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4452.T

Kao Corporation

$5862
28
 (0.48%)
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Exchange:  JPX
Market Cap:  2.651T
Shares Outstanding:  475.466M
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About The Company

Sector:  Consumer Defensive
Industry:  Household & Personal Products
   
CEO:  Yoshihiro Hasebe
Full Time Employees:  32566
Address: 
14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho
Tokyo
103-8210
JP
Website:  https://www.kao.com
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.

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Income Statement

Year202320242025
Revenue1,532,579,0001,628,448,0001,688,633,000
Gross Profit560,427,000638,404,000640,981,000
EBITDA189,805,000233,436,000256,108,000
Operating Income93,657,000140,264,000163,036,000
Net Income43,870,000107,767,000120,081,000

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Balance Sheet

Year202320242025
Total Assets1,769,746,0001,867,237,0001,875,054,000
Total Liabilities757,703,000768,402,000780,354,000
Total Stockholders Equity983,658,0001,066,776,0001,064,077,000
Total Debt261,072,000245,328,000243,142,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents291,663,000357,713,000323,282,000

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Cash Flow Statement

Year202320242025
Operating Cash Flow202,481,000201,585,000199,680,000
Capital Expenditure-54,166,000-57,404,000-61,214,000
Free Cash Flow148,315,000144,181,000138,466,000
Net Income43,870,000107,767,000120,081,000
Net Change in Cash23,415,00066,050,000-34,431,000

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Analyst Estimates

Fiscal Year2030Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Revenue (Low)1,885,082,364.135Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Revenue (High)1,957,446,606.481Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Revenue (Avg)1,923,400,000Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Ebitda (Low)271,173,204.843Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Ebitda (High)281,582,958.754Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Ebitda (Avg)276,685,280.239Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Net Income (Low)174,646,755.127Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Net Income (High)183,415,832.010Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated Net Income (Avg)179,290,075.138Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated SGA Expense (Low)456,889,313.661Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated SGA Expense (High)474,428,308.056Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated SGA Expense (Avg)466,176,397.708Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated EPS (Avg)388.650Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated EPS (High)397.590Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Estimated EPS (Low)378.580Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Number of Analysts (Estimated Revenue)6Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access
Number of Analysts (Estimated EPS)5Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access

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Current Key Metrics

?Revenue
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  ?P/S
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: 
1.61
?Net Income
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  ?P/E
 (TTM)
: 
23.08
?Enterprise Value
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2.637T  ?EV/FCF
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: 
19.05
?Dividend Yield
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: 
0.03  ?Payout Ratio
 (TTM)
: 
0.59
?ROE
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: 
0.12  ?ROIC
 (TTM)
: 
0.08
?Net Debt
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  ?Debt/Equity
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: 
0.23
?P/B
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: 
2.6  ?Current Ratio
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: 
1.75

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2,967.79Full AccessFull AccessFull AccessFull Access

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Year Low: 5792   Year High: 7007
Price Avg 50: 6209.34   Price Avg 200: 6421.45
Volume: 1.189M   Average Volume: 1.722M

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