Kao Corporation
General ticker "KAOCF" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Household & Personal Products
- Capitalization: $19.2B (TTM average)
Kao Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -2.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 41.65$, high 42.24$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (annually): last record date 2026-06-30, amount 0.48$ (Y1.15%)
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [16.84$, 23.83$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [18.23$, 25.45$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KAOCF estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 22.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.05
- Positive: 7.57 < Operating profit margin, % of 9.65
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.26
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 6.04 > 6.02
- Positive: 2.87 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 4.09
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.14 <= 0.74
- Positive: 42.57 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 56.75 <= 64.23
Short-term KAOCF quotes
Long-term KAOCF plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | ¥1,532,579.00MM | ¥1,628,448.00MM | ¥1,690,106.52MM |
| Operating Expenses | ¥1,438,922.00MM | ¥1,481,804.00MM | ¥1,526,928.25MM |
| Operating Income | ¥93,657.00MM | ¥146,644.00MM | ¥163,178.27MM |
| Non-Operating Income | ¥-29,815.00MM | ¥4,380.00MM | ¥6,815.94MM |
| Interest Expense | ¥3,447.00MM | ¥4,090.00MM | ¥3,830.34MM |
| R&D Expense | ¥62,600.00MM | ¥394.91MM | ¥61,180.34MM |
| Income(Loss) | ¥63,842.00MM | ¥151,024.00MM | ¥169,994.21MM |
| Taxes | ¥17,685.00MM | ¥40,650.00MM | ¥49,302.99MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | ¥43,870.00MM | ¥107,767.00MM | ¥120,185.78MM |
| Stockholders Equity | ¥983,658.00MM | ¥1,066,776.00MM | ¥1,065,005.53MM |
| Inventory | ¥263,753.00MM | ¥274,628.00MM | ¥292,621.12MM |
| Assets | ¥1,769,746.00MM | ¥1,867,237.00MM | ¥1,876,690.20MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | ¥202,481.00MM | ¥201,585.00MM | ¥199,854.24MM |
| Capital expenditure | ¥66,447.00MM | ¥67,476.00MM | ¥61,267.42MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | ¥-109,302.00MM | ¥-45,902.00MM | ¥-69,827.88MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | ¥-79,983.00MM | ¥-104,578.00MM | ¥-175,286.82MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | ¥47.19 | ¥115.96 | ¥130.26 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.