Kao Corporation (KAOCF) Stock

About Kao Corporation

Kao Corporation, established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1887 (and formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. until its name change in 1982), is a global enterprise that develops and markets an extensive array of cosmetic, personal care, household, and chemical products. Its operations are organized into five primary business divisions. The Hygiene and Living Care Business unit offers a comprehensive range of domestic essentials, including laundry detergents, fabric conditioners, various kitchen and home cleaning solutions, along with personal hygiene items like sanitary napkins and baby diapers. Within the Health and Beauty Care Business, the company provides products for personal grooming and well-being, encompassing skin and hair care formulations, professional hair care lines, bath additives, oral hygiene products, and therapeutic thermal items. The Life Care Business focuses on health beverages and hygiene products specifically designed for commercial use. Its Cosmetics Business supplies beauty products available through both assisted-selection and self-service retail channels. Finally, the Chemical Business segment is responsible for producing a diverse spectrum of industrial ingredients and specialty chemicals. This includes oleo chemicals, derivatives of fats and oils, surfactants, fragrances, construction materials (such as water-reducing admixtures and casting sand binders), plastics additives, various process chemicals, imaging supplies (like toners, toner binders, inkjet ink colorants, and ink), fine polishing and cleaning agents, as well as other materials and process chemicals.

Kao Corporation is headquartered in JP.

Kao Corporation (KAOCF) stock trades at $20.85 with a market capitalization of $37.72B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.79, price-to-book of 2.98, price-to-sales of 1.91. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $20.20 and $47.84, and currently trades 56.4% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.40%.

On profitability, Kao Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.71%, return on capital employed of 12.90%, an operating margin of 10.15%, a net profit margin of 7.77%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Kao Corporation reported annual revenue of $1.69T, net profit of $120.2B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 4.1%, and net profit declined at an average annual rate of 1.0%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.80, total assets of $1.88T, $323.6B in cash and equivalents.

KAOCF has an average daily trading volume of 325 shares, a beta of 0.18 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.kao.com

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