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Kao Corporation

Tokyo: 4452 · Consumer Defensive

Positivity Index

#6,068 / 8,598

Global

#1,408 / 1,540

Japan

Positivity Score

19,503

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Kao Corporation — Overview & Financial Snapshot

Kao Corporation (Tokyo: 4452) is a Consumer Defensive company, ranked #6,068 of 8,598 companies globally and #1,408 of 1,540 in Japan on PositoAI, with a Positivity Score of 19,503. Its market capitalisation is ₹2.05 lakh Cr (¥3.39T), P/E ratio is 33.6 and P/B ratio is 3.02. It has no active red flags (PosiRed) or yellow flags (PosiYellow) on record.

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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.

P/B Ratio 3.02

P/E Ratio 33.6

D/E Ratio 0.21

ROE 12.32%

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Dividend Yield 2.06%

Trailing EPS ₹67.44¥111.41

Forward EPS ₹156.57¥258.64

Beta 0.20

Market Cap ₹2.05 lakh Cr¥3.39T

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What does Kao Corporation do?

What is Kao Corporation's P/E and P/B ratio?

Kao Corporation has a P/E ratio of 33.6 and a P/B ratio of 3.02.

What is Kao Corporation's debt-to-equity ratio?

Kao Corporation has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

What is Kao Corporation's Positivity rank?

Kao Corporation is ranked #6,068 of 8,598 companies globally and #1,408 of 1,540 in Japan on PositoAI, with a Positivity Score of 19,503.

Does Kao Corporation have any regulatory orders, red flags (PosiRed) or yellow flags (PosiYellow)?

No active red flags (PosiRed) or yellow flags (PosiYellow) are currently on record for Kao Corporation.

Where can I read the latest news about Kao Corporation?

Recent headlines about Kao Corporation from the last 30 days, with links to the original articles, are on its News page on PositoAI.

Does Kao Corporation have a PositoAI PosiShot or QR code?

Yes. A dated PosiShot of Kao Corporation's current position, a PosiQR code for its live profile and a ready-made dated mention are available on its For this company page on PositoAI.

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