- ¥3tn
- ¥3tn
- ¥2tn
- 97
- 33
- 80
- 84
Growth & Value
12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
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PE Ratio (f) | 25.45 | ||
PEG Ratio (f) | 3.12 | ||
EPS Growth (f) | 8.89% | ||
Dividend Yield (f) | 2.38% |
Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
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Price to Book Value | 2.83 | ||
Price to Tang. Book | 3.99 | ||
Price to Free Cashflow | 22.53 | ||
Price to Sales | 1.86 | ||
EV to EBITDA | 12.47 |
Shareholder Activity
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Quality
Name | Industry | Market | |
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Return on Capital | 10.8% | ||
Return on Equity | 10.51% | ||
Operating Margin | 9.01% |
Financial Summary
Year End 31st Dec | Unit | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025E | 2026E | CAGR / Avg |
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Total Revenue | ¥m | 1,381,997 | 1,418,768 | 1,551,059 | 1,532,579 | 1,628,448 | 1,667,807 | 1,720,156 | 1.63% |
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EPS Growth | % | -14.54 | -8.31 | -22.67 | -28.11 | +70 | +8.73 | +9.85 | n/a |
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
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.
Directors
- Michitaka Sawada CHM (65)
- Yoshihiro Hasebe PRE (60)
- Tomoharu Matsuda SME (62)
- Toshiaki Takeuchi SME (62)
- Hideaki Kubo MEO
- David Muenz MEO
- Yoshihiro Murakami MEO
- Masakazu Negoro MEO
- Toru Nishiguchi MEO
- Osamu Tabata MEO
- Satoru Tanaka MEO
- Yasushi Wada MEO
- Natsumi Hotta SEO
- Masahiro Katayose SEO
- Kotaro Nuriya SEO
- Hiroaki Yamaguchi SEO
- Karen Frank EXO
- Ryoichi Harada EXO
- Motomi Hasumi EXO
- Yasuhiro Ishikura EXO
- Atsushi Koizumi EXO
- Hideki Mamiya EXO
- Yoji Matsumoto EXO
- Makoto Murata EXO
- Shigeo Nakai EXO
- Hideichi Nitta EXO
- Dominique Pratt EXO
- Rei Shimotoyodome EXO
- Masaru Takeyasu EXO
- Hiroyuki Terasaki EXO
- Kenichi Yamauchi EXO
- Nobuhide Hayashi IND (64)
- Sonosuke Kadonaga IND (69)
- Chiaki Mukai IND (68)
- Osamu Shinobe IND (68)
- Last Annual
- December 31st, 2024
- Last Interim
- December 31st, 2024
- Incorporated
- May 21st, 1940
- Public Since
- May 16th, 1949
- No. of Employees
- 34,257
- Sector
- Personal & Household Products & Services
- Industry
- Consumer Defensives
- Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 464,484,667

- Address
- 1-14-10, Nihombashi Kayaba-cho, CHUO-KU, 103-8210
- Web
- https://www.kao.com/jp/
- Phone
- +81 336607111
- Auditors
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Upcoming Events for 4452
Q1 2025 Kao Corp Earnings Release
Dividend For 4452.T - 77.0000 JPY
Q2 2025 Kao Corp Earnings Release
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FAQ
As of Today at 20:31 UTC, shares in Kao are trading at ¥6,504. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Kao last closed at ¥6,504 and the price had moved by +16.68% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Kao share price has outperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by +14.59% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Kao is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Find out moreThe Kao dividend yield is 2.34% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Kao paid a total dividend of ¥152, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 2.34%.Looking ahead, shares in Kao are due to go ex-dividend on 2025-06-27 and the next dividend pay date is 2025-03-24.
Kao are due to go ex-dividend on 2025-06-27 and the next dividend pay date is 2025-03-24. The historic dividend yield on Kao shares is currently 2.34%.
To buy shares in Kao you'll need a share-dealing account with an online or offline stock broker. Once you have opened your account and transferred funds into it, you'll be able to search and select shares to buy and sell. You can use Stockopedia’s share research software to help you find the the kinds of shares that suit your investment strategy and objectives.
As of the previous close price of ¥6,504, shares in Kao had a market capitalisation of ¥3tn.
Here are the trading details for Kao:
- Country of listing: Japan
- Exchange: TYO
- Ticker Symbol: 4452
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Kao is currently classified as a High Flyer. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Kao is ¥7,211. That is 10.87% above the last closing price of ¥6,504.
Analysts covering Kao currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of ¥252 for the next financial year.
Find out moreAn important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Kao. Over the past six months, its share price has underperformed the Nikkei 225 Index by -3.06%.
As of the last closing price of ¥6,504, shares in Kao were trading -1.56% below their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Kao PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 25.45. The shares last closed at ¥6,504.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Kao's management team is headed by:
- Michitaka Sawada - CHM
- Yoshihiro Hasebe - PRE
- Tomoharu Matsuda - SME
- Toshiaki Takeuchi - SME
- Hideaki Kubo - MEO
- David Muenz - MEO
- Yoshihiro Murakami - MEO
- Masakazu Negoro - MEO
- Toru Nishiguchi - MEO
- Osamu Tabata - MEO
- Satoru Tanaka - MEO
- Yasushi Wada - MEO
- Natsumi Hotta - SEO
- Masahiro Katayose - SEO
- Kotaro Nuriya - SEO
- Hiroaki Yamaguchi - SEO
- Karen Frank - EXO
- Ryoichi Harada - EXO
- Motomi Hasumi - EXO
- Yasuhiro Ishikura - EXO
- Atsushi Koizumi - EXO
- Hideki Mamiya - EXO
- Yoji Matsumoto - EXO
- Makoto Murata - EXO
- Shigeo Nakai - EXO
- Hideichi Nitta - EXO
- Dominique Pratt - EXO
- Rei Shimotoyodome - EXO
- Masaru Takeyasu - EXO
- Hiroyuki Terasaki - EXO
- Kenichi Yamauchi - EXO
- Nobuhide Hayashi - IND
- Sonosuke Kadonaga - IND
- Chiaki Mukai - IND
- Osamu Shinobe - IND