Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$41.82
+10.61% today
1Y Change
-7.76%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 250 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 25, 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 $41.82 and down 7.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 25, 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.
Benchmark Edge
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
Uses the longest available daily history for KAOCF and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.4T
-8.5% YoY
FY Net Income
$109.6B
+27.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$104.0B
+93.7% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.8%
EPS Growth
+12.3%
Gross Margin
38.8%
Net Margin
7.1%
Income statement
JPY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1690.1B | 1628.4B | 1532.6B | 1551.1B | 1418.8B |
| Gross Profit | 641.5B | 638.4B | 560.4B | 548.3B | 573.2B |
| Operating Income | 163.2B | 146.6B | 93.7B | 107.4B | 146.1B |
| EBITDA | 256.3B | 243.5B | 156.9B | 203.5B | 240.1B |
| Net Income | 120.2B | 107.8B | 43.9B | 86.0B | 109.6B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
JPY
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 323.6B | 357.7B | 291.7B | 268.2B | 336.1B |
| Total Assets | 1876.7B | 1867.2B | 1769.7B | 1726.3B | 1704.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 781.0B | 768.4B | 757.7B | 731.0B | 720.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 1065.0B | 1066.8B | 983.7B | 972.1B | 965.1B |
| Total Debt | 334.0B | 245.3B | 261.1B | 262.9B | 268.7B |
| Net Debt | 10.5B | -112.4B | -30.6B | -5.4B | -67.4B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
175.5B
+34.1% YoY
Capital Expenditures
71.5B
+7.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
104.0B
+93.7% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
38.8%
Operating Margin
9.7%
Net Margin
7.1%
ROE
11.5%
Debt / Equity
0.23x
Next Step
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