Kao Corporation
Kao Corporation
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Overview
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About Kao Corporation
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- CEO
- Yoshihiro Hasebe
- Headquarters
- 14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho, Tokyo, JP
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- CEO
- Yoshihiro Hasebe
- Headquarters
- 14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho, Tokyo, JP
Kao Corporation develops and sells cosmetic, skin/hair care, human health care, fabric and home care, and chemical products. It operates through five segments: Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Life Care Business, Cosmetics Business, and Chemical Business.
The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers laundry detergents; fabric treatments; kitchen, paper, and house cleaning products; sanitary napkins; and baby diapers. The Health and Beauty Care Business segments provides skin and hair care products, professional hair care products, bath additives, and oral care and thermo products.
The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products.
The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals.
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 Tokyo, Japan.
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Fair Value
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Financial Ratios
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Valuation, profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios for Kao Corporation. Starting points for Kao Corporation: P/E 22.8, EPS $30.09, beta 0.11 — an Household & Personal Products name. P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, margins, return on equity, current ratio and debt coverage, each shown against the company's own history.
Dividend Analysis
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Earnings Analysis
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Financial Statements
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Comparables
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Institutional Ownership
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Insider Trading
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Senate Trading
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