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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 USD (TTM)11.12bn
- Net income in USD768.15m
- Incorporated1940
- Employees32.57k
- LocationKao Corp1-14-10, Nihombashi Kayaba-choCHUO-KU 103-8210JapanJPN
- Phone+81 336607111
- Fax+81 336607113
- Websitehttps://www.kao.com/jp/
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coty Inc | 6.00bn | -409.20m | 4.31bn | 11.79k | -- | 1.23 | 143.16 | 0.7177 | -0.4702 | -0.4702 | 6.88 | 4.01 | 0.5047 | 2.81 | 11.41 | 509,193.40 | -3.16 | -0.3754 | -4.09 | -0.4849 | 65.43 | 62.25 | -6.27 | -0.9995 | 0.514 | 3.61 | 0.5111 | -- | 10.15 | -0.5463 | -84.61 | -- | -10.48 | -- |
| Reynolds Consumer Products Inc | 3.68bn | 335.00m | 4.62bn | 6.40k | 13.79 | 2.18 | 9.93 | 1.26 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 17.48 | 10.09 | 0.7586 | 4.52 | 11.49 | 574,687.50 | 6.91 | 6.83 | 7.79 | 7.58 | 26.21 | 24.77 | 9.11 | 8.97 | 0.7158 | 5.84 | 0.4355 | 54.99 | -1.62 | 4.03 | 18.12 | 9.36 | 1.94 | -- |
| Clorox Co | 7.02bn | 694.00m | 15.93bn | 7.40k | 23.21 | 590.06 | 17.13 | 2.27 | 5.57 | 5.57 | 56.33 | 0.2191 | 1.24 | 5.89 | 11.05 | 877,375.00 | 12.53 | 8.58 | 20.29 | 12.41 | 45.08 | 41.45 | 10.10 | 7.24 | 0.4432 | 13.41 | 0.9303 | 112.87 | -4.01 | 2.68 | 87.92 | -19.34 | 0.5759 | 4.56 |
| Kao Corp - ADR | 11.12bn | 768.15m | 21.02bn | 32.57k | 27.15 | 3.01 | 15.32 | 1.89 | 0.3307 | 0.3307 | 4.79 | 2.98 | 0.9323 | 3.55 | 7.41 | 341,476.10 | 6.55 | 5.62 | 8.98 | 7.76 | 39.30 | 38.75 | 7.02 | 6.46 | 1.22 | -- | 0.1887 | 72.82 | 6.26 | 1.63 | 145.30 | -6.11 | -6.37 | -- |
| Church & Dwight Co Inc | 6.07bn | 577.70m | 23.90bn | 5.75k | 41.63 | 5.25 | 29.14 | 3.94 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 24.60 | 18.48 | 0.6931 | 5.39 | 10.62 | 1,055,809.00 | 6.60 | 8.40 | 7.62 | 10.26 | 45.51 | 44.12 | 9.52 | 12.28 | 1.43 | 20.91 | 0.3264 | 38.10 | 4.08 | 6.98 | -22.54 | -1.01 | 19.53 | 4.52 |
| Estee Lauder Companies Inc | 14.79bn | -871.00m | 31.14bn | 62.00k | -- | 7.17 | -- | 2.11 | -2.42 | -2.42 | 41.06 | 12.08 | 0.6944 | 1.81 | 8.11 | 238,483.90 | -4.10 | 7.29 | -5.57 | 10.39 | 73.85 | 74.09 | -5.90 | 9.27 | 1.02 | 5.75 | 0.6269 | 54.31 | -2.06 | 0.9843 | -61.23 | -26.27 | 4.32 | 9.59 |
| Kenvue Inc | 15.30bn | 1.06bn | 41.95bn | 22.00k | 39.84 | 4.17 | 24.87 | 2.74 | 0.5484 | 0.5484 | 7.95 | 5.24 | 0.5716 | 3.58 | 6.84 | 695,545.40 | 3.94 | -- | 5.19 | -- | 58.27 | 56.60 | 6.90 | 7.90 | 0.6046 | 6.69 | 0.465 | -- | 0.0712 | 1.53 | -38.10 | -6.42 | 8.47 | -- |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp | 19.75bn | 2.47bn | 42.44bn | 38.00k | 17.43 | 38.56 | 13.66 | 2.15 | 7.34 | 7.34 | 58.83 | 3.32 | 1.18 | 6.63 | 8.66 | 519,710.50 | 13.74 | 11.29 | 23.73 | 19.09 | 36.45 | 34.09 | 11.62 | 9.85 | 0.4872 | 16.71 | 0.8561 | 74.86 | -1.83 | 1.69 | 44.27 | 3.36 | -9.82 | 3.42 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co | 19.95bn | 2.90bn | 70.70bn | 34.00k | 24.71 | 194.77 | 19.36 | 3.54 | 3.53 | 3.53 | 24.32 | 0.4479 | 1.20 | 3.88 | 11.28 | 586,676.50 | 18.35 | 16.11 | 30.05 | 23.18 | 60.71 | 59.21 | 15.28 | 13.86 | 0.5377 | 20.32 | 0.9186 | 69.26 | 3.31 | 5.08 | 25.61 | 4.07 | 10.86 | 2.98 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Causeway Capital Management LLCas of 02 Jul 2025 | 68.31k | 0.00% |
| RhumbLine Advisers LPas of 31 Mar 2025 | 53.46k | 0.00% |
| GAMMA Investing LLCas of 31 Mar 2025 | 8.15k | 0.00% |
| ShariaPortfolio, Inc.as of 02 Jul 2025 | 8.08k | 0.00% |
| First Horizon Advisors, Inc.as of 31 Mar 2025 | 2.39k | 0.00% |
| Cambria Investment Management LPas of 02 Jul 2025 | 44.00 | 0.00% |
