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.

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32,566

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Personal Products

Calendar

Jun. 26 - Détachement de for dividende intermédiaire

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Date	Price	Change	Volume
25-05-15	6,318.00 ¥	+0.67%	627,300
25-05-15	6,276.00 ¥	+0.72%	1,520,900
25-05-14	6,231.00 ¥	-2.76%	1,731,100
25-05-13	6,408.00 ¥	-1.02%	1,879,800
25-05-12	6,474.00 ¥	+0.67%	2,091,400

Delayed Quote Japan Exchange, May 15, 2025 at 02:30 am EDT

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6,276.00JPY

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7,255.56JPY

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+15.61%

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Delayed Japan Exchange Other stock markets 09:09:34 2025-05-15 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
6,318.00 ^JPY	+0.67%		-1.87%	-1.21%

May. 08	Kao Corporation Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025	CI
Mar. 24	Declaration of Voting Results by Kao Corporation	CI

Capitalization	2,915B 20.03B 17.9B 16.73B 15.05B 27.94B 1,711B 31.28B 194B 75.85B 777B 75.16B 73.63B	P/E ratio 2025 *	24.3x	P/E ratio 2026 *	22.1x
Enterprise value	2,731B 18.77B 16.77B 15.67B 14.1B 26.17B 1,602B 29.31B 181B 71.06B 728B 70.41B 68.97B	EV / Sales 2025 *	1.62x	EV / Sales 2026 *	1.55x
Free-Float	97.61%	Yield 2025 *	2.46%	Yield 2026 *	2.5%

Kao Corporation Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025	May. 08	CI
Declaration of Voting Results by Kao Corporation	Mar. 24	CI
Kao Says Shareholders Decided To Vote Down Proposals Submitted By Oasis	Mar. 21	RE
Future Origins Enters Purchase Agreement With Kao Corp For Palm Oil Alternative NALO	Mar. 19	RE
Jefferies Adjusts Kao's Price Target to 7,350 Yen From 7,000 Yen, Keeps at Buy	Mar. 07	MT
Oasis Management Proposes Director Nominees to Kao Corporation	Feb. 25	CI
Kao Mulls Reduction in Minimum Investment Unit	Feb. 18	MT
Kao Corp Says Board Resolved To Oppose Agenda, Shareholder Proposal By Oasis	Feb. 14	RE
Kao Corporation Receives Shareholder Proposals from Oasis Japan Strategic Fund	Feb. 14	CI
Kao Corporation Receives Shareholder Proposals from Oasis Japan Strategic Fund	Feb. 13	CI
Japan's Nikkei ends lower as strong yen hurts appetite	Feb. 07	RE
Japan's Nikkei trades lower as strong yen hurts appetite	Feb. 06	RE
Kao Corporation, Q4 2024 Earnings Call, Feb 06, 2025	Feb. 06

Jefferies Adjusts Kao's Price Target to 7,350 Yen From 7,000 Yen, Keeps at Buy	Mar. 07	MT
Jefferies Upgrades Kao to Buy From Hold, Adjusts Price Target to 7,000 Yen From 6,550 Yen	Feb. 03	MT
Jefferies Adjusts Kao's Price Target to 6,550 Yen From 6,600 Yen, Keeps at Hold	24-10-08	MT
UBS Adjusts Kao’s Price Target to 4,400 Yen From 4,550 Yen, Keeps at Sell	22-05-20	MT

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Kao : Earnings Conference Q&A for the three months ended March 31, 2025	May. 14	PU
Kao : Earnings Conference Web-casting for the three months ended March 31, 2025	May. 09	PU
Kao : Presentation materials for the three months ended March 31, 2025	May. 08	PU
Kao : Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 (Jan. 1, 2025 - Mar. 31, 2025)	May. 08	PU
Kao : Annual Securities Report for the year ended December 31, 2024	Mar. 30	PU

Kao als einziges asiatisches Unternehmen zum 19. Mal in Folge auf der Liste der World’s Most Ethical Companies®	Mar. 26
Kao Corporation rende noto il "parere del Consiglio di amministrazione sulla proposta degli azionisti e sulla strategia di Kao per migliorare il valore aziendale"	Feb. 14
Kao Corporation maakt het advies van de Raad van Bestuur bekend over aandeelhoudersvoorstel en Kao's strategie om bedrijfswaarde te verbeteren	Feb. 14
Kao Corporation revela el documento "Opinión de la junta directiva sobre la propuesta de los accionistas y la estrategia de Kao para potenciar el valor corporativo"	Feb. 14
Kao Corporation veröffentlicht die „Stellungnahme des Vorstands zu einem Aktionärsantrag und Kaos Strategie zur Steigerung des Unternehmenswerts“	Feb. 14

1 day	+0.72%
1 week	+3.87%
Current month	+2.77%
1 month	+5.60%
3 months	-5.48%
6 months	-0.44%
Current year	-1.75%

1 week	6,170	6,573
1 month	5,923	6,573
Current year	5,760	6,734
1 year	5,760	7,273
3 years	4,877	7,273
5 years	4,663	9,251
10 years	4,663	9,387

Manager	Title	Age	Since
Yoshihiro Hasebe PSD	President	64	2020-12-31
Masakazu Negoro DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	65	2020-12-31
Hideaki Kubo CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	-

Director	Title	Age	Since
Masakazu Negoro BRD	Director/Board Member	65	2023-03-23
Yoshihiro Hasebe BRD	Director/Board Member	64	2016-02-29
Osamu Shinobe BRD	Director/Board Member	72	2018-02-28

Name	Weight	AuM	1st Jan change
NOMURA NEXT FUNDS TOPIX-17 RAW MATERIALS & CHEMICALS ETF - JPY	6.57%	7 M€	-5.92%	-
LYXOR MSCI JAPAN ESG LEADERS EXTRA (DR) UCITS ETF - ACC - EUR	1.36%	0 M€	-.--%	-
LYXOR MSCI JAPAN ESG LEADERS EXTRA (DR) UCITS ETF - DAILY HEDGED TO EUR - ACC - EUR	1.36%	0 M€	-.--%	-
NEXT FUNDS MSCI JAPAN COUNTRY ESG LEADERS INDEX EXCHANGE TRADED FUND - JPY	1.29%	14 M€	-4.70%	-

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Weighted average by Cap.	+0.87%	+0.31%	-11.65%	+11.71%

	2025 *	2026 *
Net sales	1,683B 11.57B 10.33B 9.66B 8.69B 16.13B 988B 18.06B 112B 43.79B 449B 43.39B 42.51B	1,733B 11.91B 10.64B 9.94B 8.95B 16.6B 1,017B 18.59B 115B 45.08B 462B 44.67B 43.76B
Net income	120B 824M 736M 688M 619M 1.15B 70.33B 1.29B 7.96B 3.12B 31.95B 3.09B 3.03B	131B 903M 807M 754M 679M 1.26B 77.12B 1.41B 8.73B 3.42B 35.03B 3.39B 3.32B
Net Debt	-184B -1.27B -1.13B -1.06B -951M -1.77B -108B -1.98B -12.23B -4.79B -49.1B -4.75B -4.65B	-237B -1.63B -1.46B -1.36B -1.22B -2.27B -139B -2.55B -15.75B -6.17B -63.22B -6.12B -5.99B