Business description: Kao Corporation

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.

Number of employees: 32,566

Sales by Activity: Kao Corporation

Fiscal Period: December20202021202220232024

Consumer Products - Hygiene and Living Care Business

- 497B 517B 523B 544B

Consumer Products - Fabric and Home Care Business

374B - - - -

Consumer Products - Health and Beauty Care Business

- 354B 370B 393B 424B

Consumer Products Business - Cosmetics Business

234B 239B 251B 239B 244B

Consumer Products Business - Skin Care and Hair Care Business

309B - - - -

Chemical Business

269B 314B 403B 366B 406B

Consumer Products - Business Connected Business

- 53.03B 55.73B 56.27B 55.9B

Unallocated Adjustment

-38.52B -39.22B -44.74B -43.86B -45.68B

Consumer Products - Human Health Care Business

234B - - - -
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Geographical breakdown of sales: Kao Corporation

Fiscal Period: December20202021202220232024

Japan

854B 824B 847B 854B 904B

Asia

284B 313B 357B 327B 332B

Americas

129B 149B 188B 192B 213B

Europe

116B 134B 159B 160B 179B
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Executive Committee: Kao Corporation

Manager TitleAgeSince
President 64 2020-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO 65 2020-12-31
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Corporate Officer/Principal 63 2006-02-28
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
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Composition of the Board of Directors: Kao Corporation

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 65 2023-03-23
Director/Board Member 64 2016-02-29
Director/Board Member 72 2018-02-28
Director/Board Member 64 2022-03-24
Director/Board Member 63 2023-02-28
Director/Board Member 65 2023-02-28
Director/Board Member 67 2024-02-29
Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: Kao Corporation

NameEquities%Valuation
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
5.724 %
26,668,700 5.724 % 1 221 M ¥
Oasis Management Co. Ltd.
5.226 %
24,347,342 5.226 % 1 115 M ¥
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
3.327 %
15,501,200 3.327 % 710 M ¥
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.
1.496 %
6,968,200 1.496 % 319 M ¥
Nippon Life Insurance Co.
1.436 %
6,691,000 1.436 % 306 M ¥
NameEquities%Valuation
RhumbLine Advisers LP
0.002295 %
53,464 0.002295 % 489 516 ¥
GAMMA Investing LLC
0.00035 %
8,151 0.00035 % 74 631 ¥
First Horizon Advisors, Inc.
0.000103 %
2,391 0.000103 % 21 892 ¥
List of KAO CORPORATION shareholders

Holdings: Kao Corporation

NameEquities%Valuation
265,460 0.01% 11,244,267 $
282,541 0.03% 8,684,081 $
89,200 0.02% 4,083,684 $
130,000 0.06% 1,310,405 $
52,807 0.17% 920,403 $
35,112 2.25% 795,705 $
73,458 0.23% 762,605 $
14,477 0% 401,517 $
50,223 0.01% 247,748 $
24,000 0.36% 209,571 $

Company details: Kao Corporation

Kao Corp.

1-14-10 Nihonbashi Kayabacho Chuo-Ku

103-8210, Tokyo

+81 3 3660 7111

http://www.kao.co.jp
address Kao Corporation(4452)

Group companies: Kao Corporation

NameCategory and Sector
Chemicals: Major Diversified
Household/Personal Care
Chemicals: Major Diversified
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Cosmetics & Perfumes

Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.57%-2.70%-3.28%+23.81% 20.85B
-1.63%-3.25%-18.53%+13.27% 225B
-0.71%0.00%+48.68% - 32.57B
+0.18%+1.07%-48.16%-52.70% 6.72B
-2.34%+7.41%-17.77%+12.33% 6.57B
+0.41%-2.41%-24.33%-25.79% 4.43B
+1.88%-0.98%+19.75%+94.25% 4.25B
+1.05%+1.90%-51.46%-35.04% 4.16B
+3.22%+2.43%+87.75% - 4B
+8.53%+5.48%+69.72% - 3.42B
Average +1.00%-0.16%+6.24%+4.30% 31.18B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.15%-1.16%-8.78%+12.31%
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Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG MSCI
AA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
6,511.00JPY
Average target price
7,423.00JPY
Spread / Average Target
+14.01%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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