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Consumer Staples Personal Care, Drug and Grocery Stores
  • Price (JPY)6,524.00
  • Today's Change-81.00 / -1.23%
  • Shares traded1.23m
  • 1 Year change+1.13%
  • Beta0.2668
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About the company

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
  • Location
    Kao Corp1-14-10, Nihombashi Kayaba-choCHUO-KU 103-8210JapanJPN
  • Phone+81 336607111
  • Fax+81 336607113
  • Websitehttps://www.kao.com/
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/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 Care73.90bn14.63bn636.57bn421.0043.50--41.658.61264.78264.781,337.25--------103,105,200.00--------63.07--19.80----92.83----------------
Proya Cosmetics Co Ltd244.78bn35.41bn647.64bn3.39k18.275.09--2.653.993.9927.5714.311.362.7336.893,214,578.0020.1617.4926.5923.6972.8968.1114.8313.512.69--0.135530.1721.0428.1130.0031.6312.8531.64
Hengan International Group Co Ltd508.01bn50.76bn676.41bn23.00k13.071.419.191.332.252.2522.4920.860.51114.089.491,067,141.005.117.0910.0014.0931.8035.879.9913.320.989711.350.434766.07-4.620.1563-17.93-10.0711.56-8.42
Giant Biogene Holding Co Ltd137.11bn50.74bn727.22bn2.16k13.663.5313.915.302.512.516.789.690.6412.8818.453,932,086.0023.7426.1729.6647.5181.7583.6337.0443.514.65--0.000834.3257.1742.0842.0630.1516.52--
Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT293.41bn32.49bn777.92bn3.30k23.9218.8419.822.6592.79200.92838.70117.821.776.7317.959,682,771,000.0019.6224.7570.6778.0947.7648.7211.0712.290.568951.740.126--4.31-5.7621.78-13.164.50--
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd100.49bn22.59bn1.00tn2.20k44.41--39.939.9948.8048.80217.04--------26,852,590.00--40.32--68.9469.7461.8822.4822.02--420.86--103.816.335.958.5511.973.4112.74
Shiseido Co Ltd969.99bn-40.68bn1.22tn27.91k--2.0438.311.26-101.83-101.832,427.551,503.640.74641.486.25---3.060.9664-4.391.4176.6073.60-4.101.240.9403--0.3422186.68-2.081.04-276.21---9.580.00
Dabur India Ltd221.08bn31.44bn1.51tn5.34k48.27--38.976.8510.3910.3973.09--------24,302,250.00--13.43--18.7747.9247.5114.0115.26--13.43--57.871.287.62-4.074.116.4121.67
Unicharm Corp945.27bn65.21bn1.97tn16.46k28.452.3216.642.0937.2537.25540.73456.750.76754.715.89--5.757.798.3311.6039.1038.487.509.351.96--0.012333.40-4.425.38-20.324.49-4.2211.03
Godrej Consumer Products Limited258.52bn31.02bn2.07tn2.96k66.75--58.318.0117.8117.81148.43--------51,262,730.00--7.78--10.6852.3649.4612.0010.01--8.52--47.111.907.70430.445.4831.5727.23
Kao Corp1.69tn120.08bn3.00tn32.57k25.342.8114.511.77260.65260.653,660.482,352.500.90253.607.09--6.445.409.097.5039.5738.227.146.111.18--0.181774.073.704.0911.00-1.000.28331.92
Data as of Feb 20 2026. Currency figures normalised to Kao Corp's reporting currency: Japanese Yen JPY

Institutional shareholders

34.99%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Oasis Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 202630.13m6.64%
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 28 Nov 202526.40m5.82%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 04 Feb 202617.39m3.83%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 31 Jul 202516.37m3.61%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 202515.66m3.45%
Amova Asset Management Co., Ltd.as of 15 Sep 202515.14m3.34%
Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 30 Jan 202611.97m2.64%
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd.as of 31 Jul 202510.65m2.35%
FIL Investments Internationalas of 06 Feb 20267.62m1.68%
JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc.as of 14 Nov 20257.37m1.62%
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