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Kao Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer products and chemical products. The Company operates in five business segments. The Hygiene & Living Care segment provides fabric care products, home care products, and sanitary products. The Health & Beauty Care segment provides skin care products, hair care products, and personal health products. The Life Care segment is mainly involved in the provision of commercial hygiene products, health drinks and other life care products. The Cosmetic segment produces counseling cosmetics and self-cosmetics. The above four business segments are included in the consumer products business. Chemical segment provides oil and fat products, such as oleochemical alcohols, oleochemical amines, fatty acids, and edible oils and fats for commercial use, functional material products, such as surfactants, additives for plastics, and high-performance water reducers for concrete, as well as specialty chemicals products.
- Revenue in JPY (TTM)1.69tn
- Net income in JPY120.08bn
- Incorporated1940
- Employees32.57k
- LocationKao Corp1-14-10, Nihombashi Kayaba-choCHUO-KU 103-8210JapanJPN
- Phone+81 336607111
- Fax+81 336607113
- Websitehttps://www.kao.com/
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care | 73.90bn | 14.63bn | 636.57bn | 421.00 | 43.50 | -- | 41.65 | 8.61 | 264.78 | 264.78 | 1,337.25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 103,105,200.00 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63.07 | -- | 19.80 | -- | -- | 92.83 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Proya Cosmetics Co Ltd | 244.78bn | 35.41bn | 647.64bn | 3.39k | 18.27 | 5.09 | -- | 2.65 | 3.99 | 3.99 | 27.57 | 14.31 | 1.36 | 2.73 | 36.89 | 3,214,578.00 | 20.16 | 17.49 | 26.59 | 23.69 | 72.89 | 68.11 | 14.83 | 13.51 | 2.69 | -- | 0.1355 | 30.17 | 21.04 | 28.11 | 30.00 | 31.63 | 12.85 | 31.64 |
| Hengan International Group Co Ltd | 508.01bn | 50.76bn | 676.41bn | 23.00k | 13.07 | 1.41 | 9.19 | 1.33 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 22.49 | 20.86 | 0.5111 | 4.08 | 9.49 | 1,067,141.00 | 5.11 | 7.09 | 10.00 | 14.09 | 31.80 | 35.87 | 9.99 | 13.32 | 0.9897 | 11.35 | 0.4347 | 66.07 | -4.62 | 0.1563 | -17.93 | -10.07 | 11.56 | -8.42 |
| Giant Biogene Holding Co Ltd | 137.11bn | 50.74bn | 727.22bn | 2.16k | 13.66 | 3.53 | 13.91 | 5.30 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 6.78 | 9.69 | 0.641 | 2.88 | 18.45 | 3,932,086.00 | 23.74 | 26.17 | 29.66 | 47.51 | 81.75 | 83.63 | 37.04 | 43.51 | 4.65 | -- | 0.0008 | 34.32 | 57.17 | 42.08 | 42.06 | 30.15 | 16.52 | -- |
| Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT | 293.41bn | 32.49bn | 777.92bn | 3.30k | 23.92 | 18.84 | 19.82 | 2.65 | 92.79 | 200.92 | 838.70 | 117.82 | 1.77 | 6.73 | 17.95 | 9,682,771,000.00 | 19.62 | 24.75 | 70.67 | 78.09 | 47.76 | 48.72 | 11.07 | 12.29 | 0.5689 | 51.74 | 0.126 | -- | 4.31 | -5.76 | 21.78 | -13.16 | 4.50 | -- |
| Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd | 100.49bn | 22.59bn | 1.00tn | 2.20k | 44.41 | -- | 39.93 | 9.99 | 48.80 | 48.80 | 217.04 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26,852,590.00 | -- | 40.32 | -- | 68.94 | 69.74 | 61.88 | 22.48 | 22.02 | -- | 420.86 | -- | 103.81 | 6.33 | 5.95 | 8.55 | 11.97 | 3.41 | 12.74 |
| Shiseido Co Ltd | 969.99bn | -40.68bn | 1.22tn | 27.91k | -- | 2.04 | 38.31 | 1.26 | -101.83 | -101.83 | 2,427.55 | 1,503.64 | 0.7464 | 1.48 | 6.25 | -- | -3.06 | 0.9664 | -4.39 | 1.41 | 76.60 | 73.60 | -4.10 | 1.24 | 0.9403 | -- | 0.3422 | 186.68 | -2.08 | 1.04 | -276.21 | -- | -9.58 | 0.00 |
| Dabur India Ltd | 221.08bn | 31.44bn | 1.51tn | 5.34k | 48.27 | -- | 38.97 | 6.85 | 10.39 | 10.39 | 73.09 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24,302,250.00 | -- | 13.43 | -- | 18.77 | 47.92 | 47.51 | 14.01 | 15.26 | -- | 13.43 | -- | 57.87 | 1.28 | 7.62 | -4.07 | 4.11 | 6.41 | 21.67 |
| Unicharm Corp | 945.27bn | 65.21bn | 1.97tn | 16.46k | 28.45 | 2.32 | 16.64 | 2.09 | 37.25 | 37.25 | 540.73 | 456.75 | 0.7675 | 4.71 | 5.89 | -- | 5.75 | 7.79 | 8.33 | 11.60 | 39.10 | 38.48 | 7.50 | 9.35 | 1.96 | -- | 0.0123 | 33.40 | -4.42 | 5.38 | -20.32 | 4.49 | -4.22 | 11.03 |
| Godrej Consumer Products Limited | 258.52bn | 31.02bn | 2.07tn | 2.96k | 66.75 | -- | 58.31 | 8.01 | 17.81 | 17.81 | 148.43 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 51,262,730.00 | -- | 7.78 | -- | 10.68 | 52.36 | 49.46 | 12.00 | 10.01 | -- | 8.52 | -- | 47.11 | 1.90 | 7.70 | 430.44 | 5.48 | 31.57 | 27.23 |
| Kao Corp | 1.69tn | 120.08bn | 3.00tn | 32.57k | 25.34 | 2.81 | 14.51 | 1.77 | 260.65 | 260.65 | 3,660.48 | 2,352.50 | 0.9025 | 3.60 | 7.09 | -- | 6.44 | 5.40 | 9.09 | 7.50 | 39.57 | 38.22 | 7.14 | 6.11 | 1.18 | -- | 0.1817 | 74.07 | 3.70 | 4.09 | 11.00 | -1.00 | 0.2833 | 1.92 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Oasis Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 2026 | 30.13m | 6.64% |
| Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 28 Nov 2025 | 26.40m | 5.82% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 2026 | 17.39m | 3.83% |
| BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 31 Jul 2025 | 16.37m | 3.61% |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 2025 | 15.66m | 3.45% |
| Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 2025 | 15.14m | 3.34% |
| Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 2026 | 11.97m | 2.64% |
| BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd.as of 31 Jul 2025 | 10.65m | 2.35% |
| FIL Investments Internationalas of 06 Feb 2026 | 7.62m | 1.68% |
| JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc.as of 14 Nov 2025 | 7.37m | 1.62% |
