Stock Evaluator: Kao Corporation (KAOOY)

Kao Corporation KAOOY

$6.80 -0.15 -2.16%
July 31, 2026 3:51:16 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 87,180
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Consumer Staples Personal Care Products

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene living care, health beauty care, life care, cosmetics, and chemical products in Japan. It offers fabric, kitchen, home, and sanitary care products; facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, salon, in-bathroom health care, and warming products; and self-selection cosmetics, as well as provides cosmetics counselling services. It also provides oleo chemicals, such as oleochemicals, fat and oil derivatives, surfactants, and fragrances; water-reducing admixtures for concrete, casting sand binders, plastics additives, and process chemicals for various industries; and toners/toner binders, inkjet ink colorants, ink, fine polishing agents and cleaners for hard disk, and materials and process chemicals for semiconductor. 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 Chuo, Japan.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics KAOOY Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $18,551.8 $337.9 85%
Shares Out (Mil) 5.8 27.3 15%
Institutional Ownership 50.0% 55.3% 30%
Float (Mil) 747.3 30.7 89%
Beta 0.18 0.56 11%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 63 150 31%
Price Change
(52-week)
(9.6%) 56.7% 38%
Growth KAOOY Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) (4.3%) 2.3% 9%
Net Income (5yr) (8.9%) (4.8%) 30%
EPS (5yr) (8.2%) 2.3% 22
Dividends (5yr) (6.3%) 0.0% 69%
Cash Flow (5yr) (20.7%) (13.2%) 32%
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Financials KAOOY Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $10,770 $421 85%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $766 $0 84%
EPS (TTM) $0.830 $0.100 59%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $1,274 $12 84%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $1,188 $0 95%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $1,251 $44 69%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $17,729 $334 82%
Valuation KAOOY Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B na 2.05 na
P/E na 16.4 na
Dividend Yield na 0.0% na
PEG (5yr hist) na 0.7 na
Ratios KAOOY Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 39.7% 64.3% 50%
Net Margin 7.5% 1.6% 56%
ROA 6.5% 1.3% 78%
ROE 11.4% 5.3% 62%
Liabilities to Assets 41.6% 48.0% 32%
F-Score na 4 na

Kao Corporation did not pass any screens on 7/31/2026.

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