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Consumer Staples Personal Care, Drug and Grocery Stores
  • Price (USD)8.80
  • Today's Change-0.085 / -0.96%
  • Shares traded20.70k
  • 1 Year change+8.71%
  • Beta0.3108
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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 USD (TTM)11.43bn
  • Net income in USD789.67m
  • Incorporated1940
  • Employees32.57k
  • Location
    Kao Corp1-14-10, Nihombashi Kayaba-choCHUO-KU 103-8210JapanJPN
  • Phone+81 336607111
  • Fax+81 336607113
  • Websitehttps://www.kao.com/jp/
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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
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Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
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Oddity Tech Ltd703.49m106.34m4.24bn489.0043.7812.8636.396.031.741.7411.505.911.352.0756.441,438,626.0020.46--29.89--72.93--15.12--1.29--0.00--27.20--73.39------
Coty Inc6.00bn-409.20m4.44bn11.79k--1.27147.510.7395-0.4702-0.47026.884.010.50472.8111.41509,193.40-3.16-0.3754-4.09-0.484965.4362.25-6.27-0.99950.5143.610.5111--10.15-0.5463-84.61---10.48--
Interparfums Inc1.47bn165.80m4.45bn647.0026.925.6419.043.035.155.1545.5824.551.051.624.932,267,668.0014.7412.0423.3319.3056.0455.5414.0113.311.6827.090.135850.0210.2215.277.6722.2314.2321.03
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc3.68bn335.00m4.58bn6.40k13.682.169.851.241.591.5917.4810.090.75864.5211.49574,687.506.916.837.797.5826.2124.779.118.970.71585.840.435554.99-1.624.0318.129.361.94--
Clorox Co7.02bn694.00m15.39bn7.40k22.42569.8816.552.195.575.5756.330.21911.245.8911.05877,375.0012.538.5820.2912.4145.0841.4510.107.240.443213.410.9303112.87-4.012.6887.92-19.340.57594.56
Kao Corp - ADR11.43bn789.67m20.47bn32.57k25.932.8814.511.790.340.344.923.060.93233.557.41351,043.606.555.628.987.7639.3038.757.026.461.22--0.188772.826.261.63145.30-6.11-6.37--
Church & Dwight Co Inc6.07bn577.70m24.24bn5.75k42.225.3229.553.992.332.3324.6018.480.69315.3910.621,055,809.006.608.407.6210.2645.5144.129.5212.281.4320.910.326438.104.086.98-22.54-1.0119.534.52
Estee Lauder Companies Inc14.79bn-871.00m31.92bn62.00k--7.35--2.16-2.42-2.4241.0612.080.69441.818.11238,483.90-4.107.29-5.5710.3973.8574.09-5.909.271.025.750.626954.31-2.060.9843-61.23-26.274.329.59
Kenvue Inc15.30bn1.06bn40.41bn22.00k38.384.0223.962.640.54840.54847.955.240.57163.586.84695,545.403.94--5.19--58.2756.606.907.900.60466.690.465--0.07121.53-38.10-6.428.47--
Data as of Jul 03 2025. Currency figures normalised to Kao Corp's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

0.01%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Causeway Capital Management LLCas of 05 Jun 202568.14k0.00%
RhumbLine Advisers LPas of 31 Mar 202553.46k0.00%
GAMMA Investing LLCas of 31 Mar 20258.15k0.00%
ShariaPortfolio, Inc.as of 05 Jun 20257.35k0.00%
First Horizon Advisors, Inc.as of 31 Mar 20252.39k0.00%
Cambria Investment Management LPas of 05 Jun 202544.000.00%
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