
EV
Common stock shares outstanding
464,625
464,857
469,459
Price
6,388.00
10.14%
5,800.00
10.37%
5,255.00
-12.69%
Market cap
2,968,026,008
10.08%
2,696,170,600
9.29%
2,467,007,045
-13.80%
EV
2,987,443,008
2,777,868,600
2,583,640,045
EBITDA
166,594,000
211,046,000
14,865,000
EV/EBITDA
17.93
13.16
173.81
Interest
3,447,000
2,418,000
Interest/NOPBT
2.84%