Consumer Defensive
Kao Corporation(KAOCF)
Live Price
Offline$37.81
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-16.61%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $2.65T
- Revenue Growth
- +3.8%
- EPS Growth
- +12.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.6%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kao Corporation (KAOCF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $2.65T and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $37.81 and down 16.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.8%, EPS growth of +12.3%, a dividend yield of 2.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.8%, EPS +12.3%, free cash flow +3.3% with operating margin 9.7% and ROIC 8.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 22.5 and price/sales 1.6. Stock Foundry combines KAOCF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+3.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+9.7% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
22.5 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 12, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.8% and EPS at +12.3%, with operating margin around 9.7%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +2.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 12, 2026 | โ | +0.0% | +0.0% | +7.8% |
2026 Feb 5, 2026 | -8.6% | +14.3% | +14.3% | +7.1% |
2025 Aug 6, 2025 | -9.9% | -5.9% | -5.9% | -1.1% |
Benchmark Edge
KAOCF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KAOCF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KAOCF Max Drawdown
-26.69%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KAOCF and SPY.
Company Overview
Kao Corporation
Other OTC
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.
- Leadership
- Yoshihiro Hasebe
- IPO Date
- Jan 17, 2012
- Employees
- 32.6k
- Street Address
- 14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho
- Mailing
- Tokyo, 103-8210
- Region
- Tokyo, JP
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 81 3 3660 7111
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 22.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.1
- Price/Sales
- 1.6
- Price/Book
- 2.5
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.8%
- EPS
- +12.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +3.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 38.8%
- Operating Margin
- 9.7%
- Net Margin
- 7.1%
- ROE
- 11.5%
- ROIC
- 8.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.23
- Current Ratio
- 1.75
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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